My head is swirling with all the colors and inspiration seen at the International Quilt Festival in Houston this last weekend. I have just come home, and I am organizing my photos, making notes about my meetings, and starting to edit quilt images to share with you soon.
How can I decide what to share with you first? It is an impossible task, so I will start by sharing a detail of this stunning medallion applique quilt with an uplifting story.
“East Meets West”
by Molly Hamilton-McNally
Quilted by Yange Gong
Coto de Caza, California
Hand applique, machine piecing & quilting.
“This quilt has an interesting and unusual background. It’s a unique collaboration and combination of the skills of two women, a Chinese student and her Chinese-American teacher. It shows the meeting of the East and West by incorporating the two traditional methods of paper piecing, the Western technique at the center of the quilt, and the hand applique for the Eastern surrounding designs. The entire quilt is made of silk. Art unites the world.”
This shimmering gorgeous work of art won the Bernina Award for the category “Balanced Piecing and Applique”. I stood in front of this piece, in awe, for a long time.
Sharing our passion for fabric…and cats!
Luana & Paul
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Travel/Lecture Dates:
Nov 2-6 – Art Quilt Tahoe – Independent Study
Nov 7-10 – Sacred Threads – Indianapolis – Art & Activism lecture
Nov 21-23 – Taiwan Quilt Festival – Taipei – Feature Artist & Speaker
Dec 10 – Canadian Quilt Association – Zoom Lecture – Intl Quilt Trends
Feb 2 – SAQA Europe/Middle East – Zoom Lecture
Feb 18-21 – QuiltCon – Raleigh NC
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