WHAT'S ALL THAT STUFF
ON YOUR QUILT?
Embellishments and how to use them
A one hour slide lecture by Amy Stewart Winsor
amywinsor@juno.com
http:/WinsorArtQuilts.8m.com
From beads, buttons, shells, ribbons, yoyos, silk ribbon embroidery to plastic bags and broken glass, these quilts showcase many types of embellishments.
What are the current trends in quilt embellishment? What additional layers could you apply to your wallhangings or wearable art to spice them up?
Amy Stewart Winsor, Cary, NC, has many ideas to share with you in this slide show. Embellished quilts were featured in the exhibit she curated in May 2002 at the Page-Walker Arts and History Center in Cary, NC, which was entitled "Art Quilts: Encrustations". Amy will present a slide show of many of these quilts and others. The quilts include embellishments such as ornaments, beading, buttons, three-dimensionality, embroidery, couching, additional layers of fabric, and many other techniques.
Amy curated the Page-Walker Art Quilts Exhibit from 2000-2002. A nationally juried show, it has been exhibited at the International Quilt Festival in 2001 and 2002.
THE FOLLOWING QUILTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS SLIDE LECTURE
In 2002, the exhibit was entitled, “Encrustations”, a pun on the word “encrusted”. I was the curator and juror, and all 57 quilts were chosen because of two criteria: they had to appeal to me visually and they had to have a significant amount of embellishment
2002 Encrustations exhibit, defined "embellishment" as a three-dimensional object which was attached to a quilt by sewing or gluing, etc. I have permission from the artists to show you these slides
1. OUTSIDER ART QUILTS
Quilts by Susan Shie and James Acord
2. CRAZY QUILTS
Quilts by Melinda E. Lowy, Winsor, Nora Phillips, Ricki Moffat, and Susie Williams
3. YOYOS
Quilts by Winsor
4. BEADING.
Quilts by Lyric Kinard, Suzanne Muse Taylor, Ann Fahl, Nancy Eha, Vicki Hallmark,Sally Sellers, and Winsor.
5. BUTTONS
Quilts by Deana Hartman and Judith Martin.
6. THREAD
Quilts by Helen Simon, and Ellen Anne Eddy.
7. LOOSE THREADS
Quilts by Janeene Herchold, and Delores Hamilton.
8. FOUND OBJECTS
Quilts by Janelle Girod,Phil Jones, Loretta Alvaredo, Patty Gamburg, Ruth Powers, Suzanne Riggio, Winsor, Sharon Kerry-Harlan, Andrea Stern.
9. LOOSE FABRIC
Quilts by Mary Ann Scarborough.
10. THREE DIMENSIONAL FABRIC ATTACHMENTS
Quilts by Lyric Kinard, Jill Rumoshosky Werner, Joan Marks, Karen Flamme, and Gail Settle.
11. YARN
Quilts by Winsor, Janet Ghio, Beth Michalsky Friedman.
12. SHEERS- TULLE AND NETTING AND ORGANZA
Quilts by Pat Kroth, Bonnie Lyn McCaffery, and Pat Owoc
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