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The 2011 IQA JUDGED SHOW First Place, ArtAbstract Small Sponsored by Benartex, Inc. A VIEW FROM ABOVE 39.5 X 63.5 by S HEILA F RAMPTON C OOPER of Van Nuys, California, USA. Original design. Photo by Jim Lincoln

con tents J OURNAL OF T HE I NTERNATIONAL Q UILT A SSOCIATION V O L U M E 3 3 N U M B E R 3 2 6 10 letter from the president We hear the challenge over and over again How do we get young people involved in quilting President Stevii Graves says its easy Just take them to a quilt show 1 6 1 8 26 32 iqa judged show sponsors Find out which industry leaders are sponsoring cash, nonpurchase prizes in this years judged show the iqa files timna tarr One of todays most interesting artists creates bo

L E t t E R BOaRd Of dIREctORs president Stevii Graves vice president education Pokey Bolton vice president finance Brenda Groelz vice president membership Linda Pumphrey vice president public service Susan Brubaker Knapp secretary Pat Sloan treasurer Marti Michell founders Jewel Patterson 19102002 Helen OBryant 19142005 Karey Bresenhan Nancy OBryant f R O M t H E P R E s I d E N t We have to bring the younger generation into quilting is a statement we have been hearing for decades. With tha

Id encourage all of you to take a child to a quilt show. Let it be their day, let them take the lead in what they want to look at and encourage them to talk about what they see. Its amazing what a child can teach us. Sincerely, IQAs Facebook Page Grandma Stevii Graves President International Quilt Association www.facebook.cominternationalquiltassociation InstructIons for vIewIng the IQA DIgItAl JournAl on A tAblet or smArtphone for ipadiphone Both devices can now read direct pdf files. Adob

The 2011 IQA JUDGED SHOW first Place, Group Sponsored by APQS Quilting Systems FRIENDS OF B A LT I M O R E 87 X 87 4 by S USAN G ARMAN , J ERRIANNE E VANS , PAT C OTTER , M ARSHA F ULLER , and G EORGANN W RINKLE of Friendswood, Texas, USA. Original design. Photo by Jim Lincoln

The 2011 IQA JUDGED SHOW first Place, Wearable art Sponsored by Hobbs Bonded fibers BELLE FOR A D A Y by R ENAE H ADDADIN of Sandy, Utah, USA. Photo by Jim Lincoln 5

iqa files timna tarr o f s o u t h h a d l e y , m a s s a c h u s e t t s sew clothing, but I hated it I still do not like making clothes. However, I did enjoy other needlecrafts like crossstitch and crochet. In college. I studied Art History, and was interested in working in a museum. What I did not realize at the time was how vital those four years would be in training my eye. I think that looking at slide after slide of artwork drilled the importance of color, proportion, scale, and composi

That first quilt was constructed based on how I thought quilts were madewith cardboard templates and 58 seams that were backstitched at every end. I did not realize the importance of accurate measuring or cuttingthe shapes intended to be diamonds are octagons. Even so, I was very proud to have made it on my own. That project got me hooked on quilting, which led me to quilt books and magazines and to the larger quilting world. IQA Journal You started your own longarm quilting business Q Tailored

timna tarr Photo by Stephen Petegorsky and how not to put a quilt together If something is not going well with one of my quilts, I am able to troubleshoot pretty quickly, because I have seen and worked on such a variety of quilts. One side effect of spending much of my time with my longarm machine is that the quilting is not the focus on my personal quilts. I want to play with fabrics and color, not with thread. In the last year, I cut back on the amount of time I spend quilting other womens q

IQa fILEs start sewing. As I make more blocks, I dig deeper into my stash. I produce as many blocks as I can, until I just cannot tolerate making any more Only then do I lay the blocks out on the design wall and arrange them. My mental challenge is to get those finite number of blocks to work together, and not make any more. By putting that limit on myself, I have to come up with creative solutions to get everything to work together in one cohesive unit. IQA Journal While your quilts have a cer

winners gallery art, Naturescapes fIRst PLacE M A YA P P L E S 7 7 x 6 2 by T ERRY K RAMZAR of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA. Original design. 10 Photo by Jim Lincoln

catEGORY sPONsOREd BY tHat PatcHWORK PLacEMaRtINGaLE cO. Artists Statement A delightful surprise hides underneath a canopy of leaves. A small flower blooms in the V stems of the Mayapple. I continue to hike sections of the Appalachian Trail and make quilts to remind me of the beautiful wildflowers. K ramzar has been hiking the Appalachian Trails for years, and just wanted to make a quilt depicting the unassuming Mayapple wildflowers. However, getting just the right picture for study proved c

art, Naturescapes sEcONd PLacE CHERRY BLOSSOMS 29.5 x 26.75 by M ASAKO S AKAGAMI of Toyama, Japan. Original design. 12 Photo by Wilma Hart

