quilt national 17 with live interviews

Quilt of Fantastical Things by Judith Quinn Garnett
40" x 40"  acrylic paint, cotton canvas, threads, felt, linen and bottle caps

detail of Quilt of Fantastical Things

 Fatigue Threshold by Amy Meissner
70" x 54"   abandoned quilt top, vintage domestic textiles, cotton embroidery floss

Detail of Fatigue Threshold

Shift 1 by Liz Axford
75" x 69"  hand dyed cotton
Award of Excellence

Detail of Shift 1

Defining Moments 12:  NO means NO  by Carol Larson
49" x 39"   cotton sateen, perle cotton, textile paint

Detail of NO means NO

 Whitewater by Benedicte Caneill
36" x 36"  cotton fabric, textile paint, mono printed and quilted

Detail of Whitewater

L'oiseau de Mme Wazoh  by Ginny Smith
38" x 36"  feedbag dishtowel and cotton

Detail of Mme Wazoh

Soft Summer Gone by Judy Martin
100" x 100"  plant dyed silk, silk and wool threads, hand stitched
Lynne Goodman Borgman Award for Surface Design
also  Surface Design Association award for Surface Design


Click on our names for the individual 2 minute videos produced by Quilt National of those of us who attended the opening.

detail of Soft Summer Gone
full view is here

"Many of the individual artists clearly have given heart and soul to create some of the best work of their careers and I emphatically congratulate them"  Nancy Crow - founder of Quilt National and juror of QN 17

studio work

I worked in my new studio today making this cloth.




















Family photo op, Thanksgiving day.

MInd and Body

Today I booked my flight and reserved accomodation for the Mind and Body Surface Design Association Conference in Kansas City. I will be studying at the pre conference and the post conference as well as being able to visit some amazing exhibitions, including that of my beloved fellow Canadian, Dorothy Caldwell. I am looking forward to the trip, although it seems an effort right now to think about doing anything very demanding.