Showing posts with label 'Twilight Descends'. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 'Twilight Descends'. Show all posts

Saturday, August 7, 2010

One of Many: My Art Quilt at the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show

This is me and my quilts "Twilight Descends" at the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show in Sisters, Oregon on July 10, 2010.

They had over 1300 quilts and hung them all in 1.5 hours.

One thing that might have made the hanging task easier was that they don't use hanging sleeves, they use clothespins. I appreciated that because when I shipped my quilt to them, I didn't have to worry about shipping the hanging rod. So that makes the above quilt "Every Quilt MUST Have a Sleeve" by Karen Flamme even more humorous.

For you non-quilters, the sleeve is a piece of fabric on the back of a quilt that allows you to put a hanging rod through the back and hang it on a wall without any of the hanging hardware showing. In the above quilt she shows a pattern and a sleeve like you'd put on a shirt or a dress. And for those of you who don't know me well, I have NO idea how I'd make a sleeve for a shirt or a dress.
One of the things I noticed was that some of the quilts were grouped by color or theme. I especially love the colors of the quilt on the right, with a little appliqued flower on the bottom left corner.

Other quilts were arranged by the quilt block used. It was really neat to see how different some quilts can look even though the quilter used the same quilt block. Here's part of the Log Cabin section.

This quilt was really impressive. I didn't get an actual measurement, but I think the individual blocks were about 3" x 3", and they seemed to be mostly applique.


To see more photos of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, visit my travel blog Pack Up the Car.

Monday, May 31, 2010

"Twilight Descends" going to the Sister's Outdoor Quilt Show in Sisters, Oregon


This is a piece of my art quilt "Twilight Descends." It's going to be shown at the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show in Sisters, Oregon. It's the largest outdoor quilt show in the world displaying over 1000 quilts on the second Saturday of July, every year. They hang quilts on the buildings, over porch railings and on fences and it looks really great. But don't take my word for it, here are photos from the last few years.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Twilight Descends


"Twilight Descends," 42" x 42" 


"Twilight Descends" is my latest art quilt. This original design is my interpretation of “Aerial Perspective” which is how atmospheric conditions influence our perception of objects in the distance. As objects get further away, they appear lighter in tone, which is why the “mountains” in the background are lighter in color that the “mountains” in the foreground.

This photo by Fred Parker is an excellent example of Aerial Perspective and it is used here with his permission (thanks Fred!).


This quilt is made using 63 batik squares that were part of a batik block swap I participated in.


The black fabric is also a batik and is a nice, deep black because it has blue tones in it.

More about Twilight Descends