Quilt Festival - Long Beach '12 08-01-12

These are the last photos I have of this year's Quilt Festival.  Except for a few more of the 12x12 exhibit which I'll post tomorrow evening.


 

This quilt is larger than I expected it to be.  I'd guess it is about 50" square.  I did find picture elsewhere that states, "1212x1436, but I don't know what those numbers mean. Do you?

 

A wonderful handmade quilt - beautifully stitched.  The blue background is inspired.

 

 

 

 

I see more and more thread painted pieces that are almost photographic.

Here is another of the detailed quilts from Japan.  Such patience!  

 

See the beads at the top and down the side of this image.

 

Here are more of the tiniest glass beads, like minute stars scattered around this quilt.  Each one sewn by hand.


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I like this quilt very much and went back to visit it a number of times.  It looks cold, doesn't it?

 

Laura Fogg never disappoints.  Another of her special landscape quilts with gorgeous details.

 

Laura has an unerring eye for choosing fabric to convey the feeling she wants.

Terry has a different view of tulips that is equally as effective.  The black around the quilt is the drape behind it, which I left to show the drooping leaf in the front center.

The patched back ground with flowers and butterflies lends a whimsical note.

Visions Museum Director Beth Smith and volunteer Judy Warren-Tippets.

Last day of Festival at the VAM table.  We passed out a lot of literature and sold a bunch of books.  It was a great weekend.   http://www.visionsartmuseum.org/

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Quilt Festival - Long Beach 08-08-11

Did you miss me last night?  My broadband connection wouldn't work, so I just went to bed.  Today it seems to be working well. 

www.bodilgardner.dk

44"W x 41"L   I always enjoy Bodil's wonderful textile "stories".  There are two in the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection - someday I will add a larger one.  I love the little sheep in this one.

http://www.craftact.org.au/portfolios/artist.php?id=278

This is just one of many Google hits for Dianne Firth - just Google her name for more web sites.

Dianne has been working in this style for a number of years and she always comes up with a new insight into landscape of Australia.  I'm glad this one was already sold - I would have been sorely tempted to buy it!

It is approximately 42" square.

Another amazing quilt from a simple structure.  I don't understand how she makes the torn strips bend as if they were bias cuts.  But there are overlapping ends, which may be the secret.  I have left some of the black backdrop in this image because it makes the values so much more intense.  I don't think it would be very effective on a white/beige wall, it needs the drama of a dark surround.

In this picture you can more clearly see the "joins" at the bottom right and top left.

I didn't find a website for Jean.

This large quilt made an impact from across the room. I'm always a fan of pieced backgrounds and this one has a great value change.

In order to show how large the quilt is I asked three different people if they would stand near it with their back to me so I could take a picture - nobody would recognize their back, right?  Finally the third lady agreed - she is probably about 5' 2" tall. 

pamelart.homestead.com/titlepage.html

Pamela had a lot of quilts at this show, some I have seen before, but all were fascinating to examine "in-the-fabric" and I appreciated seeing the incredible detail she adds to each one.

http://www.terryaskeartquilts.com/

35" square  Note that this quilt is machine pieced NOT appliqued.  I see a Ruth McDowell influence here!

www.bbusbyarts.com

33.5"W x 50.5"L   Again the lighting doesn't do this quilt justice - the shadows cast by the light standards make it appear there is a vertical color change on the right side.  See Betty's website for a more accurate image.   This is a gorgeous quilt and I wish I had been first in line when the "for sale" sign went up.  I hope it has a happy home.  I've watched Betty's work for years and she just gets better and better.