Starbirth revisited

Starbirth, Starbright 54"

Starbirth, Starbright 24"

Starbirth, Starbright has two versions, the larger one, pictured below at IQF Houston, (see November 1, 2008), and the original, which was too small to enter in "the Sky's the Limit"

(Double click to enlarge photos.)

I think they are cool side by side!

"The Sky's the Limit" will be touring for two years.

the next stops include:

International Quilt Festival, Chicago April 17-19, 2009

International Quilt Festival Long Beach, CA July 24-26, 2009

I also have two quilts in "My World in Black + White". This is a special traveling exhibit. It will be hanging at Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, VA. 2/26-3/1, 2009

http://www.quiltfest.com/

Lovies for Susan

This is Susan's quilt.

The girls from Fiberarts council SCal yahoo group* made blocks and I assembled and quilted them.
http://www.fiberartsconnsocal.org/ *

And, of course, my ever-present helper, Rascal. He really, really liked this quilt!

IQF HOUSTON

Starbright, Starbirth...(the green one)

Hanging in Houston at the International Quilt Festival

Although I did not win a ribbon, I am a winner just because of where it is hanging!

Thanks Carolyn Sower for the pictures.

I'll post some close-ups later.

More about SOME GAVE ALL:

the Breaking Traditions Exhibit [With One Voice] is to give a voice to all those who stand up and say "I will make a difference".
I made three other quilts prior to this one. One was two small, and one too large, and none honored a particular person or group...then this one popped into my head at the last minute. It is part of a quilt I have had in my head for a couple of years.
The final quilt also has a dog-tag wrapped around the rifle. I found mini dog-tags on eBay, and wasn't sure they would arrive in time, but they did.

TWO quilts for posting:

SOME GAVE ALL: thank you

for Breaking Traditions: With One Voice
http://www.fibraartysta.com/breakingtraditions.htm

and my 2008 Journal Quilt

The Elements

This year the Journal Quilts in Houston (IQA) were juried. 48 out of 300 were selected.

Of course I am sorry mine was not selected, but it didn't do what I wanted it to.

Each element had a gradation of colors, and I wanted them to move, mingle, and affct the others.

The quilt may not be a loss...I thinking of reworking it, but haven't figured out what to do to it!

The quilt is not a loss: it was fun, I learned and I had to think...

the technique is from Dena Crain's "Darned Quilts" at Quilt University.

http://www.denacrain.com/blog/

http://www.quiltuniversity.com/

Newsworthy quilts

I recieved my grab bag quilt back!
LOVE IT!
Elizabeth Anne Dawson made my quilt.
http://www.elizabethanne.cc
there will be a CD available to view all the quilts....


My quilt Starbirth Starbright was accepted as one of forty finalists in the Sky's the Limit 2008 in Houston!!!!!!!!!!
It was based on a photo on APOD: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070924.html
Thanks to the Spitzer Telescope people for permission to use this photo!

I can't post photos of either quilt; sorry!

ALMOST TIME!

The Grab-bag exchange is coming to a close.

This was the bag of goodies I sent to an unknown art quilter.

My quilt will be headed this way soon!

SEE THE ARTRAGEOUSFIBREART 2007 results:
http://artrageousfibreart.blogspot.com/

IAQ

Instant Art Quilt

Ellen Lindner's on-line (and in person) class.

http://www.adventurequilter.com/(Ellen's website)

Here are two that are almost finished:

FFFC #16 "Fire + ICE"
I haven't done one of these challenges in almost a year.
Fire was a block waiting to be quilted. I left the batting hanging out to symbolize charred ices.
Ice doesn't show up well, it's glittery/icy. I painted mist fuse with pearl-ex paints, added some glitter, fused it to a piece of batk, then quilted with metallic thread. Last I added "cracked ice" to the edge; it's not nearly so green/gold!
OF COURSE, any NCSU Wolfpack fans remember fire + ice as something quit different!
LOL! now there's a quilt!