"Solomon's Stripes" By Ethylene Ziegler won Best Hand Quilting at QuiltCon 2024.
Artist Statement 1: "Inspired by an Anni Albers color study, I originally set out to design a quilt using only three colors, with the Kona Color of the Year, Crush, appearing in all of the blocks. The block design I came up with is a combination of two of my improv favorites - strip piecing and quarter-square curves. The fourth color was added by chance when I ran out of Crush and found a color in my stash with the same value. Hard to believe, but if you take a photo of the quilt in black and white, it will look like the 3-color quilt I originally had in mind."
Artist Statement 2: "Regardless of the outcome, I am so incredibly proud of this piece and of each of the over 20,500 stitches I hand-quilted into it."
Techniques Used: Machine Pieced, Improvisational Piecing, Hand Quilted
(Main Quilt Photo from quiltcon.com; Sign Photo from quiltingjetgirl.com)
Maker: Ethylene Ziegler
Quilter: Ethylene Ziegler
Year Made: NA
Owned By: NA
Size: 58 x 73 inches
Shows & Museums: QuiltCon 2024
Awards: Best Hand Quilting (Sponsored by WonderFil Specialty Threads) at QuiltCon 2024
