{"id":4463,"date":"2018-07-04T02:27:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T08:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/?p=4463"},"modified":"2018-07-04T06:09:39","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T12:09:39","slug":"solids-jewelbox-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/solids-jewelbox-quilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Solids and the Jewelbox Quilt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Newsletter originally published 6-27-2018<\/p>\n

Here is another amazing quilt from Quilt Canada last month – this is the first prize winner of the Traditional Quilt category.<\/p>\n

It is called ‘Islamic Art’ by Faiza Elmayergi, and it is an intricate and mind-boggling ode to her culture. At the award ceremony the story was told how she had tried for so long to create an award-winning quilt, and finally she created this stunning masterpiece that brought the crowd to its feet when she shyly stepped forward in her headscarf.<\/p>\n

A lot has been written lately about working with solids in Modern Quilting, and to be honest I am seeing more and more Modern Quilts that do not use Solids<\/a>. As Modern Quilting explores the joys of ombres and small-scale patterns, now we see this quilt which is so ornamented and embellished with only color, applique and stitching…it takes our breath away.<\/p>\n

You may recall when the Tentmakers of Cairo<\/a> burst on the scene, thanks to the efforts of Jenny Bowker. I saw them first at the Birmingham Festival of Quilts in 2011, when I interviewed the (male) Egyptian Quiltmakers who make their quilts solely from SOLIDS. By the way, Jenny has just won Best of Show at the Sydney Quilt Festival in Australia.<\/p>\n

You can find my photos from Quilt Canada on my photo pages<\/a> now, and Videos on this page<\/a>. Feel free to share links to Quilt Photos on my photo pages<\/a> – they are there for YOU.<\/p>\n

When you receive this email, I will be flying across the Atlantic to Stockholm. Sophie has been invited to a Swedish Fiddle Workshop Tour and I am coming as a Parent Chaperone. I’ll be writing to you from Sweden for the next two weeks, on a creative retreat returning to family roots.<\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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