11/04/2024
In all the excitement of the International Quilt Festival trip, I haven’t shared much about the quilt I had there! My quilt, “The World Within a Poppyseed,” was accepted as a finalist and honored with a Juror’s Choice ribbon in the 2024 Cherrywood Challenge!
The Challenge is hosted by and limits you to a pre-selected eight color fabric palette, with no limits on embellishment; this year’s theme was poppies 🌺
This is my Artist’s Statement:
The World Within a Poppyseed:
“I have always been drawn to the imaginative minds of surrealist artists. Thinking of the vivid colors and psychoactive properties of poppies, I was inspired to create my own surrealist painting, imagining the expansive world within a tiny poppyseed. I finished the edge of the quilt without visible binding to mimic a canvas painting without a frame. With this challenge, I chose to showcase texture, and color by using several quilting styles and fabric modification techniques. This quilt utilizes more than fifteen different techniques, including chenille,
shadowfolding, furrowing, multiple styles of appliqué and embroidery, foundation paper piecing, trapunto, plus more. Dimensional painting added a final touch of depth and definition to the piece.”
