For two years I have been “threatening” to make an Obama Coat. The threat is over and the work is about to begin. I have decided to document the progress of the coat on my blog. It took me a while to decide how I wanted to approach the design and what I wanted the [...]
Posted by kincy on Thu, October 14 2010 » Garments » 3 Comments
I was thrilled when I saw that this event is going to be taking place. Cuesta Benberry was one of my heros. I met her in the 70’s, when she was visiting California attending the Santa Clara Quilt show. She gave a lecture on African American Images in quilt and quilt makers. She was wonderful. [...]
Posted by kincy on Tue, September 7 2010 » Etcetera, Events, Garments » No Comments
One of the tasks that I set for myself this year was to go back and visit some of my earlier pieces. I wanted to see how well they had held up over the years, if and how my work had changed and if I still liked them. I had planned to begin with the [...]
Posted by kincy on Wed, September 1 2010 » Garments » 2 Comments
This coat was made for the 2008 Pajaro Valley Quilt Show. We were celebrating our 30th year as a guild (I’m a charter member) and one of the guild members was in charge of the wearables. She challenged us to use a pattern from the 70′s and some fabric from that same period. I chose [...]
Posted by rachel on Wed, February 4 2009 » Garments » 1 Comment
The Houston International Quilt Festival has decided to not host the Bernina Fashion Show. Having done five garments, beginning with the Fairfield Show, this is the last piece that I created for the Bernina Fashion Show. My garment was inspired by the wood carvings on an African door. I chose to work with cotton, wool, [...]
Posted by rachel on Tue, February 3 2009 » Garments » 2 Comments
This was the first coat in the Out of the Crayon Box series. I’ve included a studio shot of the entire coat, two from the show (pardon the chair) and a closeup of the piecing detail.
Posted by rachel on Sat, January 3 2009 » Garments » Comments Off
It’s My Favorite Color is the name of the blue coat in the Out of the Crayon series. I made 500 three-inch ninepatches that comprised of over 100 blue fabrics. The fabrics were cotton, silk, hand dyes and linen.
Posted by rachel on Sat, January 3 2009 » Garments » Comments Off
I had this great idea of celebrating the first eight colors out of the crayon box. You know that first feeling of excitement when you were in kindergarten or first grade and you got that first new box of crayons. Here are some pictures of the first phase of the project. I will be posting [...]
Posted by rachel on Sat, January 3 2009 » Garments » Comments Off