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Why would needleworkers attend quilt shows
Last Sunday I went to my first quilt show. I went to look at quilts
but if I had known there would be so much embroidery to see at a quilt show I would have gone to one a long time ago. I was surprised at how many quilts there were and the various levels of expertise shown by them. There were baby quilts, pet quilts, wall hangings, table runners, placemats, pillows, Christmas tree ornaments, and various pieces of clothing. There were animals, pastoral scenes, still lifes, and for lack of better words--Art. There were quilts that were pieced, and appliqued, and embroidered in various ways. One quilt had ribbon embroidery tree leaves, appliqued people and animals, brass charms, buttons, beads, and feathers. It was grand. Some had trapunto and other forms of raised work. Someone had even made a sort of "copy" of part of a painting that was printed on the inside leaf of a childrens Western book in applique. There was a giant frog on a lily pad wall hanging, a crazy quilt vest with some lovely stitching, a full size quilt with cross stitched lattice and flowers covering the whole thing that must have taken ages to stitch. I was so awed by the amount of work done on three double bed size cross stitched quilts that I forgot to even look at the quilting stitches. Same thing happened when I got near ones with lots of surface embroidery. There was a small (less than a meter square) French whitework piece that was quilted without batting and the stitching lines were as little as 1/8th an inch apart. It was exquisite. Unfortunately I have forgotten the name of the technique. There was one exceptional quilt that was about double bed size, it was a vase of flowers on a black background. I saw it first up close and thought it was very nice, great use of tone on tone black fabric for the background and interesting raised work flowers. Later I saw it from across the room and it took my breath away. I actually said "Oh my God." and my mouth hung open. I must have said it louder than I thought because a white haired lady with white gloves and a smile on stepped towards me and said "That's the effect it was meant to have." So folks, if you need a little inspiration for your needlework and there is a quilt show nearby, go and see what is happening in the quilting world. You will see a lot more than you would expect and you will leave the show with a huge list of ideas for your own favorite form of needlework. Debra in VA |
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Excellent post Debra......a few of us have noted this and adapting
quilting techniques to needlework and vice versa. Check out the threads on Beyond "ordinary" Embroidery and Matilda Mallstomper where we're havng a discussion on designing and the application of using needlework, quilt and any other techniques to create needlework "art". If you ever get a chance, visit a Quilt Market show, they have a consumer show right after the trade show......this the biggest and best known quilt conference & market in the USA showing the best prizewinners of various quilt challenges. The spring show moves from city to city but the fall show is always held in Houston, TX. --- Lula http://www.woolydream.com Needlework Adventures Debra wrote: Last Sunday I went to my first quilt show. I went to look at quilts but if I had known there would be so much embroidery to see at a quilt show I would have gone to one a long time ago. I was surprised at how many quilts there were and the various levels of expertise shown by them. There were baby quilts, pet quilts, wall hangings, table runners, placemats, pillows, Christmas tree ornaments, and various pieces of clothing. There were animals, pastoral scenes, still lifes, and for lack of better words--Art. There were quilts that were pieced, and appliqued, and embroidered in various ways. One quilt had ribbon embroidery tree leaves, appliqued people and animals, brass charms, buttons, beads, and feathers. It was grand. Some had trapunto and other forms of raised work. Someone had even made a sort of "copy" of part of a painting that was printed on the inside leaf of a childrens Western book in applique. There was a giant frog on a lily pad wall hanging, a crazy quilt vest with some lovely stitching, a full size quilt with cross stitched lattice and flowers covering the whole thing that must have taken ages to stitch. I was so awed by the amount of work done on three double bed size cross stitched quilts that I forgot to even look at the quilting stitches. Same thing happened when I got near ones with lots of surface embroidery. There was a small (less than a meter square) French whitework piece that was quilted without batting and the stitching lines were as little as 1/8th an inch apart. It was exquisite. Unfortunately I have forgotten the name of the technique. There was one exceptional quilt that was about double bed size, it was a vase of flowers on a black background. I saw it first up close and thought it was very nice, great use of tone on tone black fabric for the background and interesting raised work flowers. Later I saw it from across the room and it took my breath away. I actually said "Oh my God." and my mouth hung open. I must have said it louder than I thought because a white haired lady with white gloves and a smile on stepped towards me and said "That's the effect it was meant to have." So folks, if you need a little inspiration for your needlework and there is a quilt show nearby, go and see what is happening in the quilting world. You will see a lot more than you would expect and you will leave the show with a huge list of ideas for your own favorite form of needlework. Debra in VA |
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I am a quilter, needleworker, knitter, gardener and all-around crafter, among
