"A River Runs Through It" was our 2014 challenge, it has been on display at Mercy Hospital in one of the waiting rooms for all of last year. We were very excited to display it at the quilt show. It contains 13 pieces with a common river running through each piece, making a cohesive group to display. We were each given a pattern with the connecting river placement, and some fabric samples to use in the river. Meredith wanted the end piece to create the river falling off the wall into a vintage bucket. The waterfall creates a lot of drama and excitement.
Maureen started us off with a view of the stars. Created from a photo on the cover of a National Geographic magazine. Her "Naked Singularity" is made with fibers, yarn and Angelina fibers, to spin us off into space.
Nancy's "Copper River" is an abstract city view, with lame and other shimmery fabrics, that don't show well in the photo, but bring the piece to life. The city scape contrasts sharply with Maureen' sky view.
Crystal's softly flowing scene has a poem "I am a River" printed on it. The couched yarn, woman's figure rises from the river on a calm background fabric.
"The 9th Hole" depicts Pat's textural creation of a golf course. She used "Texture Magic" to create the mountain, the heat shrinkage puckered the fabric. Yarns and other fibers filled the landscape, centering on a hole surrounded by sand traps, with a red flag at the hole.
Cheryl needle felted her creation on her trip to Maui. It depicts the jungle waterfalls as they flow into the river. It is embellished with 3-D palm trees, flowers and a parrot. "A River Runs Through Maui" is a soft landscape that you just want to reach out and touch.
Vera's abstract river is a grid of hand dyed fabrics, representing the "Topographic" legends on maps, where each color represents a different type of feature on the landscape.
The scene is set for "Foraging by Moonlight" by hand dyed moon and dark sky fabric. The birch trees and melted Tyvek foliage harbor several deer. The river flows across rocks with salmon jumping. The foreground is a forest floor with wildflowers done in silk ribbon and embroidery floss.
"High Desert Predators" show the diverse wildlife found in the desert, sustained by a river flowing through it. A scorpion, snake and beetles are drawn with the stitching, while an applique eagle flies after prey. The more you look at it, the more creatures you see hiding in the free motion quilting.
Jana's whimsical view of a Hobbit house in the Shire, sitting in the hillside, with a round door looking out at the river. The view is embellished with embroidered flowers and details.
Black Rhinos and zebras graze on the hillside as lions look on from the foreground, in Dorie's view of "A River Runs Out of Africa." A tribute to our local Wildlife Safari Park. A collaboration between Dorie and Amy, Dorie set the scene with the animals and landscape and Amy finished up the details, adding the embellishments to the sunset and the silhouetted trees.
Kay's glowing sky, made with her hand dyed fabrics adds a punch of color to the collection of river scenes. It is embellished with many various yarns, fibers, and beads.
Peggy's "Fishing on the Silitz River" shows a view from her brother's kitchen window, looking across the river to a cliff side overflowing with greenery. A heron guards the river, which is embellished with yarns and fibers.
Meredith's finale of a cascading waterfall, brings our river tour to an ending, as it flows over the edge and is contained in a bucket sitting on the floor. Her 3-D trees create depth as the soft chiffon, tulle, and lame river flows off the scene.
Everyone has enjoyed creating this collaboration, a cohesive challenge that everyone stepped up to, and did their best.
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