Are You Crazy? Don’t Splash Receives an Honorable Mention

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.