Aileen O'Toole Stannis was remembered and honored with a special tribute exhibit of 26 of her quilts. This display of 35 years of beautiful master quilting was a real treat for me. It included her quilt "Baltimore Remembered", which received the 1996 Gingher Hand Workmanship Award in 1996. But I enjoyed all of her work just as much as her award winning quilt. Here are pictures of some of her beautiful quilts:
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| MILLENNIUM TRIANGLES |
This quilt was a tribute to the year 2000, and has 2,000 triangles of vintage quilt fabric.
Next is a reproduction of an old quilt. Her hand quilting is so beautiful.
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| HER REPRODUCTION OF AN OLD QUILT |
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| THE OLD QUILT |
Next is her Calico Garden quilt. I have always wanted to make this quilt - it's on my bucket list.
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| CALICO GARDEN |
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| PINK AND BLUE NINE PATCH |
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| LOOK AT HER BEAUTIFUL HAND QUILTING! |
Well, I will show you more of her quilts tomorrow, if you would like me to. Her quilts are so beautiful.
I haven't blogged for a month because I broke my right wrist, but it is all better, and I am now back in action.
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Sorry to hear about your wrist. I am glad you are doing better. Thank you for sharing these quilts, they are just wonderul. Yes, her quilting is amazing.
Thanks for sharing Judy! Indeed... the hand quilting is perfectly beautiful!!!
wow - incredible quilts thanks for sharing these beauties. I have always loved the Calico Garden too
Sorry to hear about your wrist Judy!
I did see the exhibit of her quilts at Grand Rapids, truly enjoyable. Her work is awesome.
Always love a free quilt show! Thanks!
Ouch!! Hope it mends well. Thanks for the pics of this exhibit. Wish I could have gone to the show to see the quilting in person, but life gets in the way. Good Luck on the move!!
Hope your wrist gets better fast. It's probably kept you from lots of things.
Hugs
Wow - such beautiful quilts and the hand quilting is truly inspiring! Thanks for posting them :)
Oh, yes please, Judy. I'm no where near Houston or Paducah and won't be ever getting there. I would love to see more of Aileen's quilts.
Glad your wrist is healed. This special exhibit was the best part of the AQS show for me. My sister and I had met Aileen many years ago at a Michigan Quilt Network gathering. We were lucky to see her in Paducah when she won the Gingher Award. Her quilts are awesome! Thanks for sharing the pictures.
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