Counting my blessings 2000 velveteen and cotton quilt 85 x 80 inches |
Counting My Blessings (verso) 2000 embroidered cotton, hand quilted 85 x 80 inches |
Today Yesterday Tomorrow 1994 painted and pieced cotton hand dyed quilt, hand embroidery, hand quilted 76 x 72 inches |
Today Yesterday Tomorrow (verso) 1994 cotton and embroidered grocery list, hand quilted 76 x 72 inches |
Something More Magical Than It Ever Was 1991 family clothing and silk, log cabin quilt with photo transfers and painted cloth, 90 x 90 inches |
Something More Magical Than It Ever Was (verso) 1991 transfer printed satin and cotton with hand embroidery 90 x 90 inches |
My Children 1987 painted hand pieced silk from my mother's blouses, rick rack and polyester border, hand quilted crib quilt size |
My Children (verso) 1987 hand pieced silk and polyester from my mother's blouses, hand quilted , crib quilt size |
The quilts in this post are from my early days of quilting. They are for the new archive page on my website, (judithemartin.com) which will go live there next month.
Thank you to the family members and collectors who loaned pieces back to me so that they could be photographed digitally. Thank you Nick for taking the photos. Thank you Zoe, for helping me get them onto the website.
I made quilts to save and nurture my creative self. I started in my early 20’s. I will continue to make them and I am thankful.
1 comment:
All just lovely pieces, Judy; I especially love that "Folk Art-ey" one --
"Counting My Blessings" --and that you put that hand on it --just makes me think how important working with our hands is to us;)))
I am working on four panels for my "Home Is Where My Heart Is" and I think i will put hand(s) on one...thanks so much for the inspiration.
I find that I am moving to handwork more and more --going back to my early roots when my Grand-mere showed me how to sew and embroider and knit...hugs, Julierose
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