I had the opportunity to speak at teach at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts in Cedarburg over the weekend. Many thanks to the wonderful students that attended my class and lecture on Saturday. It was a very fun day! The museum is a lovely little place in an adorable town that I've visited once before, when I took a workshop from Densyse Schmidt. The museum changes the display 4 times a year, I believe. This quilt caught my eye immediately. It was absolutely stunning and it drew me in! The little cross blocks were pieced from a variety of solids. Each pieced block finished just over 1"or so. (I didn't measure. I didn't touch the quilt, either. :)) I loved reading the artist's description. There are 6,300 pieces in the quilt. (Which just goes to show you that I'm not the craziest quilter around. Hahaha! I mean that with absolutely no disrespect to the maker.) I've been dreaming of immersing myself in a study of scrap play in solid fabrics for months now, so this quilt really struck a cord with me. I don't think I'm going to go this tiny with my piecing, but I thought it was very inspiring! When I got home LATE Saturday night, I walked into a clean house, roses on the table and a pile of presents on the bookshelf. My family spoiled me for Mother's Day and it was a wonderful welcome home. I hope YOU had a great Mother's Day weekend as well. Happy Monday to you!
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
A visit to the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts where my quilt “Crocodylus Smylus” is having its premier with over 100 other animal quilts.
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
From Insects to Elephants is at Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, through January 10, 2016 Gayle Simpson – “Vespula Maculata Nest Pieces” Scientists believe there are
I had the opportunity to speak at teach at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts in Cedarburg over the weekend. Many thanks to the wonderful students that attended my class and lecture on Saturday. It was a very fun day! The museum is a lovely little place in an adorable town that I've visited once before, when I took a workshop from Densyse Schmidt. The museum changes the display 4 times a year, I believe. This quilt caught my eye immediately. It was absolutely stunning and it drew me in! The little cross blocks were pieced from a variety of solids. Each pieced block finished just over 1"or so. (I didn't measure. I didn't touch the quilt, either. :)) I loved reading the artist's description. There are 6,300 pieces in the quilt. (Which just goes to show you that I'm not the craziest quilter around. Hahaha! I mean that with absolutely no disrespect to the maker.) I've been dreaming of immersing myself in a study of scrap play in solid fabrics for months now, so this quilt really struck a cord with me. I don't think I'm going to go this tiny with my piecing, but I thought it was very inspiring! When I got home LATE Saturday night, I walked into a clean house, roses on the table and a pile of presents on the bookshelf. My family spoiled me for Mother's Day and it was a wonderful welcome home. I hope YOU had a great Mother's Day weekend as well. Happy Monday to you!
Washington House Inn is partnering with the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts to offer our guests 2 FREE passes to this new Wisconsin attraction.
June 29, 2014 Traditions Made Modern – Full Circle Sketches from Life is at Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts in Cedarburg, Wisconsin until October 24, 2014 Victoria Findlay Wolfe – “Greate
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
Ranked #6 of 34 attractions in Cedarburg. Been here too? Add it to your map!
I had the opportunity to speak at teach at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts in Cedarburg over the weekend. Many thanks to the wonderful students that attended my class and lecture on Saturd
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
Ranked #6 of 34 attractions in Cedarburg. Been here too? Add it to your map!
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
Victorian Gone Plum Decadent - This was started in a class in Bismarck, then the blocks were put together during a sewing day with friends in Tucson, so many memories associated with this quilt. It was also less accurate than I could accept, due to all the gabbing during the assembly of the blocks.
Find great deals for Great Wisconsin Quilt Show when you shop at The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show Virtual Vendor Mall.
Every quilt tells a story, and Amy Milne, through the Quilt Alliance, provides an easily accessible online forum to document them.
