Our next tale is known as La Belle et le Bête in French. Surely, most of us know the story, because if you haven’t read it, you’ve either seen the musical or the Disney movie version. Jo Baner, another one of my colleagues in Hollis Chatelain’s ten-year Master Art Series, is the creator of this […]
Archives for November 2015
Jack and the Beanstalk–Fairy tale quilt
The latest quilt is by Lynne Goulette who lives in southern Oregon and happens to be a fellow participant in Hollis Chatelain’s Master Art Series. We have number eight out of ten sessions coming up next May-June at The Oregon Garden. When I asked Lynne why she had chosen this particular fairy tale, she explained […]
The Little Match Girl–A Fairy Tale Known to Americans
Next up in the International Fairy/Folk tale challenge is a quilt by Sharry Olmstead. She says, “My ‘The Little Match Girl’ fairytale quilt is my interpretation of an illustration by Honor C. Appleton (1879 – 1951) where the Little Match Girl envisions her grandmother’s ghost has been sent to rescue her. Sadly, this scene depicted […]
Pinocchio–American Fairy Tale
In continuing with my posts on the International Fairy/Folk tale challenge, I’m featuring Pinocchio by Emily Stevens. She writes of her piece, “After looking through many children’s books on the fairy tale and making several original drawings, it was fun coming up with my own original image of Geppetto and Pinocchio. After that, it was […]
Snow Woman–Japanese Folk Tale
In my last post on the International Fairy/Folk Tale challenge I posted a photo collage of the thirty quilts completed by US quilters. I thought it would be interesting to feature them individually. The entire 90 quilt exhibit opens in Japan next week. Fittingly enough, this first one by Laura Jaszkowski interprets the Japanese folk […]
Exhibit Opens in Japan
I’ve received the Japanese itinerary for the International Fairy/Folk Tale Challenge. There are three venues, with the show opening at Takumi-Cho Gallery in Wakayama Prefecture on November 20th. At year end the exhibition travels to France where there are two venues confirmed and two “in progress.” The quilts will finally come to the United States […]
Bookmark Handout
I received a supply of the bookmarks The Oregon Garden printed to advertise the Stitches in Bloom Quilt Show and my part in it, which includes a solo exhibition, two presentations, and two workshops: Creative Cord Making and Zigzag Pizzazz. I’m impressed with the excellent color reproduction featuring a detail of my quilt “Water Garden” […]
