{"product_id":"east-meets-west-love-story","title":"EAST MEETS WEST LOVE STORY","description":"EAST MEETS WEST.A 12 year creation.Bernina all the way. Thread painting, applq. \u0026amp; machine embroidery .\u003cp\u003e\"EAST MEETS WEST\" sarted in the west with a love of the southwest colors, western living, and all the simplicity in the colorfull wild life as seen on the right side of the quilt. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter showing it thus far to a friend, she said,\" Sue you know you'll have to make a sequel  to this with the East.\" And then my mind kicked in and went WILD. It went from 30 by 36 inches to 109 by 93 inches. I started saving all kinds of objects and drew designs that inspired both sides. My phone and computer went into over-load motion. Gather Hand drawings, embroidery designs that I re-digitized by adding and taking away stitches. Searching in colouring book, all kinds of internet objects that cought my eye. I serched the objects and changed the colors a hundred times over. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen it comes to sewing, crafting and art,\" if its FUN, and relatively turns out like I thought,then I'll try it again and simplify the process untill I LOVE IT\" and then I know that I can call  it a SUCCESS.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOver the 12 years we moved twice, so keeping every thing at hand was a task to contend with. Grand daughters packed my entire sewing room. But the one rule was keep \"EAST MEETS WEST\" intact no matter what.... as I knew they would , it was soon back on the wall board once again. Some days I enter the room and look at it wondering what and how to divide these 2 worlds... then one day out of the\"mouths of babe's\" the answer was given. My grandson  who was at the time somewhere around 7 or 8, came into the sewing room and said \" Grama who gets this one? I replied\"If I can't figure out how to separate these 2 worlds befor I die , I don't realy know\". He stood there looking and intensely said\" Grama you need a great big tree\". I asked \"what kind\". \"A BIG pine tree with big pine cones another with lots of flowers\". The decision of one side with western pine and the other Asian wisteria was the answer. That day was somewhere in the 5th year of the quilt. Some days and even months ahead the prosses stoped and start then one day I opened the door and lights would come on and the work would again start to flow. As more winters and summers went by my grandson would enter the room often stopping in and look to see what i added.He would ask all kinds of question about the objects. Out of 4 granddaughters and him being the only grandson he was the most interested in this life quilt. So it maybe simple to know who will be the caregiver  of my quilt somday when the time is right.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the itch to work would hit  I again would work the colors and placement of the pieces.  I tryed to do all the thread- shadowing on the objects before they were raw edge appliqued down. Some fabric paint and sticks were used if the highlight or shading needed to be intensified. It was applied at this time because the management under the machine head was difficult maneuvering so much fabric around. The choise of stiches and movement of shodows came easer to achieve with a 8 by 8 inch peice of fabric rather than a whole quilt twisting and turning. So many times I wished that I would have had a long arm machine. I can only imagine what could be done and so much simpler.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLooking at the quilt  each side has all the loves this asian woman has to give and take . Her new life in the west with all that made him what she loved so much about him. And in the east all the love she would be leaving. Her family, an old love, the beautiful animals and plant life that would not be seen in western morning sunrises. As the West is as beautiful but in a very different way. Her decision to make, is as intense as the 12 years of decisions that I made this in this quilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe day i took 12 years of work to the quilter was a day the sun rose in both worlds and my world became lighter and brighter. I can't wait to see it again in its finale glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e Susan Rose Stewart  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eQuilter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Arleain Thompson \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eYear Made:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2010- 2022 \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOwned By:\u003c\/strong\u003e Susan Rose Stewart  Juliaetta, idaho \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e NA \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eShows \u0026amp; Museums:\u003c\/strong\u003e Never \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAwards:\u003c\/strong\u003e Never \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Susan Rose Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54046469685523,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/4575\/5155\/files\/27650-east-meets-west-love-story-47-1666591302_d45fc78e-cd80-4a82-b148-e674f240cdd1.jpg?v=1776145034","url":"https:\/\/gallery.thequiltshow.com\/products\/east-meets-west-love-story","provider":"The Quilt Show Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}