CATEGORY SpOnSOREd bY THAT pATCHWORK pLACEMARTInGALE CO. Artists Statement I cut cherry blossoms from old Japanese kimono fabric and used them to create this beautiful spring scene from my hometown of Toyama, Japan. Attention teachers Sign up now to be included in the IQA Teacher Directory in the Summer 2012 issue of Quilts. . . A World of Beauty You must be an IQA member to be listed. There is a 10 charge for this listing. Name Address Phone Web Site or EMail Check the box that most accu

art, Naturescapes tHIRd PLacE CYPRESS SENTINELS 36 x 42 by M ARY A NN H ILDEBRAND of Comfort, Texas, USA. Original design. 1 4 Photo by Wilma Hart

catEGORY sPONsOREd BY tHat PatcHWORK PLacEMaRtINGaLE cO. Artists Statement I took photographs of cypress trees along a creek. The scrunched fabric technique was learned in a workshop with July Sisneros. For the background and water, I tried to emulate the styles of Cynthia England and Ruth McDowell. The leaves closest to the viewer are more realistically done in appliqu. I enjoy appliqu more than piecing...because I am better at it Hildebrand says of her fabric favoritism, and this project i

T h e 2 0 1 2 Q u I lT S A w O r l D O F b e A u T y J u D g e D S h O w S P O n S O r S 96,250 in nonpurchase cash awards Note Click on a companys logo to visit their website The Handi Quilter Best of Show Award 10,000 The Founders Award International Quilt Festival The World of Beauty Award eQuilter.com 7,500 7,500 The Robert S. Cohan Master Award for Traditional Artistry The Fairfield Master Award for Contemporary Artistry The Pfaff Master Award for Machine Artistry 5,000 5,000

Each Category Award Totals 2,000 1,000 for first place, 700 for second, and 300 for third EW or N ns o Sp ArtAbstract, Large ArtAbstract, Small ArtMiniature ArtNaturescapes ArtPainted Surface ArtPeople, Portraits, and Figures ArtPictorial ArtWhimsical Digital Imagery Embellished Quilts Group Quilts Handmade Quilts Innovative Appliqu Innovative Pieced Merit Quilting Hand Merit Quilting Machine Miniature Mixed Technique Traditional Appliqu Traditional Pieced Wearable Art

winners gallery Embellished fIRst PLacE B.S. I LOVE YOU 58 x 68 by J ANET S TONE of Overland Park, Kansas, USA. Original design. 1 8 Photo by Jim Lincoln

catEGORY sPONsOREd BY BaBY LOcK Artists Statement This quilt is a tribute to my husband, who is the best husband a quilter could have. Hes an honest critic who accompanies me to quilt shows even though he drives too fast, and does his own laundry t alk about scoring marriage points Stone made this quilt as a tribute to her husband who she calls her number one supporter. But maybe for not the reasons youd think. Actually, he says he encourages me to quilt because it keeps me quiet she says.

Embellished sEcONd PLacE STARRING BEADS 30 x 50.5 by E LLEN YAMAGUCHI of New York, New York, USA. Traditional Lone Star pattern and inspired by Nancy Ehas workshop Kaleidoscoped Beads. 20 Photo by Wilma Hart

catEGORY sPONsOREd BY BaBY LOcK Artists Statement The complexity of Paula Nadelsterns fabric adds interest to the simplicity of the simple Lone Star pattern. L ike many quilters, Yamaguchi learned the basics of the art form from her mother and grandmother, who she says were talented needlewomen. She was also fortunate enough to inherit their fabric stashes would be heavily embellished, she offers. This required me to find fabric and create a design on the surface that would have sufficient o

Embellished tHIRd PLacE T H E B I G E A S Y C E L E B R AT E S M A R D I G R A S 66 x 89 by J AYNETTE H UFF of Conway, Arkansas, USA. Original designs and use of traditional blocks. 22 Photo by Wilma Hart

