What can I say.....it's been busy around here with many other things outside of quilting... Just getting a few minutes here to write this post, then maybe I can get some quilting stuff done.....
A few of us went to the Waterloo quilt show on Saturday. It was a beautiful day for driving on the back roads and the fall colours were spectacular!! The show did not disappoint! There were so many quilts in many different styles to please everyone. Traditional to modern, from quilts, wall hangings and pieces of art. There was so much to see!
I'll start off with this post being more of a sample of works of art, though this only represents a very small selection. Let's just use the phrase, you should have been there!! I took this first picture mainly because I am currently working with colourful wool circles. I guess I am not unique in this....lol. This person loved working with the circles so much that she made two....lol. The second one is on the shelf below this one on a stand. I questioned why I liked this so much, and I come to the conclusion that there is nothing that can beat the cheerfulness of bright colours on a black background fabric. I thought is was also cute that they continued with the theme of circles, and placed all the wool circles on a round/circle black background frame (it may be hard to see, as there is a quilt in the back of the piece).
Then there is this piece of art, that was completed to resemble a framed piece of art with the added bits on the sides for interest. I like that the greenery goes out into the borders. I especially like the colour of the duck and the great work that was done to create the reflection on the water.
I really liked this next piece. The picture does not do it justice. The piece was, I'm going to guestimate, about or almost 4.5' tall. The shadows on the person and on the dress were spectacular! In person the figure of the dancing women, seemed to vibrate with strength and elegance. The simple beige background was a great choice to give the figure the opportunity to shine.
Lastly, of the pictures I took that day, in the art category, we have this poinsettia. This piece was made as a guild challenge. Participants were given a small piece of dark red fabric, which was to be used within the piece. This picture, also does not do this piece justice! This piece was achieved using layered bits of coloured fabrics, top quilted in place. Every colour change was another piece of fabric. What is extraordinary about this piece is that the image is gorgeous, but more so, that this multi layered image is only about 12" to 15" in size!! Can you imaging the amount of work that went into this small piece of art work? I don't think I would have had the patience for this. Did you note how small these individual pieces are? Wow!!
The Waterloo guild members are a very talented bunch. I thoroughly enjoyed this year's show. I enjoyed the last show too and will go to the next one when they have another. Next post will be more on full size quilts.
Take care everyone.
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