Last week I shared the Art quilts, which are designed as pieces of art and this week I’m sharing the relatively similar category of Pictorial quilts. The quilts in this category are quilts depicting a scene or a subject, such as people, animals, flowers etc as the main body of the quilt.
Knowing the boundaries of the category really helps, and once you see the quilts I’m sharing today I’m pretty sure you’re going to gasp. Each and every one of them are truly amazing and I don’t even want to start thinking about the number of hours that has gone into each one. Though I’m not sure I’d want a gorilla on my bed…
SHE MATTERS, SUE DE VANNY
SHE MATTERS, SUE DE VANNY
Though it’s amazing isn’t it? More so I think when you look closely at the quilting and its composition. I’ve actually seen this quilt twice now as it was also at the Harrogate Knit & Stitch show, and both times I’ve been wowed by it.
This second quilt is quite different in style and at first glance you could be mistaken to thinking that it’s a simple design, but look again and see the colours flow from pink to blue effortlessly, and the composition of the lower leaves and vases, and you realise it’s not quite as simple as you first thought.
FLORAL ABUNDANCE, JENNY BRADBURY
With a cyclist in the house (clue: it’s not me!) I had to include this one didn’t I? And the blocks of bold colours really work here I think.
POGI, AURORA CALVET
There were a few nature inspired quilts too, this ‘under the sea’ view had plenty to look at when you stepped back, but when you move closer there’s even more to see as it’s made from small hexagons pieced together.
MEERBEDECKT, RENATE KÄMMER
MEERBEDECKT, RENATE KÄMMER
I don’t even want to contemplate the number of hours spent making this one, let alone having the inspiration to even make it.
This bug was cute though with all its blues and slightly less overwhelming to my eyes.
LAURA’S BEETLE, LINDA SMITH
And then there were butterflies perched on flowers with the most beautifully quilted background.
MONARCH BUTTERFLY, INJA METZGER & MARIA SCHATEN
The final two quilts I’m sharing really do fit the pictorial brief, and are worthy of more than one gasp. As I approached the monochrome quilt below, I thought to myself it had a touch of Breakfast at Tiffany’s to it, as I got closer I saw it was titled ‘a beauty from the swinging 60s’ so I was just a decade out!
BEAUTY FROM THE SWINGING 60S, VICTORIA MILLER
But I hope you’ve saved some gasps, as you’ll need it for this one. It’s so good it doesn’t look as if it’s been sewn together, but painted - and just look at the detail on the frame alone.
A WIND FROM THE NORTH, ANDREA LEA MCVEY
It’s no surprise though that this quilt was voted the Visitor’s Choice Winner, and thoroughly deserved. It really is in a class of its own, and not something I’m ever likely to attempt!