The interior of the Wisconsin Quilt Museum Last weekend hubby and I went to the Wisconsin Quilt Museum to see the Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry's 30 years of Quilts exhibit. WOW! I took a lot of photographs and this blog is for all of you who won't be able to see this marvelous exhibit. The quilt museum is in a renovated barn. It has sweeping high walls, spotlight lighting and 360 degrees of space, angles, rafters, beams and wonderful old gray wood. Walking in and looking at the walls and hanging quilts was wonderful. You were literally surrounded by color and movement. Caryl unveiled her first quilt. And here it is! HUMBLE beginnings isn't it? Doesn't that give you hope for your quilting future? She started small, that is for sure. Rail Fence, Caryl's first quilt Quilts were hanging from the rafters above us. Reflection #18 Some of her quilts are big, some are small. Here are some of her small ones. Midnight Fantasy Giraffes in the Paintbox #2 Some of the small wall quilts were over my head so taking straight on shots was impossible. (In case you are wondering why my photos are so distorted!) New Dawn This is the quilt she made to celebrate the new millennium. Do you remember the 'horrors' promised by Y2K?! I was living in northern Idaho at the turn of the last century and there were all kinds of people moving up there into the wilderness to escape the collapse of civilization as we know it. Sometimes the "unknown" can inspire all kinds of irrational fears and sometimes powerful forces use those fears to magnify their own influences on our lives. Beware what you listen to. But I digress... Instead of focusing on the 'fear' factor, Caryl made a sweeping statement about hope and the dawning of a new day in a new age. She writes "The Phoenix is beautiful symbol of the ability of life and beauty to arise out of decay and destruction." As a Christian, I can surely relate to this! I took a bunch of detail photographs so you can see her stitching and quilting up close and personal. Detail, New Dawn Detail, New Dawn Detail, New Dawn Oops, forgot to get the name. Sorry! Feather Flower #3 As I said earlier, there is so much color and movement in her quilts. Dancing through the Blues #2 Spirogyra #5 Detail, Spirogyra #5 Dancing through the Blues I Flying geese flying with geese. :) Migration #12 Detail, Migration #12 Lepidopteran #3 This next quilt has always been one of my favorites. Corona #3 Solar Eclipse Detail, Corona #3 Solar Eclipse Leap Caryl's quilt Leap makes me want to jump out into the big wide world and embrace every adventure that comes my way! Cosmic Feathers #1 Her color palette is awesome, I love the flowing pastels in this quilt. Here is a closeup. Detail, Cosmic Feathers #1 Chromatic Feathers #2 Somehow this next quilt reminds me of the Beatles and their cartoon movies. Maybe from Sargent Pepper's or Yellow Submarine? I keep expecting blue meanies to come out and stamp on these guys. Lol. Casting a Long Shadow #1 I wish there had been a date of some of the display tags. To me, the Long Shadow quilt looks like it could have inspired the 'modern' quilt genre with it's use of negative space. Fibonacci Series #14 Bradford Fantasy Aquarium #2 Forgot to get the name again - sorry! These older quilts made with 'high tech tucks' are kind of cool aren't they? Seems like you could do a lot more with them in landscape quilts than has been done so far. (Don't look at me for this, lol, I already have waaaay too many ideas to get down in fabric!) Illusion #2 On the Wings of a Dream Caryl made this quilt after the death of her first husband. She made it to symbolize her life as she moves forward, as she leaves the past and embraces all the new choices ahead of her. For her, birds have the symbolic meaning of 'freedom' so she merges herself with a bird to show how she's embracing what's next in her life. Detail, On the Wings of a Dream Detail, On the Wings of a Dream Feather Study #1 This quilt and the next were hanging high above our heads from the barn rafters. When you were in the exhibit, you really were surrounded by color and movement. The museum was a great venue for all of Caryl's quilts. Illusion #13 Well, that is if for me this week. Next week we'll come back to the watercolor landscape I'm working on. The design part is done and I'm starting to sew, buy you'll have to wait to see it and all the steps I'm taking. RJR Fabrics found me the other day and asked if I am interested in designing some quilts from their Danscapes fabric line. (I am!) Soooo, I'll be busy playing with new stuff in the weeks ahead. I really hope you enjoyed looking at Caryl's quilts. If you can get to an exhibition, I highly recommend it! The exhibit will only be here a few more weeks I think. Take Care everyone, Stay Warm all you peoples in the North and East! It is COLD here too. Comments/Questions welcome!
