Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Quilts I saw in Florida

I'm sorry that I didn't get a chance to write about this quilt exhibit before it closed this past weekend. When I was in Florida a few weeks ago, I went to the Ocean Waves Quilt Guild Exhibit in Homestead. There were many art quilts among the traditional and contemporary. A lot of variety. I'm still waiting for the results of the viewer's choice poll to be posted to their site! Here are some photos of the quilts that I found interesting. Click on any photo to bring up details of quilting or enlargement of text. The first two are what are sometimes called 'slice' quilts. A group of quilters cut up a photograph and everyone makes their section and then it's sewn together and quilted.
Next is a quilt in which I loved the effect of the light illusion in the center. I think the spotlights on the quilt also had an effect on the photo. I liked the stitching and the different fiber supplies used in it, too.
Next is a quilt made of many little molas that the quilter bought on vacation in South America. You can see the embroidery detail in the enlargements.
Unfortunately, I did not get the description and maker's name of this next one. I thought it was well made and I loved the quilting. I tried to get a good detail of the quilting.
Added June 25: See new comment with explanation, by Rosa Brito, who quilted this quilt.
Enjoy, Debbie
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  1. Mary Anne08 April, 2009 05:48

    Thanks for posting these pictures. I am brain storming for a wallhanging in my bedroom and this has been great food for thought!

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  2. Anonymous08 April, 2009 18:00

    Stunning work on display at this exhibition.
    Thanks for sharing the experience.

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  3. Judy Momenzadeh15 June, 2009 13:51

    Debbie-I'm so happy you were able to visit our exhibit. Thank you for blogging about it.

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  4. Rosa Brito25 June, 2009 07:53

    Hello Debbie,
    My name is Rosa Brito, Executive Director of ArtSouth and a member of Ocean Waves. ArtSouth hosted the OW Quilt Exhibit in March. It was definitely one of the best exhibits that we have sponsored. I am also the quilter of the Red/White appliqué quilt that you liked. The quilt was done by Erna Maxwell, also a member of Ocean Waves. The pattern is "Flourishes" from Piece O' Cake designs, Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins are the designers. I think Erna received a viewer’s choice ribbon for her beautiful quilt. I posted pictures of the quilt show in ArtSouth's FACEBOOK Page you can link to the photos from our home page our website is www.artsouthhomestead.org
    I also posted photos of the quilt on my web shots photo album; here is a link to the page
    http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2447253300056636131pLVvgr?vhost=home-and-garden

    I'm glad you enjoyed the show, the ladies did an excellent job and the quilts were amazing.

    Regards,
    Rosa Brito
    email address
    rbrito4902@aol.com
    Miami, FL

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