This week St Cloud, Minnesota is hosting the Minnesota Quilt Show, "Quilting in the Quarry"
I have only entered the show twice before this year, one quilt each of the past two years(pictured above). For some reason I went a little overboard this time. I have four quilts in the show.
The first is with Minnesota Contemporary Quilters. The theme this year was Melange a Trois. I just posted about this quilt recently, it is my Cathedral Quilt.
The next two are with SAQA Minnesota. One is the quilt I made for the rust dye competition, since mine wasn't selected for that exhibit I tried the SAQA exhibit instead. I used a fabric I had shibori dyed, the red circle with the blue and yellow on the outside. I than used an old fashioned popcorn popper, the kind you would use over an open flame. I rusted the center of the dyed fabric. I painted the petals with shiva paintsticks. And, there you have a Moulin Rouge Sunflower. This is one of my favorites.
The second is Grape Harvest and is a combination of photo transfer on fabric and metal, and using metal for the first time on a quilt. I used recycled diet coke cans and Arizona Iced Tea cans. I prefer the diet coke cans as the metal is thinner and easier to manipulate. This was a fun quilt to make.
The final quilt is in the non-judged portion of the Minnesota Quilters Exhibits. This is the first quilt I have completed on my longarm that has given me hope that I might actually be able to call myself a longarm quilter one day. I have new wheels for the back of my machine that have made a huge difference in the amount of control I have. I'm still not very good at sewing straight lines, maybe my next purchase to add to my machine will be the electric channel locks. The thing I like about the Innova is you don't have to be able to afford everything at once. It is easy to add on to the machine. The photo isn't the best since I am not used to taking pictures to show off the quilting. Maybe by the time I figure out how to take good photos, I will be at the point where I will not mind showing the details of my quilting.
Hope you get a chance to go to the show. The quilts are always inspiring.
Have a creative day
Janet
5 comments:
Well done. Interesting mixture of quilts. I particularly like your stones and red door. I plan on making something similar one day.
Yes - what a variety of quilts and styles - you are so talented!
When I was in Sweden I read a book that had a door appear in the stone wall - wish I could remember the title - it could give you a name for that quilt!
The quilting in the sunflower really adds to the design.
The seminole quilt is great - what perfect border fabric you found!
The quilts are all beautiful. The photo transfer on metal is very interesting. Can you tell us how you did that?
You have been creatively busy. I enjoy your art. Straight lines are practise, channel lock is just a guide.
You should be so so proud, I got so excited seeing your work and look forward to checking back often. Thanks so much for sharing all you do, it really feels great when running into a blog that makes your stomach and heart just bubble.
Again thank you so much.
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