Showing posts with label Alzheimers Quilt InitiativeIsrael. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alzheimers Quilt InitiativeIsrael. Show all posts

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Concentricity

Good Bye Concentricity!

  The inspiration for "Concentricity" was found walking the sidewalks of St Augustine, FL.  Every once in a while, there would be these tiles.  They really struck me because I love circles in circles.  I used whatever beautiful fabric that I could find.  Some had a little bit of glitz to them.  I used silk, cotton, lame and some types of metallics.  They were carefully fused to each other.  Careful is the operative word, because many of these fabrics would melt if the ion was too hot.  I hand stitched them to each other with all kinds of beautiful threads. The name comes from these concentric circles.

So, why am I saying good bye?  "Concentricity" is leaving home for one year of travelling.  It was accepted into a special exhibit, titled "Tactile Architecture", sponsored by the International Quilt Association (IQA).  The first stop is their show in Houston.  This is one of the most prestigious quilt shows.  I am honored to have a quilt exhibited there.  It will then spend the rest of the year traveling to their other shows.  

So, if you see "Concentricity", say hi.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Published in Hebrew!

This is just amazing. Ami Simms, curator of The Alzheimers:Forgetting Piece By Piece exhibit (among other things) sent me a copy of this publication. It's in Hebrew! From Israel! From their Alzheimer's Association. The page on the right, with a quilt by Kate Laucomer, is the cover. My quilt, "Leaving Us" is pictured inside. I told Ami if she is heading to Israel, I would be happy to carry her bags! (She's not.)

















Ami has many irons in the fire. Check out the website: http://www.alzquilts.org/ . There are lots of small quilts for sale. There is merchandise for sale with the logo on it and the most exciting thing is a quilt smack down! Quilts by noted quilters, Hollis Chatelaine, Sue Nickels, John Flynn and Becky Goldsmith are for auction and the competition is heating up. Check it out and see all the wonderful work Ami et al has done to raise awareness and money for Alzheimer's.