"Hope" Quilt by Kikuyo Miyashita 宮下季久代 from Japan There was a fantastic exhibit at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, USA, that ended January 5, 2014. Titled "Japanese Influences in Fiber Arts", the exhibit features, (among other things), award winning quilts from a major Japanese Quilt Show, the 11th biennial Nihon Quilt exhibit. [The quilts are now being exhibited at the New England Quilt Museum through April 12, 2014.] "Connected Squares" Quilt by Anco Brouwers-Branderhorst from the Netherlands The Japanese show attracts many outstanding international quilts from around the world, and over 35 of the top quilts from Quilt Nihon were displayed at the museum in Cedarburg. "In the Blue" Denim Quilt by Soo Hee Lee from Korea I have been to five quilt shows in the last three months, and yet the museum's exhibit has quilts whose design, workmanship and fabrics stand out among the many other quilts I have seen. I think that the international competition to be in the Japanese show gets a much more diverse body of work then local quilt shows. Quilt by Maya Chaimovich from Israel In this blog post I am sharing a few of my favorite quilts from the museum exhibit. There are many more quilts from the exhibit I'd like to share, but for now these will have to do. close-up of the Kikuyo Miyashita quilt, lots of Keiko Goke fabrics I love seeing quilts in person, because then you get to see not only the overall impact of the quilt, but the small details, fabrics, and quilting choices that make up the quilt. The quilt above has so many cheerful fabrics I have never seen before. The impact of the colors in the quilt is amazing in person. Close-up detail of the Anco Brouwers-Branderhorst quilt The color and construction of the geometric quilt above really caught my eye. The simple block construction, with the white squares offset, is enhanced by the quilting and the embellishment. close-up detail from the Soo Hee Lee quilt This denim masterpiece has to be one of my favorites. The use of zippers and belt loops and the arrangement of colors of denim is just fantastic in the sections of little houses, and then the overall arrangement of the houses in the quilt with a section of leaf pattern is just so creative. close-up detail from the Soo Hee Lee quilt I find myself just stunned sometimes at the talent, skill and time poured into some of the quilts. There is something exciting about seeing masterpieces, and being able to appreciate them. I can't quilt like these quilters, but I can enjoy their efforts, in the same way that I can enjoy a concert even though I can't sing well. Detail 1 of Maya Chaimovich's quilt This last quilt is so different, I can look at it and study it, and still not know where one fabric ends and the next starts. But it is lovely to see. Detail 2 of Maya Chaimovich's quilt I would encourage anyone interested is seeing this show to make the effort. Traveling to Japan to see a show like this is much harder then traveling to Wisconsin (or Massachusetts). People from as far away as Texas made arrangements to come and see this exhibit, and I can see why. These quilts traveled all over the world to get here. If you are interested in seeing more quilts from this exhibit, leave a comment saying so. If there is enough interest, I post more photos. Click on the images to see them enlarged (Yes, you can see these images even larger!). If you enjoyed this post you might also like: Batik Stars Quilt Batik Scrap Quilt Circle Quilt Heart Quilt Quilts Part 2 Valentine Vignette Valentine Hutch Spring Hutch Spring Needlework Vintage Lace Mosaic Heart Butterfly Bling I am linking up to these memes: Quilt specific links: Colorful life: Really random Thur (Entry 5 of 26.) 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In my previous post I introduced you to the first half of my two-week sojourn in the land of all-things-cheese, Wisconsin. After a wonderful week at Woodland Ridge Retreat in Downsville, it was tim…
