Each year at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, the SAQA Group (Studio Art Quilt Associates) presents a display of quilts following a specific theme. This year it was
….CAMOUFLAGE!!!
I truly appreciated the different techniques and ideas that were used to meet the theme.
While I don’t necessarily understand this quilt, I am enamored with the embroidery techniques used. Just look at all of the outstanding detail….
And, this ruching is some of the smallest I have ever seen…
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This one is similar with tons of hand and machine techniques….’
Have a closer look at the thread overlays that “camouflage” the quilt underneath!!
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Materials used in this quilt include fabric and thread, eco felt, ink blocks, fabric medium, paracord, plastic bottle, acrylic paint and mica powder!!
I am not sure what some of those are!!
I especially enjoyed the quilting on the leaves….
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Techniques include machine piecing, reverse applique, paint for shading, satin, and free-motion stitching.
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I love just about everything that Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry does and I have welcomed seeing how she has transformed her quilting over the years.
The quilt was designed in a digital format, using transparent layers. It was printed at Spoonflower and then quilted.
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This next quilt was fun….
This appears to be pieced improvisationally and I love the piecing and quilting in the background.
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As with most of these quilts, there is a ton of layering going on!!
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This camouflage is almost TOO good….
She started making a simple bargello quilt and then decided it needed “something else”. Enter the leopard!!
One thing I liked about this story is that it was displayed once and then she added the tail!!
As I always say, if you aren’t happy with the quilt that just means that it isn’t finished yet!!
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The point of this next quilt is that zebras will huddle together to confuse their predators….where does one zebra end and another begin…..
But, my favorite part are the birds hidden in plain sight…..
Also, look at the line of special quilting among the pebbles!!
OKAY….there are more to come in this “camouflage” exhibit. Come back tomorrow and maybe you can see them….HA!!
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Awesome, amazing quilts!