The Dunedin Fine Art Center in Dunedin, Florida, has some wonderful textile exhibits. This year's is especially exciting because it's six quilt shows in one exhibit- Quilts & Textiles @ DFAC. The exhibit is on for another week if you get time to visit in person. But if not, come along and enjoy a small sampling of the astonishing quilts on display. So inspiring!
Works by Sheila Frampton-Cooper are bold, graphic and feature her innovative curved piecing. This is "Jungle Love". The solid-color fabric pieces really show off the variety of quilting designs.
Those intense, rich colors result from Sheila's use of thickened dyes to paint fabrics like those used in "Yellow Brick Road."
A lot of piecing went into "Life in the City", her first art quilt.
The shades of green and ocher are so appealing in "Ruins of Roussillon". It was inspired by a village in France where ocher was mined. The quilts in the exhibit are displayed so well with lots of space around each one so it's easy to stand back and appreciate each one.
A second quilt show is titled Tribute to Rainbow's End. This local quilt shop has been in business for more than 30 years and is large enough to be a destination shop, pulling quilters from many Florida communities. One of the owners made this "Where the Rainbow Ends" quilt. And there were many quilts displayed to honor the shop's long history.
One of my favorite quilt artist's is Jane Sassaman. One small room was dedicated to a display of her quilts, the third show-within-a-show. This one is her unique take on an album quilt titled "Illinois Album."
Wild blooms and foliage with butterflies combine in this beautiful piece. Can you see the spider? Regretfully, I did not write down the name of this piece.
The artful curvy lines and colors make "Coral Bean Pods" one of my favorites in Jane's exhibit. Dunedin is a pretty long drive from our home in Central Florida, but it was well worth the time. I'll share more of this wonderful exhibit in upcoming posts. Don't these quilts just make you want to sew?
9 comments:
Luscious quilts of saturated color! Especially like Jane's leaves and Sheila's "Yellow Brick Road! Thank you for sharing the quilt show !!
Thank you for sharing each one. I would love to see them in person.
Eye candy for sure….many thanks for taking the trip and sharing it with us!
Stunning quilts. Always have loved Jane Sassaman but all of these are full of inspiration
Oh wow, thanks for sharing these with us, Nancy. I loved Life in the City, but I was watching Quilting Arts on PBS, where the person explaining how to pack and show quilts at exhibits said when a quilt wouldn't hang straight they wouldn't put it out. I noticed several, not just Sheila's were like that.
One I wasn't as fond of was Where the Rainbow Ends, but at least it was quilted and edged properly. It hung well on the wall, too. Regardless whether they would pass a juried show or not, these are all incredible quilts and the quilting was out of this world, something I have never done.
Wow, what amazing artistic quilts! Thanks for sharing them 😊
Hi Nancy. These are some colorful and vibrant quilts!
Thank you for sharing, Nancy! These quilts are definitely graphic, and the colors give me "heart-eyes." :-) It's amazing what quilt designers can "see" and translate into fabric and paint. I'm glad you had a chance to visit the show which looks like a good one.
Each of these quilts are so eye catching!!! Love Jane Sassaman's work anytime. Took a class from her years ago at IGQ in Houston. She was great. Thanks for sharing...would have enjoyed seeing this exhibit. Thanks for sharing pics!
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