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2003 Journal QuiltPages
January - September 2003, Copyright © 2003, Maria Elkins, All Rights Reserved.
The second Journal QuiltPages project was proposed by Karey Bresenhan, Director of the International Quilt Festival. It was to be "a free-form exercise in creativity, specifically planned to encourage quilt artists to stretch and grow." The project was open only to members of the QuiltArt list and the QuiltPages were displayed at the 2003 IQF show.
I started the year with a fascination with patterns. I had taken several black and white photographs of paving stones and walkways that I thought I would enjoy using as a basis for my journal quilts. I was thinking of it as being a "Looking Down" theme. I also wanted to try some different types of fabrics and paints. But, after making just a few, I found I was so bored with the whole idea that I figured everyone else would be too.
My journal quilts languished for a few months. Then, while looking through some photographs with my daughters, I was overcome with inspiration! Most of my quilts involve people, so why not use faces on my journal quilts? That way I could still experiment with various paints and pastels, and I could also experiment with different ways to quilt the faces. But I also wanted to challenge myself to use colors I don't normally use. In reality, that means any color that is not blue!
The final challenge came when I tried to make the first three journal quilts somehow relate to the new portrait journal quilts. As a result, the first three were really finished last and are a bit hodge-podge.
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QuiltPage 1 - Snapshots
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QuiltPage 2 - Mariah
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QuiltPage 3 - Looking Up
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QuiltPage 4 - Stephanie
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QuiltPage 5 - Sarah
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QuiltPage 6 - Judy
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QuiltPage 7 - Jaymie
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QuiltPage 8 - Christie
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QuiltPage 9 - Bethany
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QuiltPage 10 - Lydia - Silent Auction Donation
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- Journal Quilt 4, Stephanie is published in Creative Quilting, page 12.
- Journal Quilt 5, Sarah is published in Creative Quilting, page 152.
- Journal Quilt 6, Judy is published in Creative Quilting, page 12.
- Journal Quilt 8, Christie is published in Creative Quilting, page 12.
- Journal Quilt 9, Bethany is published in Creative Quilting, page 13.
- Traveled with 2003 Journal Quilt exhibit through 2004.
- Displayed at the 2003 Journal Quilt exhibit, Quilts, Inc.
Copyright 2008, Maria Elkins
Please do not copy text, graphics or quilt designs without permission.
Last updated November 6, 2006.