The PEARL
District is an area of Portland formerly occupied by warehouses, light industry,
and railroad classification yards and now is noted for its art galleries,
upscale businesses and residences.
The
area had been undergoing significant urban renewal since the mid-1980s, including
the arrival of artists, the removal of a viaduct, and the construction of the
Portland Street Car and has since been reclassified from industrial to mixed-use.
Learning how
the area got its name and how impactful that was to our artistic heritage, it
somehow demanded to be represented in fabric.
Because of
the history of the area, and because of the renovation that it has experienced,
it reminded me of the juxtaposition of Traditional Quilting and Modern Quilting
and the common relationship of both.
Quilting has
undergone a transformation as well and this exhibit will be a combination of
that journey.
WestSide
Modern Quilt Club, sponsored by The Pine Needle in Lake Oswego Oregon, would
like to invite you to participate in our 2015 project entitled: Portland:
The Pearl
Our mission
is to create a 32” x 44” finished piece representing your interpretation of a
Pearl District image.
This exhibit
is not necessarily a pictorial exhibition, but rather a Modern-style representation.
The quilt exhibit
will be hung in a magazine-style format with facing quilts which will act as
pages and will debut at the Portland Northwest Quilting Expo September 24, 25,
and 26, 2015.
This
challenge is open to anyone interested in participating. It is not required to be a member of the
WestSide Modern Quilt Club.
Below are
some ideas for your information but, of course, you can develop any image that
you find inspiring:
The Armory
Union
Station
The Alphabet
Streets
Lovejoy
Columns
First
Thursday
White Stag
Sign
Powell’s
Books
Jamison Park
Urban
Renewal
Loading
Docks
Weinhardt
Brewery
China Town
Portland
Street Car
Pearls/Iron/Black
Jewelry/ Gardenia (Look up the story of Pearl Amhara on the Pine Needle Blog
site to understand this input into the area)
North Park
Blocks
NW
Industrial Triangle
To name just
a few ideas………
We have
someone doing our COVER and someone doing our Table of Contents page, so your
assignment, should you choose to accept, is
to create a Modern quilt of Portland: The Pearl.
Each piece
must finish at 32”x44”. Each piece must
have a rod pocket (see below)
Rod pockets
should be flush with the top, or at the bottom edge of a binding (if the
binding is not larger than 1/2" wide). The rod pocket or sleeve should be
a double pocket so the rod does not touch the back of the quilt and finish at
4" wide. The length of the rod pocket or sleeve should be equal to the
width of the quilt, or no more than 1/2" shorter than the width of the
quilt.
Each piece
must have an entry form found in the NW Quilting Expo flyer or on line at
nwquiltingexpo.com. It is free to have
your Portland The Pearl quilt showcased at Northwest Quilting Expo.
However, if
you desire your piece to be judged (optional) you must then follow the
guidelines of NW Expo for judging.
Each quilt
must come with a type written (75 words or less) ….description of the theme of
your piece. Including your name.
Preferably
with a copy sent to friends@pineneedlequiltshop.com.
Each
completed piece is due August 15, 2015
Our Big
Reveal Pot Luck will be at Millennium Park in Lake Oswego on Wednesday, August 27, 2015. (Last names beginning with A-G bring a hot dish, H-P bring a salad, Q-Z bring desert).
Please do
not reveal your quilt to anyone prior to the Millennium Park Pot luck.
Once you
have decided to work on this project, we would appreciate a phone call or email
letting us know of your intent, only so that we have an idea of how many pages will be in our exhibit. Not mandatory but appreciated.
Last year our Bridges of Portland was
elected to hang at the PDX airport. This year I
am working with the City of Portland Travel to see what they can do for us. I
will keep you all informed.
I WANT your
work exposed!!!
If you have
any questions, please feel free to call the store (503-635-1353) and ask for
Geri. I will, hopefully, be able to
answer any questions you may have.
I look
forward to working with you. I am SURE
it will be the Talk of the Town!
Geri
Westside Modern Quilt Club
Frances Barns sewed "Bertie's Bungalow" using 30 fabrics. Quilted by Dawn Graf (pictured on left)
Triangles "floating on blue" by Ellen Lane is pictured on left.
Donna, with the Westside Quilter's Guild in Hillsboro, shared the quilt they are raffling (only $1 per ticket or 6 for $5!). It will hang in the store awhile so that everyone can enjoy it.
When she was younger, she watched her grandmother quilt. G'ma was a hand-quilter (stitching 16 stitches an inch) and quilted on a frame that took up the entire living room. Her mother also became a quilter after she retired.
"Window Frames" (on left) was one of her 1st quilts. 
Marie then "discovered" Kaffe Fassett's fabulous fabrics (on left). They were so colorful and bold.
Marie then started getting back into more solids and created this log cabin (on left).
Marie then got re-intrigued by Kaffe Fassett prints and created this small throw (right).
A friend was taking pictures of quilts around Portland and the idea for her book was born. One-of-a-kind quilts are a special feature in the book. This disappearing nine-patch (left), was made for the book and the quilts in the book are based on experiences of places and people around Portland.
Connie Brown's grandmother made this 48-state quilt (left)so Connie had to finish it up making pillows for Hawaii and Alaska!
Karen Nelson created this quilt (left) in Rachel Kerley's "Splat" class.
Ellen Kane self-quilted her "lightening" quilt (left).
Carrie is an artist and graphic designer and has been showing her artwork for 15 years at various shows and galleries. Since everyone may not be able to afford paintings, she also makes cards and prints. This is how P&B Textiles found her.
