ELAINE QUEHL, Quilt Artist, Teacher, Dyer, Designer

Monday, November 28, 2016

Looking for a Unique Christmas Gift for a Quilter? Limited Quantities Available

Now that my teaching for the year has ended, I've had some time to take stock of the kits remaining from my 2016 classes. If you are a blog reader, you may remember that we worked non-stop this past spring to produce dozens of hand-dyed kits. Of course we over-estimated to be safe. We'll start dyeing kits for 2017 classes in January. In the mean time, I have a limited number of kits left, and am offering them for purchase until they are gone. This is your chance to get one as I normally only offer them to students taking my classes!

Kits include pattern and all fabrics (including background and binding/facing).

How to purchase? Send me an email at equehl@hotmail.com and I will send you a Paypal Invoice. Don't do Paypal? I'll send you my phone number and you can pay by credit card. Applicable HST/GST/PST will be added according to your province. Shipping cost in Canada: $12; Shipping cost to US: CAD$20 ($1CAD = $.75 US).

Sunkissed Poppy in red, 27" x 24", CAD $92
8 kits available

Sunkissed Poppy in BLUE, 27" x 24", CAD $92
10 kits available

Peony in pink, 30" x 24", CAD $92
7 kits available

Hosta Duo, 29" x 19", CAD $72
9 kits available

Hosta Trio, 19" x 29", CAD $72
3 kits available



The First 20 Years Sale, 1996-2005 (The Early Years)

This year marks the 20th anniversary of my devotion to making quilts. Let's just say that I have too many quilts. In order to clear out space for the next 20 years, I've drastically reduced the price on some of my quilts. These are quilts I no longer need for exhibitions or as teaching examples. This page contains quilts from the first 10 years.  How can you purchase? Just send me an email at equehl@hotmail.com, and I will send you a Paypal invoice. Don't do Paypal? I'll give you my phone number and you can pay by credit card. For Canadian customers, you will be charged HST/GST/PST as per your own province. American customers will be charged in Canadian dollars. Note our dollar is low right now so you will get a great deal upon conversion ($1 CAD = $.75 US). Shipping charge in Canada: $15.  Shipping charge to US: $25 CAD = approx $18 US.

Betta Splendens 2, 2004, 24" x 32", $300


Betta Splendens 1, 2003, 24" x 32", $300

Opposites Attract, 2004, 23" x 28-1/2", $250

Ambrosia, 2004, 14" x 20", $150

Dawn of a New Era, 2004, Inspired by Ricky Tims Conversion Quilts using my hand-dyed fabrics, 37" x 37", $350


Substanshell Woman, 2003, 28" x 39", $500

Gerber Daisy, 2003, 18" x 17", $125

Ice Storm, 2002, 18" x 13.5", $100


Birches at Pink Lake, 2001,  22" x 26", $250

Red Sky at Night, 2001, 22" x 27", $250 (Pattern)

Hawaii Surf, 2001, 25-1/2" x 28-1/2", 2001, $300

Flower Power 2, 2001, 24" x 24", $250

Flower Power 1, 2001, 24" x 24", $200

Colour: The 12 Step Program, 2003, 34-1/2 x 34-1/2", $300


Re-Entry, 2002, 20" x 28", $200

Fallen, 2001, 49" x 38", $600

Forest Floor, 2001, 38" x 39", $400 (Pattern)

Where Angels Sing, 2001, 65" x 95", $650 (Pattern)

Flutterbyes, 2001, 36" x 36", $250

Winter Night, 2000, 29" x 25, $250 (Pattern)

4th of July, 1999, 46.6" x 58", $250 (Pattern)

Antique Fans, 1998, 23-1/2" x 23-1/2", $100 (Pattern)










The First 20 Years Quilt Sale! 2006 to Present

This year marks the 20th anniversary of my devotion to making quilts. Let's just say that I have too many quilts. In order to clear out space for the next 20 years, I've drastically reduced the price on some of my quilts. These are quilts I no longer need for exhibitions or as teaching examples. This page contains quilts from the last 10 years. There will be a second post that includes quilts from the first 10 years. How can you purchase? Just send me an email at equehl@hotmail.com, and I will send you a Paypal invoice. Don't do Paypal? I'll give you my phone number and you can pay by credit card. For Canadian customers, you will be charged HST/GST/PST as per your own province. American customers will be charged in Canadian dollars. Note our dollar is low right now so you will get a great deal upon conversion ($1 CAD = $.75 US). Shipping charge in Canada: $15.  Shipping charge to US: $25 CAD = approx $18 US.

Winter on the River, 2010, 23" x 35", $400


Tidal Breeze, 2010, 24" x 34", $400


Bewitched, 2010, 26" x 21", $300


Seduction 2, 2009, 21" x 31-1/2", $350

Act 2, 2009, 21" x 21", $400

Act 1, 2008, 19" x 29", $350


Adrift, 2008, 23" x 28", $300



Everything's Better With Chartreuse, 2008, 17" x 24", $200


Moon Time, 2008, 22" x 40, $600

Smitten 2, 2008, 20" x 29", $350
 

Smitten 1, 2007, 26" x 23-1/2", $400

Possibilities, 2006, 21" x 32", $400



Friday, November 18, 2016

What I'm Working On

I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying some quiet time to reflect and get in touch with my creativity again. It is taking a while but I can feel it starting to happen.

Two things I'm trying to do regularly are: 1) journal about ideas and things that are occupying my mind, and 2) keeping a visual artist journal. The latter is a blank sketch/mixed media book where I am doing loose pen and ink drawings, and adding watercolour to them. I try to add some words that come to mind. These are quick sketches to just capture the essence of what I am seeing, without being worried about perfection. I don't care if they look like what I'm drawing from, only that I get some practice and can live with the results.

I'm sharing just a few of my journal pages. The first one is based on a photograph I took of a section of our crab apple tree.

This quick sketch was done en plein air. I was seated on my front porch, when I noticed this lovely almost path-like entry into my neighbours' gardens.

A quick drawing I did using the cover of a book I'm reading. Completed while watching TV.

This week I also had the joy of dyeing 15 meters of fabric for my next project.

What is my next project? Well a year ago this past June, I was on Vancouver Island during a west coast teaching trip. Walking through Butchart Gardens, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed these leaves shimmering. Of course I had never noticed Smoke Bush (Cotinus) before, even though they grow widely across Canada. Throughout the year the memory of this experience has come back to me again and again. The leaves were shimmering in the wind, revealing one side that is orange/copper, and the other deep purple/eggplant. 

Since my Contemplative Photography class last month I have been wondering if I can catch that same perception in an art quilt? It is occupying my mind a lot right now.

I knew that having some fabrics that read "Smoke Bush" would help inspire me. And so I had a dye session this week. Here are my lovely results. Am I happy? You bet!







During my photography class, I also had the chance to photograph Smokebush in Haliburton (here in Ontario), but I think these impressions are quite different from my first impressions on Vancouver Island. Therefore I expect there could be two quilts eventually.




And last, but of course not least, I warmed up a bit in the studio by creating a new teaching sample for my Liberated Radial Piecing class. It was a lot of fun for me, although a challenge to get the design off-centre. A person doing it for the first time would probably be advised to start with a full radial design. I enjoyed teaching this class to a local group of ladies who hired me to give a private workshop yesterday. 

I'm pleased with my progress, despite being very very distracted by the US election, and despite having been very out of practice after months of teaching.