Exhibition Year Archives

Cardinals

Edith Pekarek

Joan Sharp’s petal play and design Each feather is hand stitched to a foundation piece. The whole bird and leaves were appliquéd to the background. It was finished with machine and hand quilting.

Oriental Clam Shells

Jim Pilarski

Machine paper pieced and quilted The quilt has 79 different fabrics used in the top. It is a smaller version of a Kay England design.

Summer House on Tracy’s Lake

Debbi Plato

Hand dyed whole cloth quilt embellished with fabric mosaic. The hot summer colors obscure the summer house and its reflection. The cool water offers a bold contrast as it ripples across the lake.

The House in the Forest

Debbi Plato

Stiffened felt finished with watercolor paints. It is easy to imagine trees bending in the wind and the evening light fading as the approach to this mysterious house becomes ever more uncertain.

Towards Beachy Head

Debbi Plato

Fabric mosaic, watercolor, hand stitched, machine quilted. This is one of my favorite views along the coast near my home in Sussex, England. The cliffs fall dramatically into the sea.

Dye-ing for Flowers

Beth Polonsky

Hand dyed cotton and rayon, commercial fabric, machine pieced and quilted, hand beading. These fabric squares were hand dyed with plant and bug material during a 4-week class at the Botanic Garden. Dyes came from indigo, logwood, madder and weld as well as cochineal, a bug found in the desert.

Kaffe’s Hot Diamonds

Colette Quigley

Machine pieced and quilted. Quiltology interpretation of Kaffe Fassett’s “Hot Diamonds” quilt. Pieced by Colette Cogley. Quilted by Sally Evanshank/Windy City Quilting.

Not the Dead Sea Scrolls

Valerie Rodelli

Applique, machine quilted. This is an original design of scrolls based on a technique class with Cara Gulati. It is a color exercise in order to get “dimension” and “movement” within. Extensive machine quilting added to the movement. A fun quilt to make.

Visions of Japan

Valerie Rodelli

“Fractured Images” technique created with fabric panels. Heavy thread embellishment both on quilt top and with quilting of quilt. I loved this panel and I loved the technique, so combined these for this quilt. A math sequence gives the effect of shimmering or “fracturing” with the cutting of squares.