Showing in October

October is a busy month for some of my quilts, two small pieces are on display this weekend and other pieces have been shown during October.

Aotearoa Quilters Green 12x12 challenge is on show this weekend at Whangamata Patch and Quilt exhibition.

photo from Aotearoa Quilters FB page,
mine is middle solid green one (here it is below)

Also on this weekend is a display of postcards created by Oceania SAQA members at the Stitches and Craft show in Melbourne.  The postcards were shown earlier this year at SAQA's (Studio Art Quilt Associates) annual conference in Portland.

mine second to bottom row, third on the left

My quilt 'Knit One, Paint One' is part of SAQA's 'Redirecting the Ordinary' exhibition and has been showing in Europe.  It has just shown at Abilmente Mostra-Atelier Internazionale della Manualita Creativa, Fiera di Vincenza, Italy.  

During September it was at Carrefour Europeen du Patchwork, Alsace, France.

'Knit One, Paint One' third from the left
'Redirecting the Ordinary' at Carrefour Europeen du Patchwork
photo from SAQA's Europe/Middle East blog

My quilt 'Caveman txts' is in SAQA's exhibition 'Text Messages' and showed at 'Original Sewing & Quilt Expo' in Fredericksburg, VA, in early October. 

Caveman Txts at Houston

Earlier in the year I entered my quilt 'Caveman Txts' into SAQA's Text Messages Exhibition and it was selected!   Click here to see the whole exhibition.

This exhibition is currently showing at Houston.  I wish I was there!

Caveman Txts

The fabric is rusted, even the blue.  The background images are lino printed and freezer paper stencils as are the words.

The idea was the comparison with caveman drawings and text messaging today.  Cave drawings have survived forever, text messages, once deleted, are gone forever (mostly!).

Txting

Earlier in the year my quilt "Caveman Txts" was selected for SAQA's "Text Messages" Exhibition.

This week I've been preparing to ship it off to the US.  The first showing is at International Quilt Festival in Houston from 31 October until 4 November.  I wish I could travel as much as my quilts do!


A wee glimpse ...
 










 
The fabric is rusted (using equal amounts of water and vinegar), the various images have been lino printed or painted.  Having a farmer FIL with an almost endless supply of rusty objects has been very useful.