Okay, so I know it's a quilt show but, seriously the three dimensional cloth figures were show stoppers. There just isn't anything else to say.

Fabulous Faces

 

 And while the cloth figures delighted me- faces are always my favorite thingI love looking at people's faces and capturing that human quality in any one dimensional medium ( ie., paint, chalk, pencil, cloth, etc ) is a talent I very much admire.
Of course I laughed when I saw the Jack Nicholson quilt but was quite awed by the workmanship involved in creating all the shadows and highlights with individual pieces of cloth.
At least those fabrics pieces were solid colors unlike the boy and girl faces. These faces are composed entirely of  small pieces of patterned fabrics!! It is truly unbelievable

Bright Ideas

Along with fabulous faces another innovation used by the artists for their cloth extravaganza were colors brighter than I ever remember in the decades I've been attending shows with my mom.
And what a photo cannot adequately display is that each color is a separate piece of  fabric sewn together to create these giant  (  approx.5'X6' ) cloth masterpieces.
I have trouble deciding on two fabrics to mix and match for a garment. The patience and vision required to complete projects so very large with so many small details is truly awe inspiring.

...and the winners are

So throw out your narrow ideas of what quilters are doing these days-these are definite fiber artists with skills and concepts that boggle the mind.
Even when the quilts are 'traditional' the results are amazing.

Free To Fly

Nature creates zillions of beautiful color combinations and after photographing this Monarch butterfly at a nursery in Carlsbad I was inspired to wear my rusty orange corduroy jacket with my black and white polka-dot scarf.

Ready or Not!

Here is the start of the advertising campaign of Jason Wu for Target. 

Wu Hooooooo!!!!

Ready or not, prepare for another sell-out blitz at Target on February 5, 2012.

Jason Wu will launch his  53 piece " affordable, limited edition " of women's clothing, handbags and scarves on that date.

Jason Wu's inspiration was an American girl in Paris and an illustrated black cat named Milu is featured on numerous items.

 I viewed a preview of 23 pieces from the collection and the silhouette is pretty young but, I'm predicting the items will sell out the first day

To preview 23 looks click here.Jason Wu for Target