Marco Quilt: Magic Towns of Mexico is a group quilt created by 75 people who were each assigned a town to represent.
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| Macro Quilt: Magic Towns of Mexico |
Endemic Flora and Fauna of Mexico, a contest launched for the
9th Expo Patchwork & Quilt, was designed to be a sister collection for "
Made in Australia: Flora and Fauna."
Images by Rosa Elba Quintana was "inspired by the beauty, strength, fragility and colorfulness of some Mexican endemic species."
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| Images by Rosa Elba Quintana |
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| Images by Rosa Elba Quintana |
The Eleukerodactilus only lives exclusively in the shrubberies of the Pedregal Reservation. Els used tyvek to represent the frog's skin.
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| White-Lipped Chirping Frog (Eleutkerodactilus) |
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| White-Lipped Chirping Frog (Eleutkerodactilus) |
SissiGutierrez chose to highlight the critically endangered, golden-tailed pygmy raccoon as she also has bags under her eyes and enjoys working with her hands. ( The Nathuatl name for raccoon, mapach, means "the one with hands".)
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| Pygmy Racoon from Cozumel by Sissi Gutierrez |
Axolotl, a Fascinating Monster was paper-pieced by Maria de Lourdes Cruz Romero. It features the endangered salamander with the ability to regenerate almost any part of its body and a transparent skin during its youth. The pattern was drawn by Maria de Lourdes' daughter.
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| Axolotl, a Fascinating Monster by Maria de Lourdes Cruz Romero |
In the Cuatrocienegas desert there are water pools caused by subterranean currents containing plants and animals that have remained unchanged for 150,000,000 years as they cannot escape the area.
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| The Living Fossils from Cuatrocienegas by Maria de Lourdes Cruz Romero |
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| The Living Fossils from Cuatrocienegas by Maria de Lourdes Cruz Romero |
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| The Living Fossils from Cuatrocienegas by Maria de Lourdes Cruz Romero |
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| The Living Fossils from Cuatrocienegas by Maria de Lourdes Cruz Romero |
Wonderful animal quilts, such talented quilters.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to see these quilts, as well as get an education on the flora/fauna of your New Mexico. Thanks for the show!
ReplyDeleteHello! Thank you for mentioning the quilt of magical towns. I am the quilter that had the idea and I directed the project, I appreciate from the heart the interest they showed for our work!
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