Are You Crazy? Don’t Splash Receives an Honorable Mention
My submission to the 2019 QCNYS Challenge:
Still Crazy After All These Years has been chosen to be a part of the
Traveling Exhibit (12 quilts in total), which will tour the
State of
New York for the
next two years. Are You Crazy? Don’t Splash received an
Honorable Mention.
The Still Crazy After All These Years Exhibit
will be unveiled at the Best of NY Quilt Show, September 20th & 21st, 10AM
– 5PM, at Watson Homestead Conference Center, 9620 Dry Run Rd, Painted Post, NY
14870.
I will be at the show giving a
demonstration on crazy quilts on Friday, September 20, 2019 from 1-3pm. I will be bringing several antique crazy
quilts, along with the one I am working on, The Velvet Hex.
The Top Left photo shows a cute little
flower fairy from the front of the quilt, where as the backing fabric is a
crazy quilt “cheater” fabric.
The Bottom Left is the center medallion
of the crazy quilt I am making, called the Velvet Hex. All the embroidery and seam stitches are done
by hand, and are English Paper Pieced together.
The Bottom Center is a lovely crazy quilt
that has several Kate Greenaway motifs, along with Japanese Fans and Peacock
Feathers. The Top Center (right of show
information) is another are on this quilt showing the traditional spider and
web design found on many, many crazy quilts of the Victorian era.
The Bottom Right is my entry into the
Challenge, and will be on display at the show, along with all the other
entries. It is hand embroidered, English
Paper Pieced, and hand quilted. The
border is done in red hand crochet trim.
The Top Right is a crazy quilt using many
motifs from The Art Amateur (1880, 1881) and Harper’s Bazar (1881) magazines.
In the Center, are some owl ornaments,
made from silk tie scraps. They are cute
and fun to make if you just want to try some foundation piecing and a bit of
ornamental stitching.
These, along with some other smaller
pieces will be on display on Friday during the demonstration. I hope to see some of you there.
