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".
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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.
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Hannah Dustin Quilters Guild, Hudson, NH
Janice Kagenski, "Hillside Houses" |
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| Detail of "Hillside Houses" |
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| Detail of "Hillside Houses" |
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Narragansett Bay QA, East Greenwich, RI
Tina Craig, "Ombre' Pyramids" |
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Wayside Quilt Guild, Sudbury, MA
Anne Messier, "Nature's Garden" |
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| Detail of "Nature's Garden" |
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Ninigret Quilters Guild, Westerly, RI
Pat Harrison, "Himself" |
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| Detail of "Himself" |
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Material Girls Quilt Guild, Leominster, MA
Nancy Sullivan, "Remembering Cecil" |
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Cacheco Quilters' Guild, Dover, NH
Carol Barstow, "I Refuse to Lose my Marbles" |
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| Detail of "I Refuse to Lose my Marbles" |
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Quilters' Connection, Waltham, MA
Mike "Mac" McNamara, "Hands of the Goddess" |
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Herring Run Quilt Guild, Norwell, MA
Kathleen Lavallee, "Bali Wedding Star" |
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| Detail of "Bali Wedding Star" |
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| Detail of "Bali Wedding Star" |
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Hammersmith Quilt Guild, Saugus, MA
Sally Clapp, "Midnight Fantasy Garden" |
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| 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.
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Cape Cod Quilters, Brewster, MA
Patricia Curry, "Christmas Pickle" |
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| Detail of "Christmas Pickle" |
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Clamshell Quilt Guild, Waterform, CT
Alice Means, "Starburst" |
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| Detail of "Starburst" |
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Merrimack Valley Quilt Guild, Haverhill, MA
Louise Robitaille, "Stars for a New Day" |
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Bayberry Quilters of Cape Cod, Harwich, MA
Quilted by Cecilia Macia |
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Thimble Pleasures Quilt Guild, Mendon, MA
Karen Fraser, "Primitive Garden" |
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Amoskeag Quilters Guild, Manchester, NH
Donna McDowell, "In the Golden Years" |
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| Detail of "In the Golden Years" |
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Heritage Quilters' Guild, Manchester, NH
Martha McCarthy, "North Pacific; aka North Atlantic" |
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Ladies of the Lake Quilting Guild, Wolfeboro, NH
Dawn Thurston, "Floral Fantasy Sampler" |
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Burlington Quilt Guild, Burlington, MA
Pat Kowalczyk, "My Quilting Journey" |
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| Detail of "My Quilting Journey" |
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Yankee Quilters, Franklin, MA
Sarah Brewin, "Had to have it, finished it, never again!" |
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| Detail of "Had to have it, finished it, never again!" |
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| Detail of "Had to have it, finished it, never again!" |
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Pine Tree Quilt Guild, Augusta & Waterville, ME
Carolee Fields Withee, "A Crazy Quilt Landscape" |
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| Detail of "A Crazy Quilt Landscape" |
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| Detail of "A Crazy Quilt Landscape" |
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Rhododendron Needlers Quilt Guild, Walpole, MA
Sue Goldstein, "Six AM" |
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| Detail of "Six AM" |
My next stop was the Lowell Telecommunications Center where
Allison Wilbur was exhibiting her work.
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| "Traditional Sashiko and Kasuri" |
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| "Barnacle Bill" |
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| "Massachusetts Sashiko" |
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| 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.
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Nancy Crasco, "The Most Important Little Black Dress in America"
"Organdy and silk organza with inkjet and linoleum printing" |
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| Detail of "The Most Important Little Black Dress in America" |
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| Detail of "The Most Important Little Black Dress in America" |
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Detail of "The Most Important Little Black Dress in America"
First Row |
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Detail of "The Most Important Little Black Dress in America"
Second Row |
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Detail of "The Most Important Little Black Dress in America"
Third Row |
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Tricia Deck, "Moonlit Night"
"Fabric, batting, thread" |
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| Detail of "Moonlit Night" |
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Heidi Proffetty, "Dress me up"
"commercial batik fabrics" |
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| Detail of "Dress me up" |
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| Detail of "Dress me up" |
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Jill Kerttula, "Treasure at Dawn"
"Custom and commercial fabric (felt, tulle, organza) yarn" |
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| Detail of "Treasure at Dawn" |
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| Detail of "Treasure at Dawn" |
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Sandy Gregg, "Structures #1"
"Cotton fabric, MX dye, machine quilting" |
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| Detail of "Structures #1" |
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| Detail of "Structures #1" |
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Sue Bleiweiss, "The Dress"
"My own hand dyed cotton (black & red), cotton thread" |
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Sandy Gregg, "Structures 10"
"commercial cotton fabric, fabric paint, machine quilting" |
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| Detail of "Structures 10" |
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Janis Doucette Sexton, "The Barbie Project- the Political Black Dress"
"cotton, digitally composed and printed and paper doll dress" |
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| 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.
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Susan V. Polansky, "Los Companeros"
"Original photography, fabric collage, paint, machine sewing" |
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| Detail of "Los Companeros" |
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Wen Redmond, "The Sweet Press of Remembered Moments"
"Hand painted, old letters, teabags, ink drawings, silk organza, cottons" |
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Michele O'Neil Kincaid, "Poppies"
"Original photography, cotton and commercial fabrics, silk, ribbon, rayon threads, hand beaded" |
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Aryana B. Londir, "In A Heartbeat"
"Cotton, machine pieced and machine quilted" |
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Valerie Maser-Flanagan, "Three Figures"
"Hand-dyed and commercial fabric, machine pieced and machine quilted" |
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Sandy Gregg, "Channeling Ernst Haeckel 3"
"Painted silk and non-wovens, machine quilted" |
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| Detail of "Channeling Ernst Haeckel 3" |
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Nancy Turbitt, "Queen Bee Says No to GMOs"
"Commercial silks, cotton, batik, hand dye, beads, fabric marker" |
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| Detail of "Queen Bee Says No to GMOs" |
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Betty Busby, "Growth Factor"
"Silk, digital printing, non-woven material, machine stitching" |
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Nancy Crasco, "Sea Weed Garden"
"Linoleum prints on taffeta and silk organza, machine pieced, hand-quilted" |
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Sarah Carpenter, "Ode to Iceland"
"Photo printed on silk, machine quilted" |
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| Detail of "Ode to Iceland" |
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Marilyn Belford, "The Wrath of Poseidon"
Cotton fabric, wool batting, fusible applique, machine quilted" |
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Sue Colozzi, "Sunset from Little Island"
"Cotton, batik, silk, organza, tulle, thread sketching" |
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Madalene Axford Murphy, "Insight"
"Cotton, silk, organza, hand-stitched, perle cotton" |
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| Detail of "Insight" |
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| 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
