A Quilt Show Jaunt

Thanks, everybody,  for the sympathy and commiseration following my post about shingles.  My friend Marion commented that shingles pain was like being shot in the back, and that's the best description I've heard.    I'm feeling better, and some days I'm able to get out and about--briefly.  Then back to ice packs...  

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I made a quick trip to the Stitch Modern quilt show sponsored by East Bay Modern Quilters at the Piedmont Art Center.

The show is small, but includes a range of quilts--modern, traditional, complex, simple, and heartfelt.  I managed to get photos of most of them, but hastily, because the place was about to close.

Sampler Quilt I, Kristen Takakuwa

Shattered Heartburst, Lacy Asbill

Handcrafted Round Robin, Rita Nguyen, Anna Carloni, Terri Carpenter, Birgit Hottenrott, and Kristen Takakuwa

Stacked Coins - I Ching, Michele Wyman

Alas, I didn't get the name of the quilt or quilter, and I can't make it out in the photo.  Nice quilting.

Black Lives Matter, Elizabeth Jerde

Refractions, Chancy Fessler

Double Wedding Ring Quilt, Tara Faughnan (hand quilted!)

Playing with Color, Patricia Smith

Challenge #1,  Inta Faulk

HiFi, Kathy Grady.  A whole cloth quilt made with hand-dyed fabric

Luna Mountains, Claire Sherman

Bits and Pieces, Stacy Sharman

Beehive,  Dan Rouse

Window: Embers, Darci Read

(detail)

 Convergence, Carol Van Zandt.  Quilted by Terri Carpenter

 Pink X,  Stacy Sharman. A quilt made from "pieced triangles of wool taken from women's career clothing of the 1980s and 90s: a jacket with tremendous shoulder pads, a tailored pink wool dress, a cashmere sweater, to name a few of the items."

And guess who else was there?

Kate Johnson, who taught the pool exercise class I joined in 2002, a wonderful teacher who inspired many couch potatoes to get with an exercise program.   She left in 2010 (or later?  neither of us could remember) to study for a certificate in nutrition.  She's working with people in pools again, though, and quilting!  Thank you, Kate, for introducing me to the only exercise program I've been able to stick with.

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Stitch Modern,  Piedmont Arts Center, 801 Magnolia Ave, Piedmont, through May 8.  The hours are 12 pm-3 pm, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.