Playing on the Surface

As promised, here are pictures of another show, this one by the Scrapbag Art Quilters. This is the small group, of which I am a member, that meets weekly at members' homes. Each year we have a challenge and the results are hung at the Booth Library in Newtown CT. This year the theme was Surface Design and we used the Surface Design Association's definition: "Any process that gives pattern or color to fiber and fabric. These include spinning, felting, papermaking, weaving, knotting, netting, looping, dyeing, painting, stitching, cutting, piecing, quilting, and embellishing."

The quilts were all approximately 25 inches square. The show will hang thru October 14. Please stop by if you are in the area. All pictures are clickable for a bigger view.

The quilts were hung on fabric covered screens, two on each side of a square with quilts hung on both sides of the screens.

Carolyn Cooney, our resident landscape specialist, did Sterling Woods. It hangs on the outside of a screen, facing you as you walk into the room and its visual impact is terrific.

Paula West is one of our newest members and comes to us from a knitting background, among other arts. This piece, made up of "scrumbles" made of free-form knitting, crocheting, beading and embroidery, is called Heartland.

I posted a side view so that you can see how dimensional it is.

Nike Cutsumpas' Reticulation. Nike used pieces from an older quilt to make this new one and added lots of her signature hand stitching to add more depth and texture.

Norma Schlager's Afterimage, uses shibori, stamping and stitching with heavy thread.

Nike Cutsumpas' Musical Coloration - Overload! uses many different techniques such as paper, couching, collaging, etc.

Margaret Clayton-Amey's Seafood Salad , has stenciling, beading, couching, and stitching.

Janet Bunch, who has moved to Florida, sent us Palm Island, which uses parts of a real palm tree.

Norma Schlager's Iris Redux used paint on top of an already heavily machine quilted, pieced quilt.

Heloise Wilkinson is our founding member. Now in her 90's she is living in an assisted living facility. These four small pictures were of the view from her porch in the four seasons. She hasn't attended meetings for a few years, but we often think of her with great fondness and admiration. She was always a source of inspiration.

Chris Aulicino, our newest member and Heloise's daughter, comes to us from a weaving background, which she still does. She is new to quilting, but made these two coordinated pieces for the show, Yellow Cottage Transformed 1 & 2.

Andrea Shedletsky's, Dressed for the Wedding. Her only daughter got married Labor Day weekend and most of Andrea's time was consumed with decorations, planning, baking, etc. yet she managed to produce this lovely quilt.

Barbara Drillick's Jugando en la Playa. Barbara started with four pieces of white fabric that she painted, stamped, marked, etc., then cut into strips and wove together. She mounted the woven piece onto a piece of foam board to give it some dimension.

Barbara Drillicks' My Tables. Each square has a different surface design.