Rogue Art Quilters Beach challenge

Chuck Schulman took this beautiful photograph while on vacation in Italy. We chose to use it as our inspiration and we picked two fabrics that everyone had the choice of using. We also required some glitzy thread and a curve in the quilt somewhere. Here are the results:

Suzanne McBride calls hers "Life is a Beach" and she created that umbrella by covering one she found. It is a very 3 dimensional quilt.

Patty Duggan loves the human form and the string bikini is the challenge fabric. She calls it "Beach Plans".

This is my quilt. I used both challenge fabrics for the sand and I played with soy silk fiber to create the water and the waves. The umbrellas are also very dimensional.

Ellen Cholewa created "Sun Brellas" by playing with photo shop on her computer. I love the graphic design.

Elaine Turcke use rocks that we made in a Linda Schmidt workshop. They are created using puff paint and fabric paint. Very effective.

Cathy Lang painted her umbrellas and added beads for fringe.

She also played with soy silk fiber.

Carol Stocking calls her quilt "Beach House" and she used both the right and wrong sides of the challenge fabric in the foreground. She also used soy silk, fabric paint and cotton balls to get that wonderful water.

All of the quilts are on display at Quiltz in Ashland.