Monday, December 04, 2006

Cheap Threads, Mini Quilts Exhibit



If you are in the DC area, do stop by the Graham Collection in Brookland. The current exhibit is "Cheap Threads, Miniature Quilts and Wall Hangings (A Textile Journey)" - until December 27. In addition to handmade Christmas tree ornaments (all on sale), you'll find GORGEOUS quilts - all affordably priced from $250 to couple thousand dollars.

Featured quilters include: Tonia Mitchell (I LOVE her quilt of woman title Jewel! It's an elongated portrait of a woman. The male portait has sold), Viola Burley Leak, Bisa Butler (photo), Barbara Lynn Bechthold (see her Essence of Lynn), Betty Baines (she has one fabulous piece featuring a black woman doll on kuba cloth, leather, and copper plate - and yes, its a quilt!), Imani Whiters-Russell, Adrienne McDoanld (she has an elegant tie-stained wallhanging with an old world feel), Joanna Banks - great self-portrait wallhangings!, Shirley Taylor, and Francine Haskins.