New Kid on the Block: East Bay Modern Quilt Guild's show

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The Modern Quilt Guild has 60 branches worldwide, and now there's one in the East Bay.  I wanted to see what it was all about (I belong to the East Bay Heritage Quilters), so I drove over to Piedmont, parked the car, hiked about a hundred miles uphill in the most circuitous route possible, and found the Piedmont Center for the Arts.

There are only 27 quilts in the show, "Stitch Modern," so I got carried away and took photos of all but one. Had to use my phone camera and didn't have the patience to copy names/titles, but you'll get an idea of the what the show's about.

Mostly I wanted to see how their work was different from what my own guild does.  The MQG website says "...several characteristics often appear which may help identify a modern quilt. These include, but are not limited to: the use of bold colors and prints, high contrast and graphic areas of solid color, improvisational piecing, minimalism, expansive negative space, and alternate grid work."

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wearable art

 

"Stitch Modern," will be up through February 23 at the Piedmont Center for the Arts, 801 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont. The gallery is open Friday-Sunday, noon-3 pm.  Free.

 

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The East Bay Heritage Quilters (EBHQ)  show, "Voices in Cloth," will be held at the Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbour Way South, Richmond, on March 22-23.  More than 200 quilts displayed, plus vendors, special exhibits, demonstrations.  Two-day admission $12; $10 advance purchase. At left: photo of one of two raffle quilts, "Firecracker," by Rebecca Rohrkaste.