Chinese Coins

Chinese Coins, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

I don't know for sure that "Chinese Coins" is the name of this quilt, but it's what popped into my head when I looked at the picture, so it might be. (Or might not, you never know about my memory.) I don't know who made it, either - this is another one of those 1998 pictures, from back before I ever knew I would be putting all these pictures up on the web for all to see someday. Anyway, I like this. Sort of Chinese Coins in watercolor. And then those diagonal lines going across it, to make it more interesting.

Watercolor was very big in 1998. I think I have a couple more pictures of watercolor quilts that haven't made their way to Flickr yet.

Unknown IQF quilt, 1998

Unknown IQF quilt, 1998, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

My mom and I were both really fascinated with this quilt, I remember - the way it combines watercolor and applique to produce a really realistic quilt.

Lilacs and albums

Unknown IQF quilt, 1998, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

The Calico Cat pointed out that those are not grapes around the edge of this quilt, those are lilacs. You might have to click over to flickr to a bigger version to be able to tell, but she's definitely right. Those are not little circles, they are tiny, tiny flowers, every one of them. Amazing work.

By the way, some of the pictures that I thought were from 2003 turned out to be from 1998. (I figured this out because I had some of the same pictures in an album, and for once I had actually labeled them.) Others said 10-30-03 on the picture, so we can be pretty sure that those were indeed from IQF 2003. At least one was from 2002, though, and no telling what other years are represented in there. Apparently Mama just took all her quilt pictures and stuck them willy-nilly in an album, at some point.


In other news, I am getting really desperate to be able to quilt. Desperate, I tell you. I am going to have to figure something out so I can!

Hawaiian-style

Unknown IQF quilt, 2003, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

I suppose this wouldn't be considered an "authentic" Hawaiian-style quilt, would it? I mean, it ignores several of the rules as I understand it - chiefly, that the applique is supposed to be all one piece, and thus all one color, as well. This one has, what, two main pieces of applique? The center is one piece and the edges are another, as far as I can tell. And of course the pink flowers each add more pieces. But that said, I really like it a lot. The end result is beautiful.

American Dream

American Dream - Sakaguchi, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

This is Japanese baseball player Hideo Nomo, for those of you who aren't the kind of baseball fan who would automatically know these things. (Nomo has a very distinctive pitching style; I looked at it and immediately knew who it was, even though it's been a while since I saw him pitch.)

It's a great depiction of Nomo, but one thing that struck me about it is the background - it's a very simple scrap background, but it's amazingly effective as a stand-in for a crowd of people. I wouldn't've thought it would work, but it does.

The quilt above is "American Dream - Hideo Nomo" by Fusako Sakaguchi. This was (I believe) part of a special exhibit at IQF 1998.

Mom's pictures

Unknown IQF quilt, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

I uploaded some pictures of my mother's that seem to be from IQF 2003. More wil be forthcoming. I always think it's interesting that there's very little overlap between my pictures and my mother's - maybe 10% or so. She took pictures of applique quilts and especially Baltimore albums and Hawaiian-style quilts, and she was also partial to landscape quilts. Whereas I am more prone to take pictures of things that have bright colors and geometric patterns (for an example, see the entry below) - it's a wonder there's any overlap at all, isn't there?

Little Cities

Little Cities, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

Have I never put this picture up here before? This is by Kathy York of Austin, who has been doing the greatest stuff the last few years. I have become a big fan.

"Little Cities" - winner of 1st prize in the category Art-Abstract, Large at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Ireland

Ireland, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

Made by Marianne Haeni; from the exhibit "Hands All Around XXI" at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Here's a quilt I had forgotten all about. "Hands All Around" - which is an exhibit of international quilts - always has good stuff, anyway.

Suite for Springtime

Suite for Springtime, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

Quilt above made by Marianne Haeni; from the exhibit "Hands All Around XXI" at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival. Part of a set of 5 panels.

Hey, it's still technically spring, although it's starting to feel like summer here. (I actually stuck this picture in my Summer quilts set on flickr, anyway, because it has more intense colors than you usually associate with spring.)

One more

Galveston Bay Blues, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

"Galveston Bay Blues" made by Jenny Chiovaro et al. of Galveston, Texas; shown in the judged show (category: Group) at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

This quilt also won a ribbon at Paducah (as I mentioned in my very grouchy entry on that show). I thought I had a picture of it but I guess I was looking in the wrong place before!

I Must Be Hexed

I Must Be Hexed, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

Quilt above made by Cheryl See of Ashburn, Virginia; shown in the judged show (category: Handmade) at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

There are so many great quilts from IQF that I haven't gotten around to posting yet! Look at this one!

A Little Illusion I

A Little Illusion I, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

Quilt above made by Gloria Hansen of Highstown NJ; shown in the judged show (category: Miniature) at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.