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Stitched with Love: The Cherished American Tradition of Quilting - P2/2
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Greetings intuitive viewers,
and welcome to
a Journey through
Aesthetic Realms
on Supreme Master
Television.
Recently,
the Pajaro Valley Quilt
Association held its
32nd annual quilt show
in Watsonville,
California, USA.
Today, let’s find out
about the some of
the techniques of
quilt making and meet
more of the wonderful
people who create
the beautiful and often
innovative artworks.
My most famous pattern
is Bento Box,
and that pattern
has been out since 2003.
What I do is
I take pieces of fabric
that I happen to like
and I cut them up into
squares, circles, triangles,
try to make something
that’s pleasing to me.
And then what happens,
I can write the directions
and other people
who like my quilts will
come and buy the patterns.
Fabric selection is the
first step in quilt making.
Quilters can choose
from a wide selection
of ethnic, artistic,
or memorial materials.
These often reflect
one’s cultural background,
aesthetic value,
or family history,
and may use old or
modern technologies.
I took a class,
“Piecing with Pixels”
Sandy Hart, and it’s where
you take photographs
and scan them
into Photoshop, and then
you use the filters
and you make the
different pieces of fabric.
A lot of people,
they’ll choose
their vacation photos or
flowers or their children.
Over the past decades,
a technique
known as crazy quilting
has received
renewed interest.
Let’s find out more about
this traditional style with
widely renowned quilter
Ms. Allison Aller,
who specializes
in crazy quilting.
Crazy quilting uses
a lot of different kinds of
fabrics, not just cotton.
Crazy quilting
has an element
of random piecing to it.
And crazy quilting has
embroidery stitches between
these patches of fabric.
Those are
the three main elements.
The pottery in Japan
had this kind of
crackled glaze
that was called crazing.
It was very irregular
patterns in the glazing and
that’s how crazy quilting
got its name.
It was that
these crazed glazes,
people loved the aesthetic
and so they wanted to
start incorporating that
in their quilting.
Ms. Aller kindly walked us
through one of her quilts
on display,
highlighting some
elements characteristic
of crazy quilting.
If you notice, the value
goes from light to dark,
and it goes from light
to dark out here,
and that’s help
to give the illusion
of the perspective
and landscape.
In the old days,
all crazy quilts
had spider webs on them.
They were
a symbol of good luck,
so I put one on mine
and I put letters in it,
and it says: “Take root
in my heart and bloom.”
And that’s how
I feel about flowers.
I think one of my favorite
aspects of this quilt is,
I started making
my own fabrics
by making collages
of fresh flowers and
photographing them
and then printing
my digital photograph
onto fabric, and then
piecing my printed fabric
into my crazy quilts.
Every block
has printed flowers.
This here, I call this
my Chanel Camellia.
A friend of mine had
a blouse by Chanel and
she didn’t like the camellia,
so she gave it to me.
And so I always
think of my friend and
her fancy Chanel blouse
when I have that.
I mean, I can look at
any fabric and tell you
where it came from,
who gave it me, because
a lot of crazy quilters
trade fabrics.
And I can tell
where every single things
came from.
So in a way it’s a very
wonderful repository
of the friendships
in my life as well.
Beading is another element
incorporated into
many quilts.
It gives you
a whole new set of
textures and dimension
to work with.
And a quilt like this
you have to stop caring
about how long it takes,
and you have to
fulfill your commitment
to the quilt.
So like this area up here,
I think that was
five hours at least
to do that little motif
of those gold beads.
But you get
such a rich surface.
And again
it’s so soothing to do.
You can really
calm your mind
doing this kind of work.
And my family thinks
that’s a good thing!
Our program on
American quilting tradition
will continue.
Please stay tuned
to Supreme Master
Television.
Welcome back to
A Journey through
Aesthetic Realms
on Supreme Master
Television
as we continue
our program about
the Pajaro Valley
Quilt Association’s
annual show.
The theme of this year’s
quilt show was
“It's Easy Being Green.
Recycle, Reuse, Renew.”
We were trying to think
of a really unique theme
this year, and there’s
such a green movement
going on worldwide
that we really thought
that would be
a good thing to use.
And part of it was,
the quilt had to be made
with at least 75%
of recycled material.
It could be old shirts,
it could be scraps
in your scrap basket,
but you couldn’t go out
and buy anything
to make these quilts.
Quilting is a green activity.
My grandmother made
lots and lots of quilts.
And she did
a lot of recycled stuff.
She did recycle before
recycle was recycle
This is my quilt
that I entered into the
"Go Green Challenge."
This quilt is made of hemp
and the batting
is made from
recycled water bottles.
So this quilt just to me
symbolizes the need
to return to a more
sustainable fabric choice.
