7.03.2005

As Promised... VQF pictures!!!

I told you I'd give you pictures of the Vermont Quilt Festival, and, conveniently, Blogger now has their very own photo-posting application, so no more Flickr limits for me! Huraay!!!!!!! Expect to get painted fabric photo overload too, as I have time on my hands these days, and a dye day next week to prepare for!

(Ask me about how I wasted my whole week on two supposed tutoring deals that both fell through - one from nepotism, and the other from folks being completely deluded about how much my time is worth! Sheesh! COMPLETE waste of my time, and the house is a shambles as a result! Well heck - something had to go, and it wasn't going to be my studio time! What were you thinking!?!?!?)

Anyway - pictures from VQF 2005!!! These are some of my faves from among the competitor's submissions:
This one is called "Move over Coco" by the Friday Morning group of Cos Cob, CT. Each artist made a real purse for this piece. Isn't it FUN!?!?


This is "Joy 16" by Stephanie Nordlin or Poplar Grove, Illinois. I loved this piece for the great colors and changes in orientation. It *almost* got my best in show, but I wanted to go with something that would get more notice. Sort of like why I didn't vote for Kucinich in 2004...

This is by our very own Marilyn J Davis of Plainfield, VT! She calls it "Reflections" and this is the piece that was in the Times/Argus for all to see! Hurray Marilyn!!!

This got my Viewer's Choice award! Called "Luna Eclipse," by Betsy Abbot of Andover, MA. She worked on this in a class with the mind-bogglingly, brilliantly tedious, Ruth McDowell in 2004. This was just so *active* after so many staid pieces. VERY dynamic work that just plain sucked both I and my husband Kevin in.

I love this piece - called "Sparklers" by Sandra Gregg of Yarmouth Port, Mass. What interesting shapes!!! Seems pretty appropriate to post this weekend, too! Happy 4th all!

2 comments:

Karoda said...

Of these, Sparklers is my favorite followed by Joy. Did you have an entry in the show?

Susan Bingham said...

No entries from me; in fact, this was my first time even attending the show!

In fact, the Weird Quilt Challenge is going to be my first entry ever - if I can get from the paper to the fabric in the next 11 days! Yikes!