The interior of the Wisconsin Quilt Museum Last weekend hubby and I went to the Wisconsin Quilt Museum to see the Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry's 30 years of Quilts exhibit. WOW! I took a lot of photographs and this blog is for all of you who won't be able to see this marvelous exhibit. The quilt museum is in a renovated barn. It has sweeping high walls, spotlight lighting and 360 degrees of space, angles, rafters, beams and wonderful old gray wood. Walking in and looking at the walls and hanging quilts was wonderful. You were literally surrounded by color and movement. Caryl unveiled her first quilt. And here it is! HUMBLE beginnings isn't it? Doesn't that give you hope for your quilting future? She started small, that is for sure. Rail Fence, Caryl's first quilt Quilts were hanging from the rafters above us. Reflection #18 Some of her quilts are big, some are small. Here are some of her small ones. Midnight Fantasy Giraffes in the Paintbox #2 Some of the small wall quilts were over my head so taking straight on shots was impossible. (In case you are wondering why my photos are so distorted!) New Dawn This is the quilt she made to celebrate the new millennium. Do you remember the 'horrors' promised by Y2K?! I was living in northern Idaho at the turn of the last century and there were all kinds of people moving up there into the wilderness to escape the collapse of civilization as we know it. Sometimes the "unknown" can inspire all kinds of irrational fears and sometimes powerful forces use those fears to magnify their own influences on our lives. Beware what you listen to. But I digress... Instead of focusing on the 'fear' factor, Caryl made a sweeping statement about hope and the dawning of a new day in a new age. She writes "The Phoenix is beautiful symbol of the ability of life and beauty to arise out of decay and destruction." As a Christian, I can surely relate to this! I took a bunch of detail photographs so you can see her stitching and quilting up close and personal. Detail, New Dawn Detail, New Dawn Detail, New Dawn Oops, forgot to get the name. Sorry! Feather Flower #3 As I said earlier, there is so much color and movement in her quilts. Dancing through the Blues #2 Spirogyra #5 Detail, Spirogyra #5 Dancing through the Blues I Flying geese flying with geese. :) Migration #12 Detail, Migration #12 Lepidopteran #3 This next quilt has always been one of my favorites. Corona #3 Solar Eclipse Detail, Corona #3 Solar Eclipse Leap Caryl's quilt Leap makes me want to jump out into the big wide world and embrace every adventure that comes my way! Cosmic Feathers #1 Her color palette is awesome, I love the flowing pastels in this quilt. Here is a closeup. Detail, Cosmic Feathers #1 Chromatic Feathers #2 Somehow this next quilt reminds me of the Beatles and their cartoon movies. Maybe from Sargent Pepper's or Yellow Submarine? I keep expecting blue meanies to come out and stamp on these guys. Lol. Casting a Long Shadow #1 I wish there had been a date of some of the display tags. To me, the Long Shadow quilt looks like it could have inspired the 'modern' quilt genre with it's use of negative space. Fibonacci Series #14 Bradford Fantasy Aquarium #2 Forgot to get the name again - sorry! These older quilts made with 'high tech tucks' are kind of cool aren't they? Seems like you could do a lot more with them in landscape quilts than has been done so far. (Don't look at me for this, lol, I already have waaaay too many ideas to get down in fabric!) Illusion #2 On the Wings of a Dream Caryl made this quilt after the death of her first husband. She made it to symbolize her life as she moves forward, as she leaves the past and embraces all the new choices ahead of her. For her, birds have the symbolic meaning of 'freedom' so she merges herself with a bird to show how she's embracing what's next in her life. Detail, On the Wings of a Dream Detail, On the Wings of a Dream Feather Study #1 This quilt and the next were hanging high above our heads from the barn rafters. When you were in the exhibit, you really were surrounded by color and movement. The museum was a great venue for all of Caryl's quilts. Illusion #13 Well, that is if for me this week. Next week we'll come back to the watercolor landscape I'm working on. The design part is done and I'm starting to sew, buy you'll have to wait to see it and all the steps I'm taking. RJR Fabrics found me the other day and asked if I am interested in designing some quilts from their Danscapes fabric line. (I am!) Soooo, I'll be busy playing with new stuff in the weeks ahead. I really hope you enjoyed looking at Caryl's quilts. If you can get to an exhibition, I highly recommend it! The exhibit will only be here a few more weeks I think. Take Care everyone, Stay Warm all you peoples in the North and East! It is COLD here too. Comments/Questions welcome!
