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Faces Quilt

This is the quilt that I made for Voices in Cloth 2010. When I began my Faces project on 1/1/2010 I considered it a daily practice project. I tried not to think about what I was going to do with the work. I had another idea for a quilt for the show but somehow, I couldn't get motivated to make the other quilt. As the deadline for submissions neared, I received encouragement to experiment with pieces I had been "sketching." I took the first 49 faces and thought of them as an "album" and stitched them together with bits of hand-dyed cotton. I'll try to remember to take a picture of it as it is hanging at the show. Each of the faces measures about 4-1/2" square. The quilt is about 31" square.

The other "issue" is that the fabric for the squares has changed over the course of the project. Initially, I started with something that I had for another project, already sandwiched. It was a pale batik, cotton batting, and fusible interfacing for the back. It was 4 inches wide. It required no planning or thinking. I used it for Nos. 1-3. I was unable to find any more of that so I bought something else. I ran out of the second fabric at No. 69. Of course, I could find no more of that either but I did find something close to the first fabric. I am thinking about changing to print cloth when I run out of the third fabric.

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Voices in Cloth

Bee Happy
Raffle Quilt by Jean Smith

My guild, the East Bay Heritage Quilters, an organization of over 500 quilters, is centered in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. We have monthly meetings in Kensington and every two years we present an Extraordinary Quilt Show, Voices in Cloth. This year the show will be April 10 & 11 at the Oakland Convention Center.

These are the two opportunity quilts made by members of our guild. Two lucky raffle ticket holders will win these quilts next Sunday.

L'Attitude Bleu

Raffle Quilt by Karin Lusnak

VIC is a non-juried show. There will be over 200 quilts made by EBHQ members. There will also be wearable art, quilting demonstrations, and great vendors. This will also be a fantastic opportunity to acquire fiber art from our silent auction of quilts and garments.

April 10-11, 2010
Oakland Convention Center
Saturday:10-5
Sunday:10-4

At the last possible minute, I decided to sew together the first 49 faces from my project as my entry to the show.

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