many other hobbies. When I go to our local quilt guild meetings, many of us are doing some form of hand work, whether it's red/blue work, hand applique, knitting, crochet, embroidery, penny rugs, rug hooking ---- you name it! I think you will find that there are many of us out here that cross boundaries between the many different handcrafts. I certainly see many of the same names on the different newsgroups that I read! -JoyceG in WA Debra observed: Last Sunday I went to my first quilt show. I went to look at quilts but if I had known there would be so much embroidery to see at a quilt show I would have gone to one a long time ago. I was surprised at how many quilts there were and the various levels of expertise shown by them. There were baby quilts, pet quilts, wall hangings, table runners, placemats, pillows, Christmas tree ornaments, and various pieces of clothing. There were animals, pastoral scenes, still lifes, and for lack of better words--Art. There were quilts that were pieced, and appliqued, and embroidered in various ways. One quilt had ribbon embroidery tree leaves, appliqued people and animals, brass charms, buttons, beads, and feathers. It was grand. Some had trapunto and other forms of raised work. Someone had even made a sort of "copy" of part of a painting that was printed on the inside leaf of a childrens Western book in applique. There was a giant frog on a lily pad wall hanging, a crazy quilt vest with some lovely stitching, a full size quilt with cross stitched lattice and flowers covering the whole thing that must have taken ages to stitch. I was so awed by the amount of work done on three double bed size cross stitched quilts that I forgot to even look at the quilting stitches. Same thing happened when I got near ones with lots of surface embroidery. There was a small (less than a meter square) French whitework piece that was quilted without batting and the stitching lines were as little as 1/8th an inch apart. It was exquisite. Unfortunately I have forgotten the name of the technique. There was one exceptional quilt that was about double bed size, it was a vase of flowers on a black background. I saw it first up close and thought it was very nice, great use of tone on tone black fabric for the background and interesting raised work flowers. Later I saw it from across the room and it took my breath away. I actually said "Oh my God." and my mouth hung open. I must have said it louder than I thought because a white haired lady with white gloves and a smile on stepped towards me and said "That's the effect it was meant to have." So folks, if you need a little inspiration for your needlework and there is a quilt show nearby, go and see what is happening in the quilting world. You will see a lot more than you would expect and you will leave the show with a huge list of ideas for your own favorite form of needlework. Debra in VA |
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Love these posts. Part of what you were seeing is called Crazy Patch.
Lots of embroidery, especially ribbon embroidery. Lots of applied trims of all types. It's *very* big. A little too "much" for my personal tastes, but have seen some that were stunners. The French quilting is probably boutis. Gorgeous stuff, and I understand quite easy to do. Funny you should write about this because a retail friend went to a trade show, and quite a few went to her booth and remarked, "Oh, we're into quilting. We don't embroider." I thought that too funny. Dianne Debra wrote: Last Sunday I went to my first quilt show. I went to look at quilts but if I had known there would be so much embroidery to see at a quilt show I would have gone to one a long time ago. I was surprised at how many quilts there were and the various levels of expertise shown by them. There were baby quilts, pet quilts, wall hangings, table runners, placemats, pillows, Christmas tree ornaments, and various pieces of clothing. There were animals, pastoral scenes, still lifes, and for lack of better words--Art. There were quilts that were pieced, and appliqued, and embroidered in various ways. One quilt had ribbon embroidery tree leaves, appliqued people and animals, brass charms, buttons, beads, and feathers. It was grand. Some had trapunto and other forms of raised work. Someone had even made a sort of "copy" of part of a painting that was printed on the inside leaf of a childrens Western book in applique. There was a giant frog on a lily pad wall hanging, a crazy quilt vest with some lovely stitching, a full size quilt with cross stitched lattice and flowers covering the whole thing that must have taken ages to stitch. I was so awed by the amount of work done on three double bed size cross stitched quilts that I forgot to even look at the quilting stitches. Same thing happened when I got near ones with lots of surface embroidery. There was a small (less than a meter square) French whitework piece that was quilted without batting and the stitching lines were as little as 1/8th an inch apart. It was exquisite. Unfortunately I have forgotten the name of the technique. There was one exceptional quilt that was about double bed size, it was a vase of flowers on a black background. I saw it first up close and thought it was very nice, great use of tone on tone black fabric for the background and interesting raised work flowers. Later I saw it from across the room and it took my breath away. I actually said "Oh my God." and my mouth hung open. I must have said it louder than I thought because a white haired lady with white gloves and a smile on stepped towards me and said "That's the effect it was meant to have." So folks, if you need a little inspiration for your needlework and there is a quilt show nearby, go and see what is happening in the quilting world. You will see a lot more than you would expect and you will leave the show with a huge list of ideas for your own favorite form of needlework. Debra in VA |
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Debra said
Last Sunday I went to my first quilt show. I went to look at quilts but if I had known there would be so much embroidery to see at a quilt show I would have gone to one a long time ago. I love the way quilt patterns use so many colors and patterns. I like browsing in a small, almost hole in the wall store that specializes in fabric and other quilting supplies. If the shop owner ever gets her act together and offers the "you can't sew but you can quilt" class, I'm going to be first in line to enroll. -- another Anne, add ingers to frugalf to reply |
