A Field of Owls

Quilted Books?

Colette Kassal Boca Raton, Florida Clever Quilt Fabric, mixed media 2007 I wanted to share an example of my personal favorite quilt blocks. My entry can be flipped to display eight different examples of quilts and a title page.
Jane T. Gavlick Delray Beach, Florida In Touch with American Quilters Fabric, mixed media, yarn-winder mechanism. 2007 I learned from Arthur Jaffe that a book is a container of information, so I began by trying to devise a unique container. After deciding it would be a large measuring tape, I started my research of quilting done by American women. My blocks are hand or machine pieced and hand or machine quilted, as appropriate for their time. Computer printed descriptions on back.
Evelyn Levy Boca Raton, Florida Untitled Fabric, mixed media undated After taking classes in bookbinding and restoration of sacred texts, I decided to use the skills acquired and created this project (and variations of it) for use in my craft classes.
Pamela Kepchar Delray Beach, Florida Arabia and Beyond Fabric, mixed media 2007 My husband Allen was a foreign service officer for 25 years. He speaks Arabic, and he mainly served in the Middle East. Both of our children were born in Qatar, and we all lived in various countries in the Middle East and North Africa for 25 years. I created this appliqué book to commemorate our travels.
Ann Ameno Boca Raton, Florida Is It Right? Fabric, mixed media undated The artist is predominantly right-brained, whereas someone involved in science or math is predominantly left-brained. Where does that put someone, such as myself, who majored in science, but loves art?
Toby Gluckstern Boynton Beach, Florida Words of Wisdom. . . From a Fortune Cookie Fabric, mixed media 2007 Since childhood I have been intrigued by the pithy, enigmatic, or comical sayings hidden in fortune cookies. When I discovered some years ago––“Disregard all previous fortune cookies”––I started saving them. At a class at the Quilt Surface Design Symposium in Columbus, Ohio, in June, 2006, I used my collection as the basis for a sketch in a class on Diary Painting. Coincidentally, at Rosh Hashanah services that fall, my rabbi shared that the inspiration for many of his sermons comes from fortune cookies, and each congregant received a custom-made fortune cookie on his way out. So it seemed “bashert” (destined) that fortune cookies should be the subject of my book for this challenge.
Dotty Levine Boca Raton, Florida Baltimore Blues Fabric, mixed media undated I wanted to applique a Baltimore Album quilt for many years. Baltimore Album quilts are traditionally mostly green and red and have an odd number of blocks. Baltimore Blues is appliquéed, embroidered, and quilted with cotton and batik fabrics from my stash of fabric. The book is comprised of five 10-inch blocks. The designs are inspired from antique blocks and Elly Sienkiewicz patterns that are based on antique Baltimore Album quilts. My grandsons Brett and Zack collaborated with me as to the selection of the designs and colors. They also were responsible for the computer work for the book.
Donna Organ Wilton Manors, Florida Conditions of the Heart Fabric, mixed media 2007 Marianne Haycook was my inspiration.
Elizabeth Locke Boca Raton, Florida Department Store Fabric, mixed media 2007 Inspiration: Love of shopping from childhood on, career in retailing (Jordan Marsh) after college graduation; love of department store cafés and soda fountains.