Cedarburg Spur Fiber Arts Trail weekend
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Last weekend I was fortunate enough to spend the weekend in Cedarburg, Wisconsin at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts . Saturday I participated in the Menu of Modern Event. Lee Heinrich , Jeni Baker , Jacquie Gering and I each spent some time talking to the group about our q
Wisconsin's Left and Right Coasts have many fiber arts experiences waiting for you to discover! Wisconsin's fiber arts are strong and vibrant!
The interior of the Wisconsin Quilt Museum Last weekend hubby and I went to the Wisconsin Quilt Museum to see the Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry's 30 years of Quilts exhibit. WOW! I took a lot of photographs and this blog is for all of you who won't be able to see this marvelous exhibit. The quilt museum is in a renovated barn. It has sweeping high walls, spotlight lighting and 360 degrees of space, angles, rafters, beams and wonderful old gray wood. Walking in and looking at the walls and hanging quilts was wonderful. You were literally surrounded by color and movement. Caryl unveiled her first quilt. And here it is! HUMBLE beginnings isn't it? Doesn't that give you hope for your quilting future? She started small, that is for sure. Rail Fence, Caryl's first quilt Quilts were hanging from the rafters above us. Reflection #18 Some of her quilts are big, some are small. Here are some of her small ones. Midnight Fantasy Giraffes in the Paintbox #2 Some of the small wall quilts were over my head so taking straight on shots was impossible. (In case you are wondering why my photos are so distorted!) New Dawn This is the quilt she made to celebrate the new millennium. Do you remember the 'horrors' promised by Y2K?! I was living in northern Idaho at the turn of the last century and there were all kinds of people moving up there into the wilderness to escape the collapse of civilization as we know it. Sometimes the "unknown" can inspire all kinds of irrational fears and sometimes powerful forces use those fears to magnify their own influences on our lives. Beware what you listen to. But I digress... Instead of focusing on the 'fear' factor, Caryl made a sweeping statement about hope and the dawning of a new day in a new age. She writes "The Phoenix is beautiful symbol of the ability of life and beauty to arise out of decay and destruction." As a Christian, I can surely relate to this! I took a bunch of detail photographs so you can see her stitching and quilting up close and personal. Detail, New Dawn Detail, New Dawn Detail, New Dawn Oops, forgot to get the name. Sorry! Feather Flower #3 As I said earlier, there is so much color and movement in her quilts. Dancing through the Blues #2 Spirogyra #5 Detail, Spirogyra #5 Dancing through the Blues I Flying geese flying with geese. :) Migration #12 Detail, Migration #12 Lepidopteran #3 This next quilt has always been one of my favorites. Corona #3 Solar Eclipse Detail, Corona #3 Solar Eclipse Leap Caryl's quilt Leap makes me want to jump out into the big wide world and embrace every adventure that comes my way! Cosmic Feathers #1 Her color palette is awesome, I love the flowing pastels in this quilt. Here is a closeup. Detail, Cosmic Feathers #1 Chromatic Feathers #2 Somehow this next quilt reminds me of the Beatles and their cartoon movies. Maybe from Sargent Pepper's or Yellow Submarine? I keep expecting blue meanies to come out and stamp on these guys. Lol. Casting a Long Shadow #1 I wish there had been a date of some of the display tags. To me, the Long Shadow quilt looks like it could have inspired the 'modern' quilt genre with it's use of negative space. Fibonacci Series #14 Bradford Fantasy Aquarium #2 Forgot to get the name again - sorry! These older quilts made with 'high tech tucks' are kind of cool aren't they? Seems like you could do a lot more with them in landscape quilts than has been done so far. (Don't look at me for this, lol, I already have waaaay too many ideas to get down in fabric!) Illusion #2 On the Wings of a Dream Caryl made this quilt after the death of her first husband. She made it to symbolize her life as she moves forward, as she leaves the past and embraces all the new choices ahead of her. For her, birds have the symbolic meaning of 'freedom' so she merges herself with a bird to show how she's embracing what's next in her life. Detail, On the Wings of a Dream Detail, On the Wings of a Dream Feather Study #1 This quilt and the next were hanging high above our heads from the barn rafters. When you were in the exhibit, you really were surrounded by color and movement. The museum was a great venue for all of Caryl's quilts. Illusion #13 Well, that is if for me this week. Next week we'll come back to the watercolor landscape I'm working on. The design part is done and I'm starting to sew, buy you'll have to wait to see it and all the steps I'm taking. RJR Fabrics found me the other day and asked if I am interested in designing some quilts from their Danscapes fabric line. (I am!) Soooo, I'll be busy playing with new stuff in the weeks ahead. I really hope you enjoyed looking at Caryl's quilts. If you can get to an exhibition, I highly recommend it! The exhibit will only be here a few more weeks I think. Take Care everyone, Stay Warm all you peoples in the North and East! It is COLD here too. Comments/Questions welcome!
