Quilt Gallery
Welcome to the Festival Gallery Online. Here, we bring you some of the many great quilts we’ve exhibited at shows. We hope you’ll join us to see our special exhibits in person, but if you can’t, be sure to visit the Gallery periodically to enjoy a sampling!
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eQuilter’s Love Your Mother Challenge
Sponsored by eQuilter.com
Curated by Luana Rubin
Mother Earth…she provides our home, our sustenance, our every need…but we are taking her for granted. This quilt challenge and exhibit are a collective effort to raise awareness and inspire others to “love Mother Earth.” It started with a digital-printed fabric panel with the Earth (Americas, Australia, or Africa) and a rainbow Mandala.
Aunque se Nos Fue la Mano (Even if It Got Out of Our Hands)
by Mirvia Aranda
Almonaster la Real, Huelva
Spain
Techniques:
Paper pieced, fused, hand-appliquéd, machine quilted and embroidered
Design Source:
Original design
This is a hopeful pessimistic quilt. It is pessimistic because we have no choice but to assume that we have exceeded earth’s capacity. The level of consumption is alarming and continues to rise without control. At this rate we will need several planets to get raw materials and accept the garbage. It also expresses the hope that by sowing love, kindness, and sanity, we can still save Mother Earth!
I Love Africa
by Patty Arensen
Minneapolis, Minnesota
USA
Techniques:
Raw-edge appliquéd, paper pieced,
threadpainted
Design Source:
Original design
I Love Africa, from her joy filled-people to her unique creatures and her vast, diverse land. Human mothers compete with animal mothers for the land which produces food to feed their young. When humankind oversteps and takes the land that the animals need, the animals retaliate and conflict is real. Enforcing the boundaries of the national parks is one way to assure the survival of all.
A Mother’s Hope
by Debra Bowman
Westminster, Maryland
USA
Techniques:
Machine pieced and quilted, beaded
Design Source:
Original design
I represent creation on the quilt back. Was Earth’s creation a scientific miracle or God’s design? “Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”(Carl Sagan, 1934-1996) I repesent destruction on the quilt front.
Earth’s destruction is cyclical in nature, faster by man’s hand destroying land, sea, and space. “There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.”(Louis L’Amour, 1908-1988) Hope builds connections, standing in the old, reseeding prerequisites for life.
We Are All One
by Elizabeth Budd
Lewisville, Texas
USA
Techniques:
Raw-edge appliquéd, machine quilted, threadpainted, beaded
Design Source:
Original design
It is important for all of us to do our part to preserve our beautiful planet. No one entity can do it alone.
“Love is active, not passive. It is our love for one another, for Mother Earth, for our fellow creatures that compels us to act on their behalf.”
(Laurence Overmire)
Crying For Our Future
by Melissa Dessent
Chicago, Illinois
USA
Techniques:
Machine quilted, appliquéd
Design Source:
Original design
This quilt represents my fears for the future of Mother Earth. I have been concerned for many years about the state of our planet and the impact we as humans have on the natural environment. The skeleton represents humans and is looking into the crystal ball and gazing at images of species severely impacted or in decline due to humans.
The Threatened Coral Reef: A Magical Underwater Garden
by Barbara Dove
Alexandria, Virginia
USA
Techniques:
Raw-edge machine appliquéd and quilted
Design Source:
Original design
Beneath the sunlit ocean lies an amazing, yet threatened garden of plants and animals. Coral reefs, like the rain forests, indicate the health of our planet. Coral reefs have disappeared due to elevated temperatures, pollution, and overfishing. Some reefs can recover. There are organizations that rebuild reefs with coral nurseries.
Running Out Of Time
by Linda Garofalo
Carmel, California
USA
Techniques:
Beaded, appliquéd, machine stitched, dyed
Design Source:
Original design
I wanted to show my concern for our earth by highlighting some of the causes that I believe are destroying it. If we don’t change our ways and stop driving wedges into our planet, we will definitely be Running Out Of Time.
