Quilt by Pamela Patterson, Tasmania. An interpretation on what "Free" means to the her as the artist.
I went to a quilt and sewing show at the Brisbane Exhibition
Centre a few weekends ago. It is the first time I have gone, so I was quite curious
to whether I would find it interesting. I did. There were some amazing works.
The detail, the skill, the imagination that was put into some of the displayed
quilts was quite amazing. I am a sewer/dressmaker and I have never really
ventured into quilting, but I felt inspired afterwards, so maybe one day when I
have some free time on my hands I might give it a go. Or maybe
next time my mum, who is a keen quilter, comes to visit me she could teach me a
few quilting tricks. I would never have the patience or skill for anything as
complicated as the ones I have photographed and posted here. But I might give a
simple one a go… after all my other projects. Take a look at my favourite pick
from the exhibition:
The title of this quilt by Ailsa Koloi is Whirligig and you can see why. It is an amazing combination of colourful off-cuts used so precisely to create this whirl wind.
The perfection and detail blows you away!
Quilt by Jan Phillips, title: Splash Pineapple Log Cabin. Made with Japanese fabric scraps.
Quilt by Gail Chalker, "You Can Never Have Too Many Circles". Intricate work, the quilt is huge and the work just cutting the circles let alone putting all together into this beautiful quilt!
Such a happy and poetic quilt over the theme: "The Best Things in Life are Free", named "Sunset over the Ocean", made by Barbara McLennan, NSW.
I enjoyed the show - hope you did too?
xo Sarah
The theme for this quilt made by Marlene King was "In the Heavens" and she named the quilt "Black Holes and the Milky Way". It is much darker in real life and reflects the magic of space very well I thought.
Quilt made by Jean Green and named "Star Crazy". Cute and colourful star quilt - no two stars are alike!
I enjoyed the show - hope you did too?
xo Sarah
