Autumn is one of the best seasons to enjoy the glorious colors of our
changing environment. Mother Nature brings out her prettiest deep
greens, sunny golds, and vivid oranges and reds before beginning her
winter repose. We've assembled a collection of quilts to celebrate the
beauty of autumn leaves as portrayed in the textile arts.
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Ananda at Last by
Cheryl Olson (Utah)
Ananda is a Sanskrit word meaning "bliss." This evocative quilt was made with machine and fused applique, hand
dyeing, monoprinting and screen printing. Hand-dyed silk and cotton
fabrics were used. The design draws you right into the tableau, showing two people side by side, walking in the trees. The intense colors, hand dyed fabrics, surface design and quilting help create the dimensional scene.
Fabric artist Cheryl Olson says, "I wish to create each quilt with the
hope that I can magnify my love to others and my appreciation and
devotion to God." The principles of design and color theory play a major
role in each of her quilts.For more of her beautiful works, see her
website at
Cheryl Olson's Art Quilts.
Autumn Harvest by Alexandra Tsubota (California)
Alexandra Tsubota started
Autumn Harvest in a
Gloria Loughman class which focused on the tile background. After completing the background fairly quickly, the project sat for over a year as Alexandra contemplated the design. She says, "In the end, my love of pumpkins won out and it made its way off the UFO pile and onto the wall."
The tile background reminds us of a trellis; we love the colorful pumpkins, squash, and flowers hanging among the vines. The quilting enhances the shape of the pumpkins and leaves.
Autumn Evening by
Barbara Oliver Hartman (Texas)
Autumn Evening was awarded
First Place in the Art - Naturescape category at the 2017 Houston International Quilt Festival. It was made from snippets of fabrics left over from previous projects. The fabrics were sorted by color, then cut with a rotary cutter and scissors into very small pieces. The pieces were then sewn to a background using a free motion zigzag stitch. No netting or fusing was used !
Barbara says, "Working this way is very satisfying, and by using materials that easily end up in a landfill, makes the point that anything can be useful in some way." The first piece she made this way was in 1992 and was in the 1993 Quilt National exhibit. For more information see
Barbara Oliver Hartman's website.
Patchwork Pumpkin by Barbara Raisanen (Arizona)
Barbara Raisanen made this Patchwork Pumpkin in response to a
Cactus Patchers challenge (a chapter within the
Arizona Quilters Guild). The challenge was described as follows: Choose a paint chip for which you like the NAME and COLOR; use that color for the dominant color of the project; and make a project that represents that name and color. The lovely batiks (in pumpkin color, of course) add interesting textures to the pumpkin.
Birds' Choir by
Bella Kaplan (Kfar-Giladi, Israel)
This outstanding art quilt was created with machine applique and quilting; it was painted, hand-dyed, and screen printed. The textures, colors, birds and lettering perfectly capture the autumn landscape. The predominant orange and yellow hues are complemented by splashes of sky blue. Bella Kaplan says, "This quilt tells the story of where I live (
Kfar-Giladi, Israel). I represented its agricultural area, fields, flowers, orchard trees, and many types of birds. I enjoyed re-creating all the colors."
Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2018 Road to California show (Autumn Harvest), the 2018 Quilt Arizona show (Patchwork Pumpkin), and the 2017 Houston International Quilt Festival.
