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Title: Fiesta! |
| Dimensions (inches): 51 - 1/2" L x 51 -
1/2" W |
| Fiber Artist: Nancy Elliott MacDonald |
| Location: Carmichael, California |
| Completion Date: 1994 |
| Inspiration/Basic Design/Pattern:
Traditional Winding Ways or Wheel of Mystery pattern from 1920's; framed
9-patch blocks in borders |
| Construction Techniques: Machine piecing;
machine quilting |
| Fiber Content: 100% cotton fabrics,
including Fabrics to Dye For hand-dyes, front and back; Cotton Choice
batting; cotton, mylar, metallic and rayon threads. |
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| Artist's Statement: Fiesta! is a
celebration of color, shape, and optical illusion. A single fabric
of woven stripes in warm and cool hues has been selectively cut and
mixed with a variety of hand-dyed solids in the central pieced area to
provide an explosion of brilliant color and movement. |
Quilt Provenance:
1995: National Quilting Association 26th Annual Show
(Riverside, CA): Color Award
1995: River City Quilter's Guild Show
(Sacramento, CA):
1st Place, Judge's Choice, Best Use of Color Award, Best of Show
1995: Pacific International Quilt Festival
IV (Santa Clara, CA): Juried into show; and included in New Quilts
of Northern California juried exhibit.
1996: International Quilt Association Show
(Houston, TX): Judge's Choice Award from Libby Lehman
1997: Quilts=Art=Quilts (Auburn,
NY): 1st Place, Traditional/Small/Pieced |
| Publications: Quilter's
Newsletter Magazine, October '95, Pg. 26. Quilting
Quarterly (NQA Publ), Fall '95. Quilting Today, Issue
61, '97, Pg. 34. Quilts...A World of Beauty (IQA Journal),
Summer '97, Pg. 11. |
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This page was added on July 29, 2002.
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nancymac@nancymac.com