Yesterday we looked at a set of quilts from Jacquie Gering. She has developed a technique of layering her quilting and I am loving how it looks. It certainly gives me something else to think about!!

Alright….more quilts……

In 2019, Jacquie created a series of 10 quilts to honor her father who was turning 90. This is what she said about the quilts…..

My dad believed in core principles, lifelong commitment and hard work. I brainstormed a list of qualities and principles that my dad taught and modeled for my brothers and myself and paired those with the common tools of a handyman, woodworker to graphically illustrate those principles. I used only black, white, “Black & Decker” red and “Stanley” yellow.

He died a few days after his birthday and was unable to see the quilts finished. He did, however, see the designs and was enthusiastic about critiquing them and changing some of their names to better suit him. The series has only been see in total at my dad’s memorial service. It has been difficult to share them with anyone other than my family. So, I am please to share a few of them with you in this exhibit.

Here are three of the quilts…..

I love that her dad’s personality comes through in the quilt names!!

Continuing on…. This quilt is a statement on the year 2020…..

This one is great example of her layered quilting technique…..

Jacquie’s inspiration for this next quilt are the tires on Formula I race cars and the tracks on which they compete….

While planning the quilting design, she studied the work of English mathematician Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916), who is generally credited with creating the craft of curve stitching which she used to teach students geometric principles.

This quilt was made as a wedding gift for her son Ben. She was disappointed when he chose a star design because she felt that it was too ordinary. Instead, she decided to rev it up by piecing a 7-point star and, of course, adding lots of quilting…..

Here is another y-point star that she designed using the fabrics of Jay McCarroll who won the inaugural season of Project Runway.

And finally, this quilt was inspired by a large broken window from a time when someone decided to break into her house……

I have appreciated the stories of her inspirations and realize that I need to do a better job at documenting mine!!

Do you keep track of your quilt inspirations…..just asking!!

Tomorrow we start looking at the Modern Traditionalism category.

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Many of you know of Jacquie Gering. If you don’t recognize the name, you will probably recognize her book…..

She was the special guest at Quiltcon2024 and there was an excellent exhibit of her quilts!!

As you might expect, all of her pieces are made better by the use of quilting….

This next quilt was made for friend’s front hallway. Jacquie said that she used the interior design and colors of the home as her inspiration….

The rotational quilting adds so much to the design….

The story behind this next quilt is so cute…..

The quilt is wonderful….

It was also refreshing to see print fabrics used in this piece!!

This next quilt was made in two parts. The original version was matchstick quilted back in 2012, but then she returned to it in 2023 and decided to add more to the finished and bound quilt….

The addition were concentric, layered, quilted circles and it made so much difference to the quilt….

This next quilt was based on a book called “Line Design” by Dale Seymore. The book sounded interesting and I check it out. Unfortunately it was written in 1974 and is no longer available!!….

From looking at the cover of the recommended book, I am thinking that her quilting designs were inspired by the exercises in the book.

Another very similar quilt…..

I appreciate the way that she changed thread colors so that the two designs don’t get entangled with each other!!

Her first statement about this quilt is “I’m not good with color”!! She claims that her color theory was developed from a book by Josef Albers…..

After looking at this book further, I decided to spent $16 and purchase it. Book review will follow!!!

Regardless of Jacquie’s regard of her color prowess, this quilt is wonderful….

I love the big blocks of warm colors and especially the quilting…

Those lines would be SO simple to quilt but are sure effective!!

The final quilt for today is a simple star design…..

…but MAN does the quilting add to the design…..

I love how she layers the quilting one on top of the other!!

Come back tomorrow and we will explore more of her fantastic quilts….

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