More Quilts

Here are a few more quilts which are available for purchase and will be seen in person at the show starting July 22  from 5-9 p.m. (gallery talk at 6). For address, see poster in previous post.

Also, please note I consider most of these quilts for the wall, not for use on the bed.

"Sea Monster Tentacles?" 50" x 50", 2014-2016

commercial cotton fabrics, cotton and rayon threads

A repeat of an original block I created as part of a

Block-of-the-Month with Mom (Violet Newby):

she created six blocks, I created six blocks,

all using flowers-of-the-month as our inspiration.

This uses the Primrose block and I wanted each 

of the four blocks to represent a time period

because of its fabrics: some are 30s fabrics, some 

Civil War, some contemporary, and some from

an undetermined time.

Long-arm quilted by me 

Thank you, Rena

$1200

"What Cowboys Dream Of," approximately 70" x 90", 2009-2010

commercial cotton fabrics, hospital gown, cotton threads

Another Block-of-the-Month where Mom and I 

alternated blocks: we each chose traditional

blocks and then gave them a little twist.

Mom's version of these blocks are in 

black, white, and red (and greys).

I wanted this to represent what a cowboy

might dream of; it incorporates a poem of mine,

as well as a journal entry about photography,

and other stuff, in its Seminole-pieced border.

I quilted it on a long-arm machine

Thank you, Sharon.

$1500

"Brocade Minimalism - Red/Green," approximately 30" x 40", 2014-2016

commercial brocade and silk fabrics, rayon threads

I'd wanted to create something using brocades solely for a while, 

and also wanted to feature the seams turned to the 

front of the quilt, for quite some time. I love

the elegance, the richness of the fabrics, in contrast

with the roughness of the fraying seams.

The binding is a silk plaid I think I got

from a friend, Solveig Wells, who passed

away a few years ago. She is a great artist: https://www.facebook.com/465290450180/photos/a.10153436273340181.1073741827.465290450180/10153436285775181/

$450

"You and Me, Around the World,"    70" x 70",  2012-2013

commercial cotton fabrics, cotton threads

This quilt, using my Kaleidoscopic Four-Patch design, is meant

to represent a range of folks, all dancing together in joy.

It was long-arm quilted by the talented Rena Krol.

I also like its 45 degree sashing: see the Hulk?

$900

"Woodpecker Fountain," 8" x 10", 2015

commercial cotton fabrics and hand-embroidered cloth, cotton threads

I'd received this gift of these embroidered cloths from a friend,

Sandra Cassibry, http://sandraecassibry.blogspot.com/, and

wanted to use them in a quilt.

I'm a member of Southern Fiber Artists, and as part of their

quarterly challenge, we had to make a quilt using blue and a bird,

so this is my iteration. I wanted to hand-quilt it to give it

a more personal, hand-touched, feel. 

$100

"Purple Bargello," 24" x 36", 2013-2014

commercial cotton fabrics, cotton thread

I've always dug Bargello quilts since I'd made one

for my friends Gail and John back in 2008. It's

actually a simple process that yields cool results.

I wanted to work monochromatically, here.

I quilted it on my home sewing machine.

Bargello is a process actually originating in

Florence, Italy, in embroidery.

$125

"Hand-dyed Focus Fabric," 12" x 12", 2013-2014

over-dyed commercial cotton and silk fabrics, cotton thread

This is the fifth and final (?) in a series of five Focus-Fabric quilts I made (the design is a riff on Mom's original design), but uses fabrics

I over-dyed at Rena Krol's and on the porch of my old apartment in

Gulfport. 

It's quilted on my home sewing machine. I like the wonky

butterfly fabrics which lends the piece a playfulness I enjoy,

though it still looks pleasantly formal, too, Springy!

$175

"Hand-dyed Triptych,"  27" x 30",  2012-2014

over-dyed commercial cotton fabrics, cotton and rayon threads

I'd wanted to work in a triptych format for a while,

and also wanted to use some of the fabrics I'd dyed.

I wanted to focus the work on the fabrics themselves, along

with a formal focus on shape: triangle, square, and circle,

so the piece is deceptively simple and complex at the same time.

I dig the jazzy plaid border which echoes Piet Mondrian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian.

I quilted these on my home sewing machine.

$350

I hope to see you at the show! 22 July is the opening, then the show runs 23-29 July, from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Again, if you're interested in purchasing any of these, email me at:
whynottryitagain (at) hotmail.com with "quilt show" in the subject line.

Marcus