My Summer Vacation 2017 :: Part Seven

August 29 2017,

** Note: This is the ninth section of a nine part blog **
My Summer Vacation 2017 :: Kick off :: Part Uno
My Summer Vacation 2017 :: Part Deux
My Summer Vacation 2017 :: Part Trois
My Summer Vacation 2017 :: Part Cuatro
My Summer Vacation 2017 :: Part Cinq
My Summer Vacation 2017 :: Part Six of One
My Summer Vacation 2017 :: Part Six of Two
My Summer Vacation 2017 :: Part Six of Three
My Summer Vacation 2017 :: Part Seven

Okie dokie. The city of Lowell had a "Summer Celebration" celebrating quilts.

On a beautiful day, I decided to visit the area.

My first stop was the "New England Quilt Museum" where the museum was displaying, "The Best of the Region's Quilt Guilds".

Boston Modern Quilt Guild, Natick, MA
Boston MQG, "Trailblazer"
Quilted by Gwen Marceline & Allison Coe

I really love the one below, her color choice and the quilting is superb.

Hannah Dustin Quilters Guild, Hudson, NH
Janice Kagenski, "Hillside Houses"

Detail of "Hillside Houses"

Detail of "Hillside Houses"

Narragansett Bay QA, East Greenwich, RI
Tina Craig, "Ombre' Pyramids"

Wayside Quilt Guild, Sudbury, MA
Anne Messier, "Nature's Garden"

Detail of "Nature's Garden"

Ninigret Quilters Guild, Westerly, RI
Pat Harrison, "Himself"

Detail of "Himself"

Material Girls Quilt Guild, Leominster, MA
Nancy Sullivan, "Remembering Cecil"

Cacheco Quilters' Guild, Dover, NH
Carol Barstow, "I Refuse to Lose my Marbles"

Detail of "I Refuse to Lose my Marbles"

Quilters' Connection, Waltham, MA
Mike "Mac" McNamara, "Hands of the Goddess"

Herring Run Quilt Guild, Norwell, MA
Kathleen Lavallee, "Bali Wedding Star"

Detail of "Bali Wedding Star"

Detail of "Bali Wedding Star"

Hammersmith Quilt Guild, Saugus, MA
Sally Clapp, "Midnight Fantasy Garden"

Detail of "Midnight Fantasy Garden"

This one below was interesting. Again, I like her use of colors and the half square triangles make the points pop out.

Cape Cod Quilters, Brewster, MA
Patricia Curry, "Christmas Pickle"

Detail of "Christmas Pickle"

Clamshell Quilt Guild, Waterform, CT
Alice Means, "Starburst"

Detail of "Starburst"

Merrimack Valley Quilt Guild, Haverhill, MA
Louise Robitaille, "Stars for a New Day"

Bayberry Quilters of Cape Cod, Harwich, MA
Quilted by Cecilia Macia

Thimble Pleasures Quilt Guild, Mendon, MA
Karen Fraser, "Primitive Garden"

Amoskeag Quilters Guild, Manchester, NH
Donna McDowell, "In the Golden Years"

Detail of "In the Golden Years"

Heritage Quilters' Guild, Manchester, NH
Martha McCarthy, "North Pacific; aka North Atlantic"

Ladies of the Lake Quilting Guild, Wolfeboro, NH
Dawn Thurston, "Floral Fantasy Sampler"

Burlington Quilt Guild, Burlington, MA
Pat Kowalczyk, "My Quilting Journey"

Detail of "My Quilting Journey"

Yankee Quilters, Franklin, MA
Sarah Brewin, "Had to have it, finished it, never again!"

Detail of "Had to have it, finished it, never again!"

Detail of "Had to have it, finished it, never again!"

Pine Tree Quilt Guild, Augusta & Waterville, ME
Carolee Fields Withee, "A Crazy Quilt Landscape"

Detail of "A Crazy Quilt Landscape"

Detail of "A Crazy Quilt Landscape"

Rhododendron Needlers Quilt Guild, Walpole, MA
Sue Goldstein, "Six AM"

Detail of "Six AM"

My next stop was the Lowell Telecommunications Center where Allison Wilbur was exhibiting her work.