Get Uncle Wiggily to check the air in the tires because it's time for a road trip. Here's a list of summer quilt exhibits in the U.S. California, Folsom Then and Now. Folsom History Museum. Through September 2nd. The 32nd annual antique quilt show and vintage clothing exhibit will showcase quilts in antique to traditional patterns and their contemporary interpretations. The accompanying clothing display will be drawn from the museum's collection of men's styles http://www.folsomhistorymuseum.org/ Illinois State Museum Illinois, Chicago Civil War Era Quilts from the Illinois State Museum, The Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, June 18-September 14, 2012 Curator Angela Goebel-Bain Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts has selected 18 quilts from the museum's extensive collection, including an album quilt by Springfield neighbors of the Lincoln family. 100 West Randolph, Downtown, Chicago. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM, closed state holidays. The Gallery is free and wheelchair-accessible. Click here: http://www.museum.state.il.us/pressroom/index.html?NPR=1127 Iowa, Waterloo Covered By Glory: Civil War Commemorative Quilts. The Grout Museum. Through September 1 Show featuring antique and new quilts. http://www.groutmuseumdistrict.org/calendar.cfm National Quilt Museum Kentucky, Paducah The Exquisite Stitch: 200 Years of Hand Quilting. National Quilt Museum. June 15 to September 11 http://www.quiltmuseum.org/current-exhibits.html Massachusetts, Deerfield Celebrating the Fiber Arts: The Helen Geier Flynt Textile Gallery, Historic Deerfield. Through December 30, 2012 A new permanent textile gallery with this year's exhibit: 10 early quilts and coverlets. http://www.historic-deerfield.org/events/celebrating-fiber-arts-2012-regular-season Massachusetts, Lowell Homefront & Battlefield: Quilts & Context in the Civil War. American Textile History Museum, June 30, 2012 – November 25, 2012 Curated by Madelyn Shaw and Lynne Bassett. Catalog will be available. See the ATHM website here:http://www.athm.org/exhibitions/current_exhibitions The New England Quilt Museum's Lowell Quilt Festival is August 9-11, 2012. http://nequiltmuseum.org/lowell-quilt-festival.html IQSC What's In A Name Nebraska, Lincoln International Quilt Study Center and Quilt Museum: Jean Ray Laury: Getting It All Together. Through September 2, 2012. What's In A Name? Inscribed Quilts. Through December 3 Quilts of the Homesteading Era World War II Quilts from the Sue Reich Collection Through February 10, 2013 http://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibitions/ The annual American Quilt Study Group will be hosted by the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, October 3-7, 2012. Click here: http://www.americanquiltstudygroup.org/seminar.asp Nebraska History Museum: “Quilting for a Cause: Nebraska’s Fundraising Quilts” features 15 quilts that were used in fundraising efforts from the Civil War to present day. Through October 29, 2012. http://blog.nebraskahistory.org/?p=7096 (update July 27) New York, Saratoga The Threads of Time. Brookside Museum. Through January, 2013. Explores the history of quilting in the county in over 20 quilts. http://www.brooksidemuseum.org/2012/03/behind-the-seams/ Ohio, Kent On the Home Front: Civil War Fashions and Domestic Life. Kent State University Museum Through August 26, 2012, featuring Elizabeth Keckley's famous silk quilt. http://www.kent.edu/museum/visit/index.cfm http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2012/02/keckley-quilt-on-display.html Packwood House, Previous Show Pennsylvania, Lewisburg Pennsylvania Quilts II. Patterns & Variations. Packwood House Museum. June 12-October 13. This year's annual event shows 80 quilts on the theme of pattern: Stars, squares, rectangles, triangles, curves, flowers, and one-patch patterns. Click here: http://www.packwoodhousemuseum.com/exhibits.php See some shots from last year's show on Ann Hermes's blog: http://notesfromthequiltlab.blogspot.com/2011/07/packwood-museum-visit.html Terasaki Collection Pennsylvania, State College American Quilts from the