Stitched Tributes to Quilts (2 of 3)

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Stitched Tributes to Quilts  (2 of 3)

Check out the Flying Geese pattern created by Kathy Weigl & Edie Beck.
And below that, Donna Pence won first place for her depiction of a tiger

Wandering through the rooms, what struck me this year was how many pieces reflected an influence from quilting.


Dee Lande from New Jersey created the Texas Star on the left. 
Margaret Overend from Virginia created the piece on the right.

Another thing that caught my eye was a series of the same design created by ten different needlework artists from New Jersey. These submissions might even have given the show's curators pause when deciding how to display them. Should they all be together? Or scattered throughout the rooms? In the end they were divided up. Once a docent drew my attention to the collection, it became a search for treasure, adding a fun interactive element to the viewing. For instance, the piece on the right in row 1 was found in a Halloween themed section.   

I'm always intrigued by individual interpretation of the same subject, or in this case the same design. I'm putting them side-by -side here so you can see the variety of ways in which one design can be executed.





 row 1: Sylvia Biglin, Karen Sparks
row 2: Cathryn Curia, Mally Becker
row 3: Linda Mosch, Mary H Williams
row 4: Jill Williams, Barbara Levy
row 5: Nancy Winterbauer, Joan Spicer

Isn't it cool to see how changing the color palette can give a whole different feeling to the piece? 

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