It’s been a whirlwind of a week. And it’s not over yet. I have one more class and lecture to look forward to at the National Quilt Festival before it ends on Friday (23 August). This festival, with the theme of Interchange: Threads Connect, is being held near Johannesburg at Heronbridge College.
Once I have processed the overload of stimulation I will write about the classes I have been to and the visual feast of the quilts on exhibition.
Meanwhile, here are photographs of quilts that I entered.
Tiny Houses, a miniature quilt.
Tiny Houses with its miniature companions at the National Quilt Festival
Hand-in-Hand, made for the 40×40 cm challenge with the theme of “threads connect”
The display of the Threads Connect Challenge
The quilt I entered in a tri-nations challenge with the theme of Interchange and a size stipulation of 60×40 cm. The exhibition will travel to the participating countries, Ireland and Germany
In previous posts I have dropped hints about the quilts I made for this festival. I could not publish photographs of them before they had been exhibited.
Oh, how exciting! I love your quilt and its message. The Hand in Hand quilt also caught my eye. I am looking forward to seeing what you learned in your classes.
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You are quick off the mark! Thanks for your enthusiasm. Will catch up with reading your blog when the festival is over xxx
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Well done Mariss The Quilter!
Beautiful entries!
So glad you are enjoying the festival and look forward to your writings on what you have learned.
I love that you love practising your craft and art
xxxx
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Ag baie dankie, Asta the good friend
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Looks good! I look forward to reading about your classes, too!
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Thank you kindly, Mary
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What a wealth of offerings you provided, Mariss. The background to your little houses is what caught my eye…a ‘simple’ gradation from green (earth) to blue (sky) but with fabric pattern texture supporting the houses ‘built’ upon it.
That’s just one observation! What a fantastic oeuvre-slice of your work presented here at this festival.
BTW: The Hand in Hand packs an (he)artistic punch with a message – always a good thing IMHO!
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Well thank you, I appreciate your fine eye and “humble opinion”.
Got that background by painting over black and white patterned fabric with diluted fabric paint.
Am looking forward to reading your six days of posts once the festival is over
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Great quilts – I like them all. It must have been great to see what others have made, especially on the same themes.
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Thank you for liking my quilts. Appreciate the compliment. Yes, it was wonderful to see all the other quilts at the NQF. A veritable feast
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Wow! What a wonderful collection of art quilts!!! I always get inspired to create after reading your posts, thanks 🙂
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Oh what a compliment. Thanks and happy sewing to you
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It’s so good to see your work in display like this, Mariss! They’re beautiful… And how cool that you’ve been involved with an international project alongside quilters from Ireland! Any chance that quilt’s coming up here sometime as part of its travels?
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I also thought it was cool that Ireland was part of the challenge. Yes, the exhibition will be mounted in Ireland, but I don’t yet know when or where
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That’s good news! I’ll keep an eye out, and do let me know if you hear anything!
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