Truly Madly deeply was meticulously pieced, appliquéd, and freehand quilted by Karen Lambdin using the Whig's Defeat pattern from Quilts With a Spin (affiliate link) by Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins.
She added special touches including a scalloped edge and beaded piping. For details on this technique, check out Bethanne Nemesh's All the Devilish Details class.
Silk and Soul by Karen Lambdin features a plethora of techniques including but not limited to shadow trapunto, painting, vintage pieces, paper piecing, and yo-yos.
Karen created her own blocks from silk with inspiration from Cinzia White's The Storyteller Sampler (affiliate link). She added personal touches, such as her favorite hobby (kayaking) and her pets.
Longstanding quilt artist, Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry explored symmetrical spirals in Electric Snails #2. Sketched as a line drawing in Corel Draw, printed on fabric using Spoonflower, employing transparent elements, and quilted with assorted colors of thread and designs, this piece shows Caryl's signature style.
MJ Kinman uses a paraiba tourmaline to represent earth, and a black diamond to represent the climate crisis, in Eclipse 2020, which was created for eQuilter.com's For the Love of Gaia exhibit.
I had the pleasure of attending MJ's "My Quilting Odyssey" lecture during the Festival. She explained how Interaction of Color (affiliate link) by Josef Albers influences her work.
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