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Embellishing quilts has become very popular beyond the traditional
Crazy Patchwork quilting that has been around forever. I think it is the quilting people just thinking outside the square and bringing the fabric to life that step further than just appliqué and piecing. It is great to see. I always add beads and surface stitching to my quilting. I like the textured look it gives. Design a stitching good day, Janet http://www.jmddesigns.co.nz http://www.masterstitch.co.uk Get the JMD Newsletter: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jmdnewsletter/ |
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On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 17:49:13 -0500, lula
wrote: Excellent post Debra......a few of us have noted this and adapting quilting techniques to needlework and vice versa. Check out the threads on Beyond "ordinary" Embroidery and Matilda Mallstomper where we're havng a discussion on designing and the application of using needlework, quilt and any other techniques to create needlework "art". If you ever get a chance, visit a Quilt Market show, they have a consumer show right after the trade show......this the biggest and best known quilt conference & market in the USA showing the best prizewinners of various quilt challenges. The spring show moves from city to city but the fall show is always held in Houston, TX. --- Lula http://www.woolydream.com Needlework Adventures I did read most of Beyond Ordinary but I never downloaded the Matilda Mallstomper thread because it sounded so much like a "shop til you drop" stitching pattern name and I dislike malls and shopping. I'm downloading all headers so I can get to the ones I deleted. Debra in VA |
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There was a small (less than a meter square) French whitework piece that was quilted without batting and the stitching lines were as little as 1/8th an inch apart. It was exquisite. Unfortunately I have forgotten the name of the technique. Boutis. I do this and it is very slow but very easy to do. It looks a million dollars. Marie |
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"Marie Lewis" wrote in message ...
There was a small (less than a meter square) French whitework piece that was quilted without batting and the stitching lines were as little as 1/8th an inch apart. It was exquisite. Unfortunately I have forgotten the name of the technique. Boutis. I do this and it is very slow but very easy to do. It looks a million dollars. Marie This sounds very interesting to me - I did a search but all I came up with was sites in French. Is there a resource in English that might provide more detail? I have been looking at possibly taking up white work. Is it similar to this? Nadia |
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On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 17:18:15 -0600, Dianne Lewandowski
wrote: Love these posts. Part of what you were seeing is called Crazy Patch. Lots of embroidery, especially ribbon embroidery. Lots of applied trims of all types. It's *very* big. A little too "much" for my personal tastes, but have seen some that were stunners. I expect you would have found most of them to your liking as most only had one type of embroidery added very tastefully purely for effect. The few that went over the top were definitely scenes of the type that in another time would have been woven or stitched into large tapestries. The really cool one could be best described as a day in a small town, complete with a small orchard, a farm with a few animals, a stream with two boys fishing, man on horseback on a dirt road, a church, general store, post office, school with playground, and a few houses, with mountains in the far background. The French quilting is probably boutis. Gorgeous stuff, and I understand quite easy to do. Yes, that's the term that was used. I knew if I saw the word again I'd recognize it. Funny you should write about this because a retail friend went to a trade show, and quite a few went to her booth and remarked, "Oh, we're into quilting. We don't embroider." I thought that too funny. Dianne Well there are still people who only do pieced quilts quilted with traditional stitching patterns, but few of those quilts can be called plain as new quilt block patterns are so interesting. DH was interested in the two that were made of tiny blocks that seemed to fade from one color to the next, one was shades of blue and the other was autumn colors. I think he liked them because they reminded him of computer pictures. Personally it boggles my mind that anyone would make a full size quilt top out of one inch squares and have all the little corners meet perfectly, especially the blue one with the shades that were so close in value. Of course even the quilting patterns have come a long way and the stitching lines can be anything from the traditional arches, braids, and feathers, to flowers and fruit, to leaves and trees, to insects and animals, and anything else that can be drawn with a few lines. I've seen whole cloth quilts that had traditional stylized stitching patterns and others that had wildlife scenes. Both kinds are beautiful. The women who made them would never call quilting stitches embroidery, even if that is what you would call them. Or were you just laughing because so many quilters embellish their quilts with stitches that are labeled embroidery? To me if a quilt is held together with a stitch pattern that is more than a utilitarian over all grid or stitch in the ditch, then the quilting stitch is being used as embroidery. Utilitarian quilting is sewing three layers together because that is all it does, pattern quilting is embroidery because it adds beauty to the whole. The term Embroidery does not refer to any specific number of fabric layers. I think it only means thread(s) stitched through or onto fabric(s) to form a pleasing pattern. Debra in VA |
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