First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington

Art Wall Quilt Exhibit, Winter 2008

Harmonic

The Wise Women Quilters

The Wise Women meet two Wednesday evenings a month to design and create the annual First Parish Raffle Quilt. This exhibit showcases some of our individual projects.
For more information about The Wise Women, please contact any of the exhibitors or Wendy Page.

On the left: Harmonic Convergence
I have been exploring black and white with added color using Ricky Tim’s Convergence.
Wendy Page — 2006

Autumn Advent
After working on many “group quilts”, I created and completed this mini quilt at Ferry Beach “Quilting by the Bay” summer workshop.
Phyllis Carr — 2005

Crazy Webs
In honoring nature’s weavers, I used up a decade’s worth of scraps, including some lace collars I found in an antique shop
Diane Shriver — 2006


Cynthia England Landscape I recently took a workshop with Cynthia to learn this landscape piecing technique. Wendy Page — 2007-2008	Exploration of Shape and Color I made this while experimenting with fabric using a variety of colors. Louise Strayhorn — 2005	Lighthouses Made from a linen dishtowel purchased in the Star Island gift shop. Diane Shriver — 2007

The Rose
I created this quilt using two-inch squares, this original design was originally for one-inch squares. I worked on this in the 21st century!
Phyllis Spence — 2007

Amish Berry Patch
My mother and I worked on this together.
The blocks are hand pieced by my mother, I hand-quilted the piece.
Ann Abbott — Circa 1995

Atlantic Maritimes
These small landscape studies are reminiscent of our beloved Prince Edward Island.
Carolyn Hodges — 2006

The Elements
These pieces reflect the four elements; earth, air, fire and water. They are oriented in their corresponding directions, north, east, south and west.
Carolyn Hodges — 2006

Heartland

Heartland
This quilt reminds me of the beauty of our mid-west farm lands as viewed from the air.
Sandy King — 2006

Windows on the Universe
This was a difficult project as there are ALL mitered corners.
Sandy King — 2006