The QuiltTownUSA Gallery
offers you a look at quilts from some of the premiere quilters in the USA.
It is a place where you can come whenever you are looking for some
inspiration. You will find beautiful and creative quilts always on display. Visit us again
and again; the exhibits are constantly changing. Stay as long as you like. Our doors never
close.
Currently on display are quilts from Christiane's book,
Easy Art
Quilts. This, her sixth pattern book, contains quilts she designed along with
ones shared by her friends. Christiane works from her studio at the offices of Chitra
Publications in Montrose, Pennsylvania.
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"Enlightenment"
(59 1/2" x 75 1/2") was inspired by a dream which gave me the insight
that giving and receiving are the in-flow and out-flow of the same energy source. One
cannot exist without the other. The warm and light colors of the hand-dyed fabrics
visually come forward while the other fabrics recede, creating this feeling of in-and-out
flow. (From the collection of Peggy Rubin) Quilted by Joanie Keith. |
"Celebration"
(46 1/2") was my first quilt of the new millennium. Never before have we had
so many opportunities. I'm very excited to be alive at such a time, and I wanted to
celebrate!
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| Stevil Graves of San Diego,
California, showcased hand-dyed fabrics in these stars which sparkle against a deep blue
background. Her "Star Bright" (44" square) design was
created by alternating the direction of the blocks and by controlling color placement. |
"Crazy Maze Log
Cabin" (53" square) was inspired by a drawing of the Romanesque
labyrinth mosaic from the Reparatus Basilica of Orleanville, France. Quilted
by Joanie Keith. |
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"How
Did the Snails Get into My Garden!?" (49" x 61") is the creation
of Ellie Rapp of Dana Point, California. When Sharyn Craig issued a Design Challenge to a
group she calls the On-Line Quilters, Ellie began by photocopying Sharyn's original block
several times. She then played with different colorations and found that she could make
these simple units look like Snail's Trail blocks. |
These galaxies are a visual feast
of texture! By juxtaposing the soft images of batiks with a sparkling celestial print, the
pyramids in "Lost in Space" (37" x 30 1/2") merge
together as one beautifully starry night sky. I often feel like I don't belong, and
bringing that emotion into existence in this quilt has made it easier for me to accept it. |
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| "Cosmic" (57"
square) was the first quilt I made to deal with my emotions. I was feeling depressed and
angry so I chose the colors associated with those feelings - black and red. To my
surprise, when finished, my quilt didn't look depressed and angry at all, but was joyful
in appearance, and I found my mood changing along with my quilt. |
In a Design Challenge issued by
Sharyn Craig, Margret Reap of El Cajon, California, made her interpretation of a
traditional design called Delightful. She used her own hand-dyed fabrics and several very
special novelty prints for "Teapots" (43" square). |
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| Last fall I attended Swan Lake
performed by the Balshoi Ballet in Moscow. When the curtains opened for the second act, I
was awe-struck by the stage setting. To me it looked typically Russian - dark, deep,
beautiful and soulful but very much alive. Even though the blocks in "Little
Bolshoi" (62" x 71") are very square, they seem to dance. |
Can you see the Broken Dishes blocks
in this quilt? Sharyn Craig of El Cajon, California, stitched "Broken
Dishes...and Then Some" (44" x 40") from various blocks including
the Broken Dishes pattern, made from half-square triangles. The result is a stunning,
vibrant wall quilt. |
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| Dalle de Verre is a contemporary
form of stained glass. The term means "glass flagstone." It was introduced at
the French pavilion during the New York World's Fair in 1939. Stained glass windows
fascinate me. I found that large scale prints worked best to provide a feeling of
transparency in "Dalle de Verre" (53 3/4" square). Log
Cabin style blocks with large sashings create the thick concrete-like lines. Quilted by Joanie Keith. |
Using a traditional Broken Dishes
block, Sandra M. Anderson of El Cajon, California, gave her own twist to this
non-traditional looking quilt. She used batik prints and hand-dyed fabrics to give the
effect of stars in "Can You See What I See...Stars" (41" x
45"). |
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| I was asked to design a
quilt for the decor of Jean Houston's Mystery School. The visual theme was to be spiral.
My original quilt was 13 feet by 14 feet. "Spiral" (67 1/2 x
75") is a bed-sized version of that quilt. You can enter the labyrinth by one of the
yellow "roads" on the left side, follow it to the center and come back out
through the other one. Quilted by Joanie Keith. |
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