"Traditional Sashiko and Kasuri"

"Barnacle Bill"

"Massachusetts Sashiko"

Haru (Spring)

My next stop was the "The Brush Art Gallery & Studios". The exhibition was called "Little Black Dress".

The piece below is wonderful and is very powerful.

Nancy Crasco, "The Most Important Little Black Dress in America"
"Organdy and silk organza with inkjet and linoleum printing"

Detail of "The Most Important Little Black Dress in America"

Detail of "The Most Important Little Black Dress in America"

Detail of "The Most Important Little Black Dress in America"
First Row

Detail of "The Most Important Little Black Dress in America"
Second Row

Detail of "The Most Important Little Black Dress in America"
Third Row

Tricia Deck, "Moonlit Night"
"Fabric, batting, thread"

Detail of "Moonlit Night"

Heidi Proffetty, "Dress me up"
"commercial batik fabrics"

Detail of "Dress me up"

Detail of "Dress me up"

Jill Kerttula, "Treasure at Dawn"
"Custom and commercial fabric (felt, tulle, organza) yarn"

Detail of "Treasure at Dawn"

Detail of "Treasure at Dawn"

Sandy Gregg, "Structures #1"
"Cotton fabric, MX dye, machine quilting"

Detail of "Structures #1"

Detail of "Structures #1"

Sue Bleiweiss, "The Dress"
"My own hand dyed cotton (black & red), cotton thread"

Sandy Gregg, "Structures 10"
"commercial cotton fabric, fabric paint, machine quilting"

Detail of "Structures 10"

Janis Doucette Sexton, "The Barbie Project- the Political Black Dress"
"cotton, digitally composed and printed and paper doll dress"

Detail of "The Barbie Project- the Political Black Dress"

Next was at the Whistler House where they were showing "Contemporary Art Quilts 2017" I had the whole exhibition to myself.

Susan V. Polansky, "Los Companeros"
"Original photography, fabric collage, paint, machine sewing"

Detail of "Los Companeros"

Wen Redmond, "The Sweet Press of Remembered Moments"
"Hand painted, old letters, teabags, ink drawings, silk organza, cottons"

Michele O'Neil Kincaid, "Poppies"
"Original photography, cotton and commercial fabrics, silk, ribbon, rayon threads, hand beaded"

Aryana B. Londir, "In A Heartbeat"
"Cotton, machine pieced and machine quilted"

Valerie Maser-Flanagan, "Three Figures"
"Hand-dyed and commercial fabric, machine pieced and machine quilted"

Sandy Gregg, "Channeling Ernst Haeckel 3"
"Painted silk and non-wovens, machine quilted"

Detail of "Channeling Ernst Haeckel 3"

Nancy Turbitt, "Queen Bee Says No to GMOs"
"Commercial silks, cotton, batik, hand dye, beads, fabric marker"

Detail of "Queen Bee Says No to GMOs"

Betty Busby, "Growth Factor"
"Silk, digital printing, non-woven material, machine stitching"

Nancy Crasco, "Sea Weed Garden"
"Linoleum prints on taffeta and silk organza, machine pieced, hand-quilted"

Sarah Carpenter, "Ode to Iceland"
"Photo printed on silk, machine quilted"

Detail of "Ode to Iceland"

Marilyn Belford, "The Wrath of Poseidon"
Cotton fabric, wool batting, fusible applique, machine quilted"

Sue Colozzi, "Sunset from Little Island"
"Cotton, batik, silk, organza, tulle, thread sketching"

Madalene Axford Murphy, "Insight"
"Cotton, silk, organza, hand-stitched, perle cotton"

Detail of "Insight"

Detail of "Insight"

Well folks, summer is almost over - hope you all had a great summer as well - till next year.

Back to the grind of things.

Quilt & Bitch