Market Mania

"Market Mania" -28"x24" - 1997

Description:
When I first started quilting in 1994, I developed what I called "accordion quilting". This form of presentation gives visual movement to geometrical shapes. Consequently, I used it to convey the changeability and action of the stock market. This was made to meet a SMQ guild challenge to make a piece using "primary colors plus black and white".

Technique:
Accordion quilting, hand embroidery (wrapped quiltstitches in border), hand quilting, machine pieced

Materials:
cotton fabric (newsprint fabric was from husband's outgrown pj's), cotton threads, Strathmore archival paper, cotton batting

Exhibitions:
1997 Dogwood Arts Quilt Show - Knoxville, Tennessee
Awarded Honorable Mention
2006 Festival