There's no doubt, if you are an art quilter....the Asheville area is the place to be. This is just taste of the Show and Tell presented at the Mountain Art Quilters first meeting of the year. Being a member of this talented, generous, inspiring offshoot of SAQA is such a privilege.
Though I'm still learning to get everyone's names correct.....I'll do my best to identify the makers....
Susan Webb Lee has been having fun making one-of-a-kind table runners....her talent of mixing patterns and shapes is evident. (see below as well)
Who wouldn't want to receive this quilt as a birthday present? Lynn made it for her niece who lives in Portland......a PERFECT Oregon quilt!!
Julie was working on finishing a vintage quilt for a customer whose desire was to have quilts from a family member completed. Though you can't see it, she was patiently adding a binding to the zig-zag shape border.
Got a floating frame? Well.....it inspirated a colorful piece to display in it.
Shirley did some improv piecing, mounted it on a canvas wrapped frame to fit in her frame.
I swooned over Agatha's quilt......she expertly combined numerous ethnic fabrics into such a lovely composition.
I admire the restraint given to the machine quilting....just perfect!!
Look what a treasure one can achieve with Dyna-flow and a silk scarf blank. The touches of gold accenting the blues work beautifully.
Fourth in her series of dawn/dust wall quilts is nearly finished......love the use of the earthy batiks with touches of reds/yellows in the lower section.
Kathie challenged herself to piece a quilt top in one day.......using stash fabrics that she wondered why she purchased. Well......if this is what she can do in such a short time......it's no wonder she did so well creating the piece below.
Here she made an abstract narrow wall quilt featuring a water fall with subtle trees and foliage in the background, all masked with organza to help provide a feeling of mystery.
I could have easily snatched these two pieces from her hands......I would NEVER had thought of adding those touches of orange to the blue free form patchwork....very successfully done!!
We will be having an exhibit of our work in the Asheville area in mid. March - April......more info to come in regard to location, exact dates and time.
4 comments:
That is a group of very talented ladies!
Wonderful show and tell! My hands would be reaching out with yours to snatch that blue with orange pieced project. Where do you meet? The room looks lovely, well-lit, roomy and bright.
You look like you have such fun groups! Beautiful work... inspirational.
To answer Nancy's question.....we meet in the community room of a church located in the Haws Creek community in Asheville. I agree....the room is wonderful! We appreciate being allowed to use it.
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