For quilters,
life is an endless source
of inspiration.
Hi, I am Anna Branquits
and I made this quilt
for my son because
he loves to play baseball
and he has baseball pins
that he collects,
from all over the country
and so he got a quilt
to put them in.
But while some quilts
relate to memories
and anecdotes,
others are created for
sheer fun and imagination.
Sometimes we have
different challenge things.
And this year’s challenge
is “Plants Incognito,”
and we drew
a name of a plant
that we were supposed
to illustrate
without printing words
on our quilt.
And so we all
had this title to do and
worked on our own quilts
separately and we’ve got
them all displayed here.
And they illustrate
different plants and then
people are supposed
to guess which one.
The name that I picked
out of the hat was
“Old Man’s Woodworm,”
which is a common name
for a California plant.
In the drawing,
I got the name
“Maidenhair Fern”
and I didn’t know
what in the world to do,
so I emphasized her hair.
And this type of
coiled technique, I used
for her bouffant hairdo.
When they all
get together and
you see what people
have done with things that
you don’t have any idea
they’re going to use,
it’s just really, really fun.
It’s so important to me
to be in this group, and
I don’t like meetings at all,
but I won’t miss
the quilt group
if I can possibly get there.
The dedication of
the quilters to their pieces
and to one another
is heartwarming.
So what is it that
motivates these quilters?
In our small quilt group,
we inspire each other’s
creativity, we encourage
our creative efforts,
and we are able to
get some feedback about
different ideas that we have
and how they will work,
and we laugh a lot.
We have a lot of fun
doing this.
Tell us about the spiritual
aspects of quilting.
Well for me, I think of God
as the ultimate designer
and creator,
and as God made us
in his image,
we’re all creators.
And so when I’m involved
in the creative process,
that’s my way
being devotional,
so it’s integral
to my spiritual life.
Besides seeing it
as a creative outlet
and an emotional
and spiritual support,
the quilters
at the Pajaro Valley
Quilt Association also
regard quilting as a way
to help those in need.
Over the past few years,
they have donated
hundreds of
their handmade quilts
to dozens of charities
serving children, veterans,
and disadvantaged people.
Pele Fleming works
in a program that teaches
teenage mothers to quilt.
When the girls start,
I have them do a quilt first,
it’s a really good thing
to start, and
it also connects them
with their baby too.
I’m saying,
“This is something special
you’re making
for your baby.”
It just really
gives them a sense
of accomplishment when
they make something.
It’s something
that they made,
even if it’s not perfect.
This blanket,
I made for my son.
He likes the strong colors
a lot and because
he is now three years old,
and he doesn’t speak much,
I thought that the blanket
will help him in learning
to talk a little more, with
the colors and letters.
So, here I put Bryan’s name,
and he knows that
his name is written here.
In quilting,
new techniques and
uses constantly evolve,
as a quilter’s creativity
can only expand
through practice
and the exchanges within
this tight-knit community.
Thus, quilting will always
remain a cherished
American tradition.
My cousin Carol
who inherited
the grandparents’ cottage,
her best friend is a quilter.
And this quilt was
in American Quilter’s
Society (AQS) Magazine
the year that it won.
And her friend is leafing
through a quilt magazine
with her, and she goes,
“This quilt looks
just like Michillinda!”
And my cousin said,
“My cousin Ally
made that quilt!”
I hadn’t seen Carol
in 40 years.
But she called me.
Long story short,
we reconnected,
and she has me back
to the old family cottage
for a week every summer.
After I started going back
to visit my dear cousin
Carol for a couple years,
she would tell me
about our grandmother
who I did not know, and
what a wonderful person
she was and how much
she enjoyed needlework,
and that her grandmother
had finished a crazy quilt
that her mother had made
in the 1890s.
And our mutual
grandmother had handed
this quilt down to Carol,
and she brought it up
one year to show me.
And then she gave it to me…
which you can imagine
was quite meaningful.
We didn’t know her name,
the lady who made this.
So we went to the family
grave site together, and
her name was Margaret.
And with that,
I would like to close
and thank you
for your attention, and
encourage you please,
thread those needles
and get stitching.
We thank the Pajaro Valley
Quilt Association
and all participants
at the quilt show
for brightening our world
with your charming craft
so full of love and joy.
May such endeavors of
creating, giving and sharing
help make our world
a nicer and gentler place
for all generations.
For more information
about the Pajaro Valley
Quilt Association,
please visit
Artistic viewers,
thank you
for being with us today
on A Journey through
Aesthetic Realms
on Supreme Master
Television.
Coming next is
Vegetarianism:
The Noble Way of Living,
after Noteworthy News.
Wishing you a happy and
harmonious week ahead.
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