Terasaki Collection. Palmer Museum of Art. June 12–August 26, 2012 21 quilts from collection of Etsuko Terasaki, curated by Cathy Rosa Klimaszewski. A traveling exhibit organized by the the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Click here: http://www.palmermuseum.psu.edu/exhibitions.html Charleston Museum South Carolina, Charleston Geometric Quilts. The Charleston Museum. Through December 9, 2012. This year's exhibit features pieced quilts displaying a myriad of designs created from just a few distinct shapes. http://www.charlestonmuseum.org/exhibits-geometric-quilts Quilts by Charles Pratt (center) and Albert Small (right) Vermont, Shelburne Man-Made Quilts: Civil War to the Present. Shelburne Museum. Through October 28, 2012 Quilts by men from the Museum's collection and others. An illustrated catalogue with an essay by quilter and scholar Joe Cunningham will accompany the exhibition http://shelburnemuseum.org/exhibitions/man-made-quilts-civil-war-to-the-present/ (Added 7/11/2012) Colonial Williamsburg Virginia, Williamsburg Quilts in the Baltimore Manner. Colonial Williamsburg. Foster and Muriel McCarl Gallery. June 9- through May 11, 2014. One dozen quilts reflecting the strong textile industry and innovative quiltmaking styles of America’s largest seaport of the period 1845 to 1855. Curated by Linda Baumgarten and Kim Ivey. http://www.history.org/history/museums/abby_art_current.cfm Influences on American Quilts: Baltimore to Bengal. A symposium exploring influences through a series of formal lectures, juried papers, and tours. November 8-10, 2012. http://www.history.org/history/institute/institute_about.cfm Flag by Sarah Mary Taylor, 1970s Washington, Bellevue Bellevue Arts Museum. Bold Expressions: African American Quilts from the Collection of Corrine Riley. June 14 - October 7, 2012 50 quilts made throughout the American South between 1910 and the 1970s http://www.bellevuearts.org/exhibitions/current/bold_expressions/index.html (added 7/7/2012) Hannah Haynes Headlee's Iris Garden will be at the Whatcom Museum Washington, Bellingham Washington, Whatcom Museum. American Quilts: The Democratic Art August 4-October 28, 2012. Curators Robert Shaw and Julie Silber have organized a show based on Shaw's book of the same name. http://www.whatcommuseum.org/galleries/upcoming/356-american-quilts-the-democratic-art-1780-2007- (Added 7/16/12) La Conner Museum Mariner’s Compass made by Roxy Terrill and Amanda Cheney for Amanda’s grandson, Edward Nobles in 1865. Washington, La Conner Two-Color Quilts from the permanent collection. La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum. June 27 - August 19, 2012 http://www.laconnerquilts.com/exhibits/current-exhibits/two-color-quilts
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
The interior of the Wisconsin Quilt Museum Last weekend hubby and I went to the Wisconsin Quilt Museum to see the Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry's 30 years of Quilts exhibit. WOW! I took a lot of photographs and this blog is for all of you who won't be able to see this marvelous exhibit. The quilt museum is in a renovated barn. It has sweeping high walls, spotlight lighting and 360 degrees of space, angles, rafters, beams and wonderful old gray wood. Walking in and looking at the walls and hanging quilts was wonderful. You were literally surrounded by color and movement. Caryl unveiled her first quilt. And here it is! HUMBLE beginnings isn't it? Doesn't that give you hope for your quilting future? She started small, that is for sure. Rail Fence, Caryl's first quilt Quilts were hanging from the rafters above us. Reflection #18 Some of her quilts are big, some are small. Here are some of her small ones. Midnight Fantasy Giraffes in the Paintbox #2 Some of the small wall quilts were over my head so taking straight on shots was impossible. (In case you are wondering why my photos are so distorted!) New Dawn This is the quilt she made to celebrate the new millennium. Do you remember the 'horrors' promised by Y2K?! I was living in northern Idaho at the turn of the last century and there were all kinds of people moving up