quiltology...

To us mere mortals who struggle with matching seams and maintaining crisp points in our patchwork, the very idea of entering an international quilt competition is quite daunting. 

But if you want to see how the pros do it, you might want to check out a free screening of the new documentary film Stitched on Sunday afternoon Sept 18^th. 

Filmmaker Jena Moreno followed three big time quilters who’ve each created some controversy in the past, as they completed their entries for last fall’s International Quilt Festival in Houston.   

Quilting legend Caryl Bryer Fallert was the first quilter who won a major prize with a quilt made on a sewing machine (gasp!)  She mentored Hollis Chatelain who caused a stir when she won an award with a painted quilt!  Hollis in turn mentored Randall Cook who caused quite a sensation with a quilt of a male nude (oh the quilt ladies' tongues were wagging over this one!) 

Here’s the info… 

Stitched

Sunday Sept 18 @ 2pm

National Museum of Mexican Art

1852 W 19^th Street, Chicago, IL 60608

(Damen-Cermak Pink Line station) 

Can’t make it?  Buy the DVD at http://www.stitchedfilm.com/dvd/