Here is the quilt that I am submitting to the Asheville School Quilt Show, "Threads that Hold Communities Together." It measures 36 inches square and it is shown lying on my living room floor here, not hung on a wall. So the beige berber is my carpet, not part of the quilt!
As I understand it, a teacher at Asheville School, which is a local private school, is sharing her interest in quilting with her teen aged students. I guess I was taken by the concept that likely she is not only imparting some quilting skills, but is also guiding her students to stage an exhibit and to evaluate quilted entries based on the theme of the show. It just seemed like something a career educator should support.
I found the theme a little vague. This seems to commonly be the case. So I did a little "googling" about community and community images and didn't come up with a whole lot. Somewhere in this internet wandering I came across the endless or eternal knot. It looks Celtic to me, but actually it's a traditional Tibetan Buddhist symbol that can be interpreted in a variety of ways. One of the interpretations mentioned "interdependence," which is a wonderful word that to me is the essence of community. The knot retains it's integrity because each piece is in the proper place.
I think that it really should be displayed "on point," like the picture below:
But I needed to attach a sleeve on one side so that it could be displayed for the show. The quilt itself was foundation paper pieced, however I ended up doing that all wrong, backwards actually. So it is far from perfect, but I am happy with the overall result. It was a learning experience!Here is a detail of one of the corners. I hoped the quilting would show up, but it really doesn't. I think you can see the fabrics better though.
The show runs from January 19th through March 2nd in the Art Gallery of Asheville School. I hope this venture is a success. Quilts on display could be offered for sale, but I think that my daughter Nora may like to have this quilt, so I am not going to attempt to sell it. :-)
It's a stunner! I can see some nice cross hatching in your close up but not much else. I think the theme is loud and clear in your piece. I agree with you about quilt-show themes: so many of the entries in shows were obviously planned ahead of the theme, then the "artist statement" gets edited to somehow make the quilt reflect the theme when there was no such intent. Yours fits without the statement - jolly good!
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