awards
2016 Winner
Quilt Alliance “Playing Favorites” Contest, 2016
Up and Away Mini Quilt
at Northern Star Quilt Guild/A World of Quilts 2015
View of NYC from the Whitestone Bridge at 47mph
Picnic Petals
Announcement of winners
Announcement of top nine finalists
exhibitions and juried shows
SQUAM Modern Quilt Show
September 17, 2016
Holderness, New Hampshire
Circles in Squares
The Artist and Quiltmaker XVII
Firelands Asssocation for the Visual Arts
May 15–July 31, 2016
Oberlin, Ohio
View of NYC from the Whitestone Bridge at 47mph
Quilt Week Paducah
April 20–23, 2016
Paducah, Kentucky
Bzzzzzz
Big Love
QuiltCon 2016
Pasadena, California
Bzzzzzz
Circles in Squares
Lots o’ Dots
Picnic Petals
Big Love
Texas Quilt Museum
Modern Quilt Exhibit
January 7–March 27, 2016
La Grange, Texas
Cabana
Schweinfurth Art Center
Quilts=Art=Quilts Exhibit
October 31, 2015–January 3, 2016
Auburn, New York
Bzzzzzz
View of NYC from the Whitestone Bridge at 47mph
International Quilt Festival, 2015
Modern Quilt Special Exhibit
Houston, Texas
Big Love
American Quilter’s Society Quilt Week, 2015
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Aperture
The National Quilting Association Annual Quilt Show, 2015
Little Rock, Arkansas
Picnic Petals
Northern Star Quilt Guild/A World of Quilts 2015
Somers, New York
View of NYC from the Whitestone Bridge at 47mph
QuiltCon 2015
Austin, Texas
What’s the frequency, love?
Convergence #2
April Showers
in print
online
Guest Blogger
Picnic Petals Quilt
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
what they said:
Mark Lipinski, Judge for Quilt Alliance “Playing Favorites” Contest, 2016
Up and Away Mini Quilt
“This entry is an original paper-pieced composition, a drifting hot air balloon, with an intentional modern design sensibility. On first impression, the simple templates and pieced colors jump off of the solid white background, drawing me in. I found the overall impact of the work fresh and clean. The shapes within the balloon widen and grow, from slivers of lime green (representing the balloon’s flame) through various blues and finally to deep red- and blue-toned purples, giving the small quilt both heft and dimension. I thought the artist’s fabric choices thoughtful and effective—primarily solid colors with just the slightest bit of minimalistic patterned fabric tossed into the mix. The quilting is simple but efficient, made up of clean and clear straight lines that accent the shapes within the balloon, contrasted with the slightly wavy lines quilted in the background. I really appreciated the white binding the designer used, as almost any other color would have felt heavy and constraining.”
Bzzzzzz Mini Quilt
“Because the quiltmaker took a creative risk and interpreted the competition’s theme in a totally different way and style than the other entrants, Bzzzzz immediately caught my attention and interest. The pieced work, with its clean and graphic design shapes, was appealing to me. Blending a combination of the modern aesthetic (more than average negative space, solid and contrasting color combos, a sense of minimalism) with traditional piecework (matching points, traditional quilting, a variation on a traditional Lone Star quilt pattern) was both interesting and appealing. The use of the grey and black pieced strips in the bees’ wings adds movement and depth, while the soft hued binding only complements the totality of the piece rather than abruptly stopping the eye with a more predictable choice of bright yellow, black, or grey. Frankly, there was nothing that I didn’t enjoy about this entry.”
