Best Of World Winner, A New Show with Kris Vierra, A Tour of Susan K. Cleveland Quilts, A 1 Minute Tour in the Control Room, Color Duets with Kaffe Fassett, Taping Warehouse Sale Continues, A "Flower" Puzzle
Sunday Smiles August 29, 2021
Featured Quilt - The "Eye of the Tiger"
Eye Remember by Maria Ferri Cousins and S.B. Walsh won Best Of World at the World Quilt Competition at PIQF 2017. A little bit about the subject, "This Bengal Tiger, Rajin, was born into a circus that went out of business in Spain. He was given to the Castellar Rescue Zoo. He currently lives in a modest but beautifully landscaped environment, with trees to climb, a waterfall and a pool to bathe in." As for the quilt, it was painted on silk with fabric dyes and inks by Syrie Blanco (S.B.) Walsh and pieced, thread painted and free motion quilted by Maria. With such exquisite quilting and design, the quilt roars to life when you see it.
Known as the Quilter on the Run, Kris Vierra has many talents and loves to keep busy with Longarm quilting. Watch as she zips all over the set ,demonstrates border techniques, quilting by design, and then showing off her quilted garments. Get off and running to watch a brand new episode of The Quilt Show!
Take a walk with Susan K. Cleveland (Show 2510) through her special exhibit, Pieces Be With You: Quilts by Susan K. Cleveland, at AQS QuiltWeek in Daytona Beach 2020. Learn how Susan made a quilt that didn't fit the rules of a contest... and what she did to make it fit those rules!
Kaffe Fassett and his niece Erin Lee Gafill have a new exhibit, Color Duets: Kaffe Fassett and Erin Lee Gafill, on display at the Monterey Museum of Art capturing their weekends working together in Big Sur that "pulls back the veil, revealing the inspiration, craft, and environment that bring new artworks into being."
Having done over fifty types of flower, flower garden, and meadows of flowers quilts, Flower Field 3 is just a part of one of Sue's flower series. The reason Sue makes so many flower quilts is because of their beauty, the biology behind the flowers, and how the radial symmetry of a flower reminds of her of a cell. All these concepts, plus the fact the flowers represent pure joy to Sue, are what draw her to making these quilts over and over again.
Whether you are on a beautiful lake, or just looking at the pictures of one in a book, you can watch The Quilt Show. The Quilt Show is a resource you take anywhere you go so you can get better all the time. As we all know, learning never stops, and where you are shouldn't stop you from learning!
