Local Quilters Awarded Ribbons at Festival
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Other first place category winners include:
Sofa Quilts: "First Baltimore" by Gail Smith of Barrington.
Wallhangings: "Cosmati Rings" by Joan Cook of Palatine.
Second and third place category winners:
Large quilt: “Moon Glow” by Mary Ann Bialkowski of Itasca and “Hugs and Kisses” by Gail Smith of Barrington.
Accessories: “Poppies in My William Morris Log Cabin” by Debbie Yates of Arlington Heights and “Christmas Celebration” by Jane Reents of Wauconda.
Miniature Quilts: “Garden Party” by Sandy Schweitzer of Crystal Lake and “Happy Cats & Friends” by Maureen Baly of Sylvan Lake.
Sofa Quilts: “Flo's Wool Garden" by Liz Armstrong of Arlington Heights and "Morning Glory Star" by Janice Cronkright of Des Plaines.
Wallhangings: “Sunflowers” by Theresa Bronk of Arlington Heights and “Wooly Baskets” by Liz Armstrong of Arlington Heights.
Quilt enthusiasts from seven states purchased the
Source: Patch.com
Quilting became major thread in artist's life
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"That started it all."
They joined the Raintree Quilters Guild and started attending classes and retreats with guild members.
"I don't have a lot of time, so my learning has really been a communal process, where other quilters have helped me get this far," she explained.
According to Mominee, the design principles for creating stained glass art and quilts are similar.
"You have pieces of color that have to be joined somehow. Glass is sharp and translucent or transparent. With fabric, you aren't holding it up to the light like stained glass, but you still get tones, brightness and texture from the print of the fabric or how you manipulate the surface."
For her first quilt, she started with a traditional pattern. But before she could get it completed, she started making another piece that was semi-three dimensional, reminiscent of some of the soft sculptures she created in college.
Now, she focuses mostly on art quilts, which she describes as anything that goes outside the box.
Source: Evansville Courier & Press