Final Quilts from Empty Spools 04-25-24

 This is the last of the quilts on view at Empty Spools last week.  

On the bulletin boards behind my table I changed the quilts several times.

On the left is "Is This Me?"  Bodil Gardner - Denmark  2020

Machine and hand applique.  Machine quilted.

On the right is one of my quilts, I always take one or two just to prove I do make quilts!  "Palms" Del Thomas - CA  2023 Fused, machine  quilting. 

On another day I hung  these two quilts.

"Lowanda Does Hollywood"  Jean Ray Laury - CA  2000

Machine Pieced, silk screened, foiling, hand colored, and lots more techniques.

  Someone always asks if I was the model!  No, she did this before we met.  

"Rooster at Freddy's"  Ruth B. McDowell - Minnesota   2009

Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted

Ruth visited Freddy Moran's home in CA and based this design on a 2-1/2 foot rooster on the coffee table.  Only the real thing was all white, unusual for Freddy.

A glorious tribute to Asilomar, Empty Spools, and Pacific Grove. 

"Asilomar/Pacific Grove"  Mary Lou Weidman - CA  2013

Machine pieced, Machine quilted, hand and machine applique, hand embroidery.

All the places quilters know and love when they attend Empty Spools. 

"Cataclysm"  Judith Content  2009

Hand dyed (arashi shibori) silk fabric, Machine pieced and quilted. 

When Judith was working on this quilt her husband was reading "Krakatoa" about the Pacific island that erupted in 1883 and made the loudest noise ever heard at that time and also affected the weather around the world for several years. Mr. Content kept reading sections of the book outloud to her and she created this image.  The silk gives a shimmering effect that is lovely. 

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Two nights in San Luis Obispo 06-11-18

Liz and I drove up yesterday to do a program tonight about the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection for the San Luis Obispo Quilters.  There seemed to be about 60 members in attendance.  They are preparing for their quilt show June 23-24 at the Madonna Conference Center at the Madonna Inn.  This is a show presented by six area quilt guilds and will show about 300 quilts.  And all the usual quilt show features.   It is a show I have always wanted to attend, but the timing is never right and I can't drive up here again in a few weeks.  Bummer. 

The program went well and they especially enjoyed Ruth McDowell's "A Rash of Flamingoes"  and Mary Lou Weidman's "Asilomar"  quilts.  They were hanging on quilt racks so the ladies were able to take a really good look at them.  

" Rash of Flamingoes"  Ruth B. McDowell  2000  100"W X 52" L

"Asilomar"  Mary Lou Weidman  2013  77"W X 88"L

(This is the only picture I can find in my Picasa files, it was taken in 2015 when Mary Lou did a workshop for Surfside Quilters Guild.)

On the road home tomorrow, hopefully no more than a four hour drive.  I'll drop Liz off at her house and go on down the I-5 to San Clemente to pick up Koko.  That will make it another two hours minimum on the road.  Good thing I enjoy driving, eh?

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