Quilt Sold for $70,000
11-19-2010, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by UglyCook
This is so cool: http://robynefmelia.blogspot.com/201...this-time.html
11-19-2010, 12:46 PM
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Yes, she did those by hand. They are not appliques purchased from the store.
I just wish my embroidery skills were even half that good.
I just wish my embroidery skills were even half that good.
Originally Posted by PJL
OK, I'm being slow here I guess. She did this whole thing by hand. So those embellishments that look like the kind I buy at the store and put on clothing and blankets, etc. are really done by her just with stitching? Am I understanding this correctly? If yes, that's amazing! Way to much work for me but Wow!
11-19-2010, 02:24 PM
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Hi Everyone, I thought I should join the forum and thank you all for your kind thoughts and comments. Every time I see a group of comments I realise I've not explained myself very well.
The piece is large (just under 80" square) and while there are loads of colours, it's 'rich' colour and not so bright. Somehow it blends and doesn't look as loud as it does in the photo's. The inner border (the plain-ish brown velvet strip) tones it down and relaxes it, sort of thing.
It's really hard to get a good photo because of the contrasts, so I'm told.
I know the comparison between time and money is kind of arbitrary when it comes to 'art'... I remember a story about Picasso. He drew an image of a little girl on a napkin in a restaurant, and his companion asked to buy it. Picasso said sure, and quoted some couple of thousand dollars as his price. The companion said, It only took you a few moments to draw and you want $x,000?? To which Picasso replied, No, it took me forty years to draw that picture.
BUT, it's my starting point and let's face it, how often do we get over any semblance of a basic wage? It's a pity, but there it is. And why should I furnish someone's home or life, for a pittance? I'm with those who have commented that they give their quilts away... I'd rather give it to my children than sell it cheaply, to a stranger, and see it vanish.
The crazy quilt has been in quite a few shows, and it's such a different genre to cotton quilts, that the judges don't always know what to do with it. It's a showcase for embroidery, isn't it, rather than piecing. But it is a traditional style that sits right in the middle of the whole. From women (usually) who used the available fabrics to make things for their homes. And ingenious thinking.
We have such a fantastic tradition and you people of the USA must feel an amazing pride in how your ascendants took the piecing of scraps of material and ran with it! Such a rich resource.
Because I come from a dressmaking background, a long line of them too, I have always had gorgeous fabrics around me. It seems natural that I want to use these, even for traditional patterns. Although my favourite quilt to snuggle under is a Double Wedding Ring quilt made using soft cottons, it's true.
I have some photo's of my own and student's work on another blog. It's not active anymore, since I stopped teaching, but I think there are more pics there.
http://bobbyscrazyquilt.blogspot.com/
And here, although it's possible more of the same:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robynem...7600633340885/
Bye for now, and thanks for your kindnesses!
Robyne x
The piece is large (just under 80" square) and while there are loads of colours, it's 'rich' colour and not so bright. Somehow it blends and doesn't look as loud as it does in the photo's. The inner border (the plain-ish brown velvet strip) tones it down and relaxes it, sort of thing.
It's really hard to get a good photo because of the contrasts, so I'm told.
I know the comparison between time and money is kind of arbitrary when it comes to 'art'... I remember a story about Picasso. He drew an image of a little girl on a napkin in a restaurant, and his companion asked to buy it. Picasso said sure, and quoted some couple of thousand dollars as his price. The companion said, It only took you a few moments to draw and you want $x,000?? To which Picasso replied, No, it took me forty years to draw that picture.
BUT, it's my starting point and let's face it, how often do we get over any semblance of a basic wage? It's a pity, but there it is. And why should I furnish someone's home or life, for a pittance? I'm with those who have commented that they give their quilts away... I'd rather give it to my children than sell it cheaply, to a stranger, and see it vanish.
The crazy quilt has been in quite a few shows, and it's such a different genre to cotton quilts, that the judges don't always know what to do with it. It's a showcase for embroidery, isn't it, rather than piecing. But it is a traditional style that sits right in the middle of the whole. From women (usually) who used the available fabrics to make things for their homes. And ingenious thinking.
We have such a fantastic tradition and you people of the USA must feel an amazing pride in how your ascendants took the piecing of scraps of material and ran with it! Such a rich resource.
Because I come from a dressmaking background, a long line of them too, I have always had gorgeous fabrics around me. It seems natural that I want to use these, even for traditional patterns. Although my favourite quilt to snuggle under is a Double Wedding Ring quilt made using soft cottons, it's true.
I have some photo's of my own and student's work on another blog. It's not active anymore, since I stopped teaching, but I think there are more pics there.
http://bobbyscrazyquilt.blogspot.com/
And here, although it's possible more of the same:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robynem...7600633340885/
Bye for now, and thanks for your kindnesses!
Robyne x
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