Sunday, August 1, 2010

The River Quilt Project

The Rogue Art Quilters of Ashland, OR will be exhibiting "Along the Rogue", an homage to the Rogue River which is situated in Southern Oregon, running from Crater Lake westerly to the Pacific Ocean. The river quilt project involved 19 quilters, the uniting factor being the river running through each quilt. A few criteria were imposed on the art process - everyone used the same fabric for the river, each quilter was also given a width measurement for the quilt and entry/exit measurements for the river. These imposed parameters allowed for the quilts to be "connected" when hung for exhibit. The final exhibit is 39 feet long! It is an amazing work of art by some very talented women. The exhibit can be seen at the US Bank in Ashland, OR from August 2 through November 31, 2010.

My quilt is #12 in the series and is pictured here. Photos on fabric of myself and my niece
are in the foreground. Fabrics used were Batiks, cottons and Silk Dupioni along with many types of embellishments.

If you would like to view all of the quilts in the series, check out the Rogue Art Quilters blog: http://rogueartquilters.wordpress.com/

. . . and view the little movie with the quilts hung in order: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1NEVXhBc1Q&feature=email

And just last week the JOY insert of the Medford Mail Tribune published a full-page article on the quilt project. You can see a portion of my quilt pictured on the left side of the photo. See the article here: http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100915/JOY/9150334&emailAFriend=1

12/18/2010 Update: The river quilt series is being shipped to California to be exhibited in the 2011 Road to California Quilt Show in Southern California. That's a WOW!

3/1/2011:  More exhibit news!!  The River Runs Thru It Quilt Project will also exhibit at the Knoxville, TN and Denver International Quilt Shows this year as well as various local showings in Medford and Grants Pass, OR.

5/1/11:  I have confirmation from Jan McGee, editor of The Quilt Life, that the magazine will be doing an article on our river quilt project in the December 2011 issue.  How exciting is that?

12/1/11:  The Quilt Life December issue has a wonderful 5-page article on this quilt project.  I helped write this article and am very pleased with the magazine's presentation.

8/18/2012:  The exhibit has been taken to Leavenworth, WA for it's final exhibition at the Leavenworth Quilt Show in September.   All told, The River Quilt Exhibit has been shown at 7 venues and had 2 published articles about it.  It will be sad to finally break up the quilts, but the owners are anxious to get their creations back home again after being gone traveling for over two years!