While I'm at it....

I do have a picture of an actual Nadelstern quilt which I haven't trotted out lately and which is seasonally appropriate:



(And the blurriness is appropriate for my state of mind right now. I really need to go to bed.)

Hope everybody's holidays are going well!

Falling off on the job

Lovely thing. I suppose you have to call it a Paula-Nadelstern style piece, wouldn't you? Be sure to click over to the large size so you can get the full effect.

The quilt above, which is called "Opulence", was made by Deborah Tilley of Edmonton, Canada; shown in the judged show (category: Innovative Pieced, Small) at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

The Big Bang

Made by Joyce R. Hartley; from the exhibit "In the American Tradition V" at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Snow Light

Quilt above made by Toshie Hida; from the exhibit "Prize Winning Quilts from International Quilt Week Yokohama 2005" at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Here's a detail picture for this. Take a close look - it's tiny hexagonal log cabin/pineapple type blocks. Amazing.

Here There Be Dragons

This quilt is "And Dragons Too" by Suzanne Marshall of Clayton, Missouri; shown in the judged show (category: Innovative Applique, Large) at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival. I wrote down - presumably from the posted notes - that this is based on late 19-century designs by William de Morgan.



(I don't have very good detail pictures of these, I'm afraid - this was part of a batch of pictures that were rather blurry. Usually that means that I've knocked the camera around and messed up the settings. So I didn't upload the biggest version because it was also the blurriest.)

Suzanne Marshall seems to be fond of fairy-tale motifs, and so am I, so I have a number of pictures of her quilts. (Here, here, and here.) And here is her website - turns out that she also did the Bedbugs quilt, which I remember admiring a lot, way back when. (Before I started taking pictures, apparently!) Be sure and take a good look at it - it appears to be a very traditional quilt, but it is a little deceptive.

Key Lime

Sandy Bonsib made this quilt, which surprised me. I took a class from Sandy sometime around 2000, and she was very much into the folk art quilts at the time (this quilt of mine came from that class). You can see some folk-art influences in this (the scrappy look, lots of plaids) but this is not really what I'd call a folk-art quilt. Not at all.

Here is the whole thing:


(This seems to be Sandy's most recent book - I'm guessing that this might be a quilt from that book. Or it may just be a pattern and not from a book at all.)

Made by Sandy Bonsib; from the Faculty Showcase at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Happiness-Peace-Love

Quilt above made by Janet Henshaw; winner of 1st prize in its category in the Hoffman Challenge. Exhibited at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.


Another thing I took a lot of pictures of was pieces with oriental influences, and quilts made in Asia (these are primarily Japanese, it seems, with the exception of a few Korean quilters). The one above was apparently made by an American quilter. There were a couple more with kanji (the Chinese characters used in Japanese writing) which I am apparently rather fascinated by. Here's an example:



This piece was made by Yu-Ju Chen; from the exhibit "Prize Winning Quilts from International Quilt Week Yokohama 2005" shown at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

(Enlarge that picture so that you can see the kanji if you're interested. It's lovely work.)

Do You EQ

Quilt above is "Let Your Light Shine" by Linda MacDougall; from the exhibit "Do You EQ?" at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.


I showed this picture to somebody who wasn't a quilter, and they liked the quilt but they didn't understand the name of the exhibit. I had to explain that it was an exhibit of quilts designed with a certain type of design software. I forget that not everybody knows these things!

Firey colors, and Wal-Mart fabric

The quilt above is "Circle of Fire", made by Patricia Wolfe of San Diego; shown in the judged show (category: Innovative Pieced, Small) at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Have y'all noticed how many quilts are being made lately in this orange/yellow/pink colorway? And I probably took a picture of every one. I love it.


The only other quilt "news" I have is that somebody posted to the quilting community on Livejournal about how Wal-Mart is supposedly shutting down their fabric departments, for real this time. Or so this person says - I've been hearing this for years, so I'll believe it when I see it. I wouldn't be terribly surprised, though, since it can't be something they make a lot of money off of. My main thought about that is that I really feel for anybody who doesn't have anywhere but Wal-Mart to buy fabric, anyway, 'cause their selection has always kind of sucked and I sure don't think it's gotten any better in recent years.

Going In

Quilt above made by Lisa S. Binkley; from the exhibit "Small Wonders VIII" at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Journal quilts

Two small quilts (approximately 8-1/2 x 11") made of recycled materials by Norma Schlager. From the exhibit "Journal Quilt Project 2006: A Page From My Book" at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.


I knew I'd have trouble with my promise to update daily, and sure enough, I forgot yesterday. I was going to post two pictures and four quilts to make up for it, but I forgot that I'd already posted one of the two pictures. So here are two quilts by Norma Schlager, and the other two are down below.

The Corset Quilt

This is a detail shot of the quilt "Madame A", which was made by Yukiko Hirano of Kanagawa, Japan and shown in the judged show (category: Art-Whimsical) at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival. The whole quilt is here.

We have nicknamed this "The Corset Quilt" for reasons that should be obvious. Note the hand-sewn-on zippers on each corset!

Daily updating?

The quilt above (called "Caliente") was made by Cory Volkert of Normandy Park, Washington; shown in the judged show (category: Art-Abstract, Small) at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.


I have been updating my Livejournal daily this month (for Holidailies) and it occurred to me that I've been really neglectful over here, so I'm going to try to start updating daily over here, too. I haven't done any quilting to speak of lately since my mother has been in the hospital, so, I may not have a lot to talk about, but I can at least make sure there's some pictures to look at! Think of it as my Christmas present to you guys.

(My mother is somewhat better, by the way, and has now been moved to a rehab hospital. I'm sure she would appreciate cards - if you want the address e-mail me at quiltsgalore(at)gmail.com.)

Transformation

Quilt above made by Nancy Dickey of Magnolia, Texas; winner of second prize in the category Innovative Applique, Small at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Incidentally, I have finally run out of pictures from quilt festival. Everything I have is now on Flickr.