Material Mavens: Andrea's Tale Quilt

Friday, October 25, 2019

Andrea's Tale Quilt

No Entry: The Tale of Three Sisters

12" x 12"

Hand dyed cotton, stenciled and hand painted commercial cotton.

My friend and her two sisters were spending the day together in London, enjoying each others' company. This was the first time in twelve years that all three were in the same country at the same time. As they neared The Ritz Hotel they decided to stop in for a "proper afternoon tea". When attempting to enter the restaurant they were stopped and told that they could not be seated as they were wearing "inappropriate footwear"! Seems the hotel has a "no trainers" policy in any of their restaurants. In all fairness to The Ritz, the sisters were offered to borrow appropriate footwear in order to be served, but they declined and decided to find their tea elsewhere. Before they parted for the day, they took a photo to document their "inappropriate footwear". This quilt is based on that photo:

7 comments:

AliceOctober 25, 2019 at 6:37 PM
I love your tale! Funny and a slice of real life! Your quilt is absolutely perfect. Well done, Andrea!
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Nedra WeaverNovember 22, 2019 at 11:16 AM
Didnt know you had posted. What clever and cute work!! You always seem to find something humorous to depict with your work!!
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Carolyn HensonNovember 22, 2019 at 2:11 PM
OK Andrea, Pardon my delay in commenting. It was Randy's comment that made me go back to take a look at your quilt. What a hilarious tale!! Who knew one could borrow shoes from a hotel!!!
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Gail BradneyNovember 22, 2019 at 8:32 PM
What a funny tale! Love this quilt and the design. Your design talent is awesome!
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Kathy HarteJanuary 15, 2020 at 10:56 PM
OH ANDREA! What an awesome quilt ! Your story is amazing, and as I was just looking at your quilt again, I noticed the Red ("No Entrance") circles over the tops of the shoes ..... FABULOUS !
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AndreaJanuary 16, 2020 at 8:57 AM
Thanks so much Kathy, I think this may be my favorite MM quilt ( at least, so far!!!).
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Themes for the Quilts

Below are the themes on which our quilts have been based:

Round One Quilts

9/15/11 Harmony

11/15/15 Surprise

1/15/12 South
3/15/12 Element
5/15/12 Mystery
7/15/12 Daydream
9/15/12 Spiral
11/15/12 Travel
1/15/13 Interwoven
3/15/13 Communication
5/15/13 Canyon

7/15/13 Cell

9/15/13 Green

11/15/13 Comfort

1/15/14 Strong

3/15/14 Translate

5/15/14 Spring

7/15/14 Friendship

Round Two Quilts

10/15/14 Contrast

1/15/15 Modern
4/15/15 Neighbor
7/15/15 Time
10/15/15 Circle(s)
1/15/16 Pun

4/15/16 Doodle

7/15/16 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

10/15/16 Reflection

1/15/17 Boundaries

4/15/17 Quote

7/15/17 Space

10/15/17 Reach

1/15/18 Rock

4/15/18 Blues

THE MATERIAL MAVENS

We are a group of art quilters who come from various parts of the United States, from the East coast and then south to Arkansas and Texas. We were inspired by the original Twelve by Twelve international art quilting group.

Beginning in September, 2011, we started posting our 12"x 12" art quilts, which were based on themes chosen in turn by our members. For Round One, we posted quilts every two months, always on the 15th of the designated months.

Round Two of The Material Mavens began in October, 2014. Some changes were made: quilts were posted every three months, and the quilts could be be either 12"x 12" or rectangular ones measuring 11" x 14", either horizontal or vertical in orientation.

Round Three of The Material Mavens began in July, 2018. Again, changes have been made. Now those members who wish to stay affiliated with the group are free to post quilts every time or every now and then. Two, our blog administrator collected suggested themes from the members who wanted to remain affiliated. These themes were then pulled at random from a "hat," and they were then assigned in order for the posting dates. Since we had 13 members who wanted to remain, we will be posting quilts every 3 months until 2021! This date is significant and appropriate, because 2021 will be the 10th year that our group has been in existence.

MEMBERS REMAINING

1. Alice Baird (Waco, TX) (abaird125@gmail.com)

2. Andrea Willey (MA)
3. Carolyn Henson (TX) (cjhenson214@gmail.com)

5. Gail Bradney (AR)
6. Jane Hartfield (AR) (arkjjhart@mynewroads.com)
7. Judy Steward (TX)
8. Kathy Harte (TX)

9. Karen Pulaski
10. Sara Norris (TX)
11. Tricia Deck (Lincoln, (MA)

12. Teresa Schlabach (AR)

13. Nedra Weaver