I often discover what I like by taking pictures of quilts that catch my attention. The following quilts fall into this category. All were displayed at the International Quilt Festival this past weekend:
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| In Carrboro by Chawne Kimber. Check out Chawne's blog Completely Cauchy - she is the most thoughtful modern quilter and the absolute master of tiny piecing. Each one of her quilts moves me. |
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| Ablaze by Helen Scheffer, Quebec. The power of reds and improv piecing speaks to me. I wonder if the maple trees and fall foliage inspired this. |
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| Emilie Whispering by Kye Sun Yoo, South Korea. The inspiration for this piece was a mosaic from a Klimt mosaic painting. She captured the rich golds so nicely. |
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| Bamboo Forest by Hong Joo Kim, South Korea. The simplicity of these elegant lines and monochrome richness of the greys appeal to me. |
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| Mysterious Letter by Noriko Nozawa, Japan, reminds of Paginini's Variations on a Theme. This quilter took one key letter, the Kana letter, and varied the placement, scale, and color. |
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| The Remarkables by Camilla Watson, New Zealand. These tessellating triangles are based on a mathematical formula by John Conway and Charles Radim on 1994. The two things about this quilt that caught my attention: First, I have been in the Remarkables, a mountain range in New Zealand. Second, that bottom border? LOVE. |
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| Gelmorodo IX - 1926 (Lyonel Feininger) by Katrin Schroeder, Berlin. I like architectural pieces. |
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The City: Past, Present, Utopia? by Anna Hergert, Moosejaw, Canada. Who doesn't love a tryptich? But what really caught my eye was the design inspiration: Austrian artist and architect Fredensreich Hundertwasser. When my Chicago MQG did an art swap a few years ago, my partner Terri Karls used this same artist as her inspiriation!
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| Rooflines #10: Mountain Village by Colleen Kole, Grand Rapids, MI. The colors of this piece caught my eye, and then I realized this is a quilter I know. I met her at Camp Stitchalot in November, 2014, when I also met Chawne Kimber. |
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Meridian Hill Park - Fountain by K. Velis Turan, New York. I love the low-volume of this winter scene.
Thus ends the international and national portion of what captured my attention. Tomorrow I'll post quilts of the "local" quilters of the International Quilt Festival.
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