One Wearable Artist’s Journey: Priscilla Stultz
My wearable art journey began with a 4-H group sewing project. A group of dedicated women brought little black sewing machines to a church basement and spent several Saturdays with a group of girls teaching us to sew. The skirt I made was never worn, but the love of fabric, needle and thread has stayed with me my whole life. Creating wearable art is as necessary to my life as breathing. I often wish my garments could speak to tell me of their journey; the faces they have seen and the words they have heard.
Quilt Challenge for the Global Fund:
Making a Healthier World for Our Children
In 2009 the United States Mission to the United Nations held a quilt exhibition at its headquarters in Switzerland during the annual United Nations Women’s Guild Fundraising Bazaar. Thousands of visitors attend this bazaar, which features arts, crafts and products from nearly 190 nations and raises close to $500,000 for charity. The bazaar proceeds are channeled to various projects around the world in support of children, especially projects related to health care, nutrition and education. In support of the Global Fund, and to raise awareness about the efforts the Global Fund supports to combat these deadly pandemics, the U.S. Mission initiated a quilt challenge with the theme "Making a Healthier World for our Children." Quilters were invited to create quilts related to this theme, and to submit them for display at the United Nations in Geneva. Thereafter, the exhibit will tour the U.S. to educate viewers about the public health challenges faced by women and children and the important work of the Global Fund.
Quilters Treasure Challenge 2010
The winning entries of Quilters Treasure’s 6th annual challenge were announced at Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival. The theme was "What Memories Are Made Of" and entrants used "Orange Chasing Red" from the Quilters Treasure line of fabric. A Wearable Art category was added in 2006. Sponsors for this challenge include Singer, Superior Thread, Hobbs and Quilters Rule. Quilter’s Treasure’s 7th challenge was announced January 1, 2010; visit www.QuiltersTreasure.com for details and an entry form.
Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts
Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts is the new book from Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy. This exhibit will feature many of the quilts from that book. The quilts are all pieced and traditional patterns in very un-traditional colors.
Stretching Art and Tradition XII: Famous Pairs
From Ethel and Lucy to Salt and Pepper and miles upon miles of bad puns, mediocre comedy, and extreme absurdity in between, we have lots of famous pairs in our everyday and not so everyday lexicon. Death and taxes, blue suede shoes, Jack and Jill, cops and robbers; we could go on forever! In this online, unjuried challenge, co-curated by Susan Heydt and Amy Nelson, participants picked a famous pair and interpreted it in a quilt, garment or doll. The challenge rules encourage literal and figurative interpretation of the rules. In this long running challenge, twelve years and counting, participants are encouraged to stretch and develop their abilities as quilters and artists. We hope you enjoy SA&T XII!
A Stroll with Augusta Cole
An exhibition showcasing the work of Augusta Cole. Augusta is known as the "Scrappy Lady" for her creative incorporation of scraps into her repertoire. Over her many years of quilting, she has accumulated a wide variety of quilts that are both creative and classically beautiful. Hope you enjoy the quilts as you "Stroll" through the show.
Through the Garden Path
Mary Kerr presents a collection of antique quilts that are variations of the Grandmother’s Flower Garden Pattern. This 20th Century pattern evolved from the Mosaic or Honeycomb piecing of the 18th and 19th centuries. Modern women of the post WWI era were encouraged to incorporate the myriad of available fabrics into this intricate design. This collection shows a few of the variations created.
Vintage Revisited
Throughout history, a woman’s work has never been completely done. As a result, many quilting projects have been left in various stages of completion. What would happen if a set of blocks was divided among a number of quilt artists and each was asked to create a quilt in her own unique style? In 2006, quilters of all backgrounds were invited to participate in just such a challenge. As a result, we have a group of 19 talented women who committed themselves to this exciting project. The group includes art quilters, traditionalists, historians, and relative newcomers to this quilting journey. Six sets of vintage blocks were distributed to these brave artists. The block was theirs to play with! They added to it, cut it up, embellished it, recreated it, improved upon it and more. The only requirement was that the finished quilt measure 24" x 24" and that the original block be included in the final project. Curated by Mary Kerr.
Wearable Art in Upstate New York
 | This collection was curated by Priscilla Kibbee and Marcia DeCamp, art quilters and wearable artists, and it includes work from several artists in the Upstate area. Many of the garments in this unique group were created and designed by the artists to take advantage of special fabrics and/or embellishments Priscilla gathered during her travels to foreign countries. These fabrics include hand-woven silk from Nepal and Thailand, hand-woven cotton from Thailand, saris from India, and ikat fabric from Guatemala. Embellishments include hand-carved bone buttons from Nepal, reverse-appliquéd Molas from the San Blas Islands, beaded belts from Guatemala, shisha mirrors and trims from India, and much more. An additional highlight of this collection is the display of some of the garments Priscilla made for the Fairfield and Bernina Fashion Shows. |
WOW (Women of the World) Friendship Quilts
The WOW exhibit travels the world promoting friendship between different countries and cultures through the common bond of quilting. This exhibit displays 32 quilts, 8 each from 4 countries. Three fabrics were chosen by each country to be sent to all participating quilters. From the grouping of 12 fabrics quilters were asked to use at least 2 from each country and they could add an additional 3 fabrics of their own choice. They were asked to pick a friendship saying and create a quilt with a maximum exterior size of 120 inches. The team leaders from each country formed their groups by invitation. The resulting exhibit has brought understanding of cultural differences in the countries involved and at the same time highlighted how similar we are along with how important friendship is. We may not speak the same language, but quilting is an international language on its own. We hope you enjoy this display. Sponsored by JT Trading Corporation.
Instructors’ Row
This exhibition will give a sampling of work by some of this year’s instructors at Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza. It is a great way to enjoy the broad range of talent and creativity among the instructors at the Extravaganza.