there into the wilderness to escape the collapse of civilization as we know it. Sometimes the "unknown" can inspire all kinds of irrational fears and sometimes powerful forces use those fears to magnify their own influences on our lives. Beware what you listen to. But I digress... Instead of focusing on the 'fear' factor, Caryl made a sweeping statement about hope and the dawning of a new day in a new age. She writes "The Phoenix is beautiful symbol of the ability of life and beauty to arise out of decay and destruction." As a Christian, I can surely relate to this! I took a bunch of detail photographs so you can see her stitching and quilting up close and personal. Detail, New Dawn Detail, New Dawn Detail, New Dawn Oops, forgot to get the name. Sorry! Feather Flower #3 As I said earlier, there is so much color and movement in her quilts. Dancing through the Blues #2 Spirogyra #5 Detail, Spirogyra #5 Dancing through the Blues I Flying geese flying with geese. :) Migration #12 Detail, Migration #12 Lepidopteran #3 This next quilt has always been one of my favorites. Corona #3 Solar Eclipse Detail, Corona #3 Solar Eclipse Leap Caryl's quilt Leap makes me want to jump out into the big wide world and embrace every adventure that comes my way! Cosmic Feathers #1 Her color palette is awesome, I love the flowing pastels in this quilt. Here is a closeup. Detail, Cosmic Feathers #1 Chromatic Feathers #2 Somehow this next quilt reminds me of the Beatles and their cartoon movies. Maybe from Sargent Pepper's or Yellow Submarine? I keep expecting blue meanies to come out and stamp on these guys. Lol. Casting a Long Shadow #1 I wish there had been a date of some of the display tags. To me, the Long Shadow quilt looks like it could have inspired the 'modern' quilt genre with it's use of negative space. Fibonacci Series #14 Bradford Fantasy Aquarium #2 Forgot to get the name again - sorry! These older quilts made with 'high tech tucks' are kind of cool aren't they? Seems like you could do a lot more with them in landscape quilts than has been done so far. (Don't look at me for this, lol, I already have waaaay too many ideas to get down in fabric!) Illusion #2 On the Wings of a Dream Caryl made this quilt after the death of her first husband. She made it to symbolize her life as she moves forward, as she leaves the past and embraces all the new choices ahead of her. For her, birds have the symbolic meaning of 'freedom' so she merges herself with a bird to show how she's embracing what's next in her life. Detail, On the Wings of a Dream Detail, On the Wings of a Dream Feather Study #1 This quilt and the next were hanging high above our heads from the barn rafters. When you were in the exhibit, you really were surrounded by color and movement. The museum was a great venue for all of Caryl's quilts. Illusion #13 Well, that is if for me this week. Next week we'll come back to the watercolor landscape I'm working on. The design part is done and I'm starting to sew, buy you'll have to wait to see it and all the steps I'm taking. RJR Fabrics found me the other day and asked if I am interested in designing some quilts from their Danscapes fabric line. (I am!) Soooo, I'll be busy playing with new stuff in the weeks ahead. I really hope you enjoyed looking at Caryl's quilts. If you can get to an exhibition, I highly recommend it! The exhibit will only be here a few more weeks I think. Take Care everyone, Stay Warm all you peoples in the North and East! It is COLD here too. Comments/Questions welcome!
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
The perfect road trip includes sunny days, time enough to stop at quilt and antique shops, and one very special destination. I experienced just that last week when I visited the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. The museum is located just outside the charming town of Cedarburg, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan and just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Cedarburg was once a mill town, but its well-preserved stone and wood buildings now beckon tourists to art galleries, restaurants, and specialty shops.