CATEGORY SpOnSOREd bY bAbY LOCK Artists Statement This 15block quilt represents New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mardi Gras its history, buildings, culture, and major events. It is heavily embellished with over 15,400 embellishments, many taken from my grandmothers old costume jewelry. I used paper foundation piecing, hand and machine appliqu, and it was machine quilted on my home sewing machine, handguided. O f all her quilts, this one has a special place in Huff s heart, because it forced her to

Embellished HONORaBLE MENtION WINDY 42.5 x 35 by J ANEENE H ERCHOLD of Redding, California, USA. Original design. 24

catEGORY sPONsOREd BY BaBY LOcK Artists Statement Windy was named during an especially strong windy storm viewed outside through my studio window. Looking first at the moving tree branches outside, then indoors at the quilt on the design wall, it appeared that the quilt flowers were blowing in the wind. M any quilts are named from fanciful imagination or inspiration during its creation. This ones moniker was grounded a bit more in reality. It was nameless for a long time, until we were havin

crazy quilting 101 future experts detail a rich history and colorful b y d e b o r a h q u i n n h e n s e l t ake a oneofakind pearl button, a silk ribbon flower, a cherished scrap from one of Dads old neckties, and add some decorative embroidery stitches. All of these are enticing elements by themselves, but together, they bring life to an art form known as the Crazy quilt. This quilt style operates by far fewer rules than any I know, says Cindy Brick, quilt historian and author of several b

I find putting the different colors together and seeing how they play against each other endlessly fascinating. Crazy quilting is so forgiving that it is possible to use all sorts of techniques including the latest art quilting methods, says Linda Steele. an awardwinning quilter and textile artist in Melbourne, Australia. The Crazy quilt has no rules, like sewing straight seams and getting points to match, which can be frustrating. Any mistakes can be easily remedied with a few stitches or a lac

deborah Quinn Hensel There was an interest in stitching randomlypieced cotton Crazies even decades before, she adds. Those quilts were also referred to as kaleidoscope quilts, after the device patented in 1817 that features a circular tube of mirrors and colored bits of glass which form a symmetrical pattern when viewed against a background of light. Brick says that the Japanese and Chinese pavilions at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphiathe first official Worlds Fair in the United S

CRAZY QUILTInG 101 shortage of new fabrics with which to work, but it may have created a nostalgia for better times which the nicer scraps represented. Crazy quilting certainly didnt originate in the western United States, where there was less access to an abundance of fabric scraps, Brick contends. And it didnt begin in big eastern cities, where it would have reached the notice of womens magazines much sooner. All known articles seem to reference a trend that already had a firm foothold, she s

Deborah Quinn Hensel who watched her mom and sisters make it in 1838, in Jericho Mills, MD. This piece is extremely fragile, and its not pieced on a fabric background. Instead, all the patches are sewn to each other, willynilly. Think of all the grains fighting each other There are very few cotton Crazies out there that can be reliably dated by fabricsto this period. I think its because they didnt last. I have examined at least a dozen pieces from this time periodand theyre all not pieced on a

CRAZY QUILTING 101 I teach a lot of Crazy quilting and find that everyones work is different in the end, even if they use the same pattern, Steele adds. Even the most timid sewer finds that they have a style after a few months. Everyone has a creative side, but they may be too timid to use it, Steele says. While she loves using cotton fabric, Steele also dabbles in silks and suffers no hesitation about cutting into a piece of luxury fabric. Theres always more where that came from, and it is bet

from the iqa library b y s t e v i i g r a v e s Art Quilt Portfolio The Natural World Martha Sielman Lark Crafts 192 pages, 24.95 This is an eye candy book. The quilts are works inspired by things found in nature water, flowers, insects, animals, and more. Each section features two artists who describe their creative process with words and images. Each section has a gallery of quilts that relate to the section. It is always delightful to see new work by wellknown artists, but even more excitin

The 2011 IQA JUDGED SHOW first Place, artPainted surface Sponsored by Ricky tims, Inc. LOVED AND WA S L O V E D 5 5 . 5 X 55.5 by I NGE M ARDAL and S TEEN H OUGS of Chantilly, France. Original design. Photo by Jim Lincoln

The 2011 IQA JUDGED SHOW First Place, Innovative Pieced Sponsored by Omnigrid C O L L A B O R AT I O N 6 9 X 69 by K EIKO YAMADA of Kusatsushi, Shiga, Japan. Original design. Photo by Jim Lincoln

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