Help
by Becky Grover
Ann Arbor, Michigan
USA
Techniques:
Pieced, raw-edge appliquéd, quilted
Design Source:
Original design
Mother Earth is capable of much healing, but we are damaging her faster than she can heal and still support human life. We need to clean up our mess.
Mother Earth / Madre Tierra
by Sylvia Hernandez
Brooklyn, New York
USA
Techniques:
Appliquéd, machine pieced and quilted, lettered
Design Source:
Original design
I wanted to celebrate Mother Earth with the image of a dear friend who is an activist for Puerto Rico and all people that are under represented. We must continue to take care of the earth, to educate, and to speak of climate change.
Say “NO!” to Animal Poaching
by Janice Jones
Methuen, Massachusetts
USA
Techniques:
Collaged, traditional and reverse appliquéd, embellished, machine quilted
Design Source:
Original design
Illicit wildlife trafficking infringes on the natural resources and upsets the ecological balance of countries around the world. This quilt portrays the balance between man and the environment. Surrounding the animals are the vibrant and colorful African nations, who for millennia have lived in harmony and ensured ecological balance. Let us say no! to animal poaching and preserve Mother Earth and all her creatures.
Mother’s Love
by D Manowske
Mount Hope, Wisconsin
USA
Techniques:
Pieced, fused, appliquéd, machine quilted
Design Source:
Original design
Flowing grace, loving gaze
Gentle hands embrace.
Mother Nature cradles
Her fragile child.
~Rachel Perlman Vargas
(Poem penned by my daughter)
All Hands Needed
by Karen Ponischil
Charlotte, North Carolina
USA
Techniques:
Hand-appliquéd, machine quilted
Design Source:
Original design
Mother Nature has been protecting and holding our earth in the palm of her hand. Because of greed and carelessness, our planet is more fragile than ever. Now is the time to act. We have literally been tearing our earth to shreds. It will take everyone’s help to fix it, and we can begin to lift the veil that is covering our planet.
Help, My Planet is Melting!
by Annette Rowland
Minneapolis, Minnesota
USA
Techniques:
Pieced, appliquéd, machine quilted
Design Source:
Original design
Contrary to some current political thinking, I believe that global warming is a real danger. I designed this quilt to convey the concept that our environment is melting parts of our planet and this must stop.
Ama a tu Madre / Love your Mother
by Sonia Ruiz
Dyer, Indiana
USA
Techniques:
Pieced, raw-edge appliquéd, couched, thread-sketched
Design Source:
Original design
Ama a tu Madre / Love your Mother represents our earth splitting from the lack of care and in pain but in a shape of a peace sign. The transparent women represent our ancestors and are spiritually healing the earth by praying and sending positive energy to the world while they sew the earth together and help it heal.
Love Your Mother: Gaia’s Gifts
by Deborah Snider
Cedar City, Utah
USA
Techniques:
Hand-appliquéd, machine quilted, fused
Design Source:
Original design
This mandala celebrates the complexity and diversity of our planet. It includes Celtic hearts and Native American medicine wheels, exotic trees of the world, patterns in nature, the elements, the layers of the Earth, and the Southern Cross constellation.
Beautiful Australia
by Silke Steuxner
Secret Harbour, Western Australia
Australia
Techniques:
Raw-edge appliquéd, machine quilted, embellished
Design Source:
Original design
Twelve years ago I migrated to Australia. I love this country with its ancient culture and diversity, its vibrant wildflowers, rugged terrain, and peculiar animals. I am very connected with Mother Nature and all her beauty. The mesmerizing energies of Mother Earth are palpable here in Australia. These are depicted through the rays around the mandala as well as the thousand or so crystals used for this project.
Mother Earth is Losing Her Marbles
by Marijke van Welzen
Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland
Netherlands
Techniques:
Appliquéd, collaged, machine stitched and quilted
Design Source:
Original design
Mother Earth is trying to hold on for dear life. She’s doing everything to hold Earth together. But we’re not exactly helping her: global warming, wars, plastic soup, politics, extinction of many species of plants and animals, are all manmade problems. We need to help her to save our beautiful planet. It’s not too late! Start now!
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