The Southport Quilt Guild holds its annual show at the Anderson Arts Center on the lakefront in Kenosha. The quilts are hung by the arts center staff and the show is up for a month. There's no admission fee.
View of the lake from a second-floor window. Podgaji "flags" guided visitors to the front door.
There were 75? or so quilts on display.
This was fun! Each visitor got a clipboard with a scavenger hunt sheet. ("How many points are in the star in quilt #70?" "Which quilt is named Daniel?" "What color is the center pinwheel on quilt #21?")
I chose a bag of popcorn as my prize.
After the show I stopped at Kenosha Sand Dunes. Geologically they are part of the same stretch as the lakefront here (just 5 miles away). I will return when I'm wearing better walking shoes.
Upper right: yellow jewelweed. Lower left: a wooly bear caterpillar.
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In the studio:
The strip-piecing is on lightweight paper that I tore out before adding the triangles. Each four-unit block is 14" finished.
Bonnie's tutorial says to cut the triangles 4-7/8" and to use a corner trimmer. When I did that the blocks were too small. Instead I made the strip insert longer (5" x 11"), trimmed it to 4-1/2" x 11", cut 6" squares in half for the triangles, and trimmed the block to 7-1/2".
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I enjoy reading about textile history, sociology, and psychology. Nicole Nehrig's book fits all those categories. She comes to the subject as a knitter and a clinical psychologist so she is familiar with what she's writing about and she knows how to search and present her findings.
Over centuries fiber art/work/craft has been termed "women's work," often dismissively. Actually "women's work" must be viewed positively -- because of it we are comforted (think of baby blankets), clothed, sheltered, and ultimately shrouded. Fiber and textiles are essential to our well-being.
Linking up with Oh Scrap! Sew and Tell Monday Musings Design Wall Monday
i love those scrappy blocks....endless possibilities....great book recommendation!
ReplyDeleteAs a quilter and pattern writer, I like to have the cutting sizes be just a little generous to allow for better accuracy in finishing the blocks. A constant 1/4" seam is difficult to achieve ALL THE TIME ;) Thanks for sharing in Sew & Tell.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you need to keep a pair of walking/hiking shoes in your car for the impromptu stops at parks.
ReplyDeleteI really like the bottom right quilt in the second collage. I don't know if that was planned or used orphan blocks but it is a spectacular layout.
That looks like a great quilt show! I've made a few of those String X blocks, and they came out smaller than the pattern said they should, too. I vote for over-sizing and then trimming down!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun twist, that scavenger hunt. Smart to choose a consumable prize!
ReplyDeleteI'm also a fan of "cut big, trim back" corners, and will generally try a new pattern with the recommended size, then (if necessary) what I think will be a big-enough size. Then I adjust as I sew and trim. While I don't mind trimming, if I'm trimming away half an inch that's too wasteful for me.
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I just finished "With Her Own Hands" too! Loved it. Definitely would like to see more pictures, and a documentary would be great. Watched "The Quilters" about male prison inmates making quilts for kids, and it was wonderful. On a different topic, I now wish I had seen my grandmother making quilts...cardboard templates, a treadle machine, and hand quilting, all from remnants.
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