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What is "embellishment"?
A friend and I went over the week-end to the Pacific International Quilt
Festival in Santa Clara CA. One category for an award was Best Use of Embellishment, Traditional Diviision. The winner was a machine-appiqued version of a Baltimore album quilt with red and yellow baskets and flowers done partly in black cotton fabric with bright multi-colored tiny polka dots and partly on black fabric with bright multi squiiggly lines. There was also a plain black fabric interior border which was stipple-quilted in black. The squiggly lined black was quilted in multi-color thread. The polka dots had tiny crystals glued on some of them. There were beads sewn around the edge perpendicular to the binding. There was another smaller crazy quilt entry in velvets, satins, and some prints, done all by hand with various hand stitches and/or beads on every seam, silk ribbon embroidery, stem-stitch embroidered figures on some patches, wired ribbon flowers, charms, buttons, yo-o's, etc. It was highly decorated, but we did not think it was overly cluttered. We did not understand why the winner beat the other one, which had so much more work on it, all by hand and obviously over many, many more hours. (Both were neatly done with no evident flaws.) My friend maintained that colored quilting is embellishment. I said would that mean that the black quilting is embellishment, too? What is embellishment? In a competition like that how much weight do the judges place on the stated category, or did those particular judges just like flashier, more modern style? Deedee |
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What is "embellishment"?
"Virginia Hughes" wrote in message ... My friend maintained that colored quilting is embellishment. I said would that mean that the black quilting is embellishment, too? What is embellishment? IMHO, it was the crystals and beads that were the embellishment, not the quilting. Embellishment is usually "extra" stuff -- crystals, beads, buttons, ribbons, couching, etc. In a competition like that how much weight do the judges place on the stated category, or did those particular judges just like flashier, more modern style? That depends on the individual quilt show. The big shows like PIQF have judging guidelines which tell the judges what to look for. One common system is to award points for certain things. The following is a hypothetical example -- 10 points for the appliqué workmanship, 10 points for the composition, 5 points for fabric choice, 20 points for quality of quilting, 5 points for binding, etc. There are other systems, too, and I don't know (or much care) which one PIQF uses. Some shows give more credit for hand work, some do not. Again, I don't know the specifics for PIQF, but I have shown a number of quilts there, and I've never gotten the impression that's something they're particularly looking for. (But I've always entered in "Innovative", not "Traditional".) Other shows are different. That's why it's nice to have lots and lots of quilt shows. -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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What is "embellishment"?
The crazy quilt was in the same competition. It seemed to have people
around it all the time pointing at various areas of decoration because there were so many of them, all different. Some of the silk ribbon was way wider than any I've ever seen before. One poinsettia was of ribbon at least half an inch wide actually stitched through the fabric, and a pair of folded roses were of almost an inch wide ribbon. That all of this was beaten by such simple embellishment as glued-on crystals and beads around the edge was hard for us to grasp. Even if judges get bored with traditional techniques and traditional styles, aren't they supposed to judge them objectively on how well they are done and with what variety? Just because two simple embellishments are put onto black backgrounds with flashy bright colors shouldn't equate with months and months of detailed work, we thought. Strange. Deedee |
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What is "embellishment"?
Sorry for my senior moment there. I was helping my sister with a poem
for her poetry board and when we finished I came straight here without switching users. Poetry is her art and she wouldn't know embellishment from batting. Virginia. |
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What is "embellishment"?
"Deirdre Day" wrote in message ... The crazy quilt was in the same competition. It seemed to have people around it all the time pointing at various areas of decoration because there were so many of them, all different. Some of the silk ribbon was way wider than any I've ever seen before. One poinsettia was of ribbon at least half an inch wide actually stitched through the fabric, and a pair of folded roses were of almost an inch wide ribbon. That all of this was beaten by such simple embellishment as glued-on crystals and beads around the edge was hard for us to grasp. Even if judges get bored with traditional techniques and traditional styles, aren't they supposed to judge them objectively on how well they are done and with what variety? Just because two simple embellishments are put onto black backgrounds with flashy bright colors shouldn't equate with months and months of detailed work, we thought. Strange. Deedee Each show sets the criteria for judging which they then give to the judges. In some shows creativity, originality, uniqueness or overall impression may count more than specific technique(s). In other shows or categories specific techniques may be weighed more heavily. Ellen |
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