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If you’re anywhere near Tequesta/Jupiter, FL you really owe it to yourself to check out the Elegant Threads exhibit at the Lighthouse Art Center. As the name implies, the exhibit includes wearable art, but also 3D fiber art, jewelry, accessories, and some large invitational pieces.

My favorite piece was this quilt by Bisa Butler. Her work is all over the internet, so perhaps you’ve seen it. This was my first time to see one of her pieces in person and it did not disappoint. This piece is called Mighty Gents.

Don’t you love their body language?
Here’s a detail shot. (Slightly distorted, since I was standing close and looking up at it.)

There were many wonderful wearable garments on display. (Some more wearable than others.) This felted piece was made by Charity Van de Meer Musma, and is called Mysterious Bride.

Amy Blicher calls her quilted and painted red coat Migraine.

And her yellow coat is called Daisies.

The wearables were hung from the ceiling or displayed on mannequins. It was a very nice presentation.

These are just a SMALL sampling of what’s on display. See it for yourself, if you can. It will be on display through December 2, 2023. (And, there’s a fashion show in November, if you can handle the $100 ticket price.)

In my next post, I’ll show you another VERY interesting piece on display in this exhibit.

Ellen Lindner

I really enjoyed my visit to the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival 2023, held in Hampton, VA. The winning quilts were, of course, wonderful. You can see them all  here.

Here are a couple of my favorites:

 Toroweap Overlook, by Sandra L Mollon. This won Best Wall Quilt. It’s amazing!

Age is Relative, by Sandy Curran, which won Viewers’ Choice. This is a fabulous depiction of Golda Meir, former prime minister of Israel. I love the title and message, too.

Speaking of winners, MAQF doesn’t inform the winners about their prizes, so it was a big, DELIGHTFUL, surprise when I rounded a corner and realized that my quilt, Fragrant Canopy,  had won a Judge’s Choice Award. Yippee!!!

Here are a few more of my favorite non-winning quilts.

As much as I like art quilts, I also greatly admire and appreciate traditional quilts. Especially ones with wonderful color palettes and extraordinary workmanship. Like this one made by Kathleen Roundtree.

There were many wonderful landscape quilts at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival.

This is Quiet: Little Stony Creek, by Tina Freudenberger

Check out her amazing waterfall detail.

Hope Wilmarth made this next quilt, called Shoreline Serenade.

This one gave me a joyous response, because about a year ago my husband and I visited the Grand Tetons National Park AND took a balloon ride there. It was the highlight of our trip! Although this quilt depicts a different area of the US Southwest, it really reminded me of our wonderful adventure.

It’s made by Carol Monti and called Quiet Side. 

Here’s a detail shot. At first I thought the dark animals were bison, in line with my memory. But, as you can see, they’re cows.

Not actually landscape, but depicting natural vegetation, this quilt by Marianne Williamson, is called Summer Heat #2.

And, I guess my own quilt Florida Native #2 also falls into this nature category. It was there as part of the “Let the Sun Shine In” traveling exhibit.

I really enjoyed the show and hope to go again, sometime.

Did you have a favorite quilt from the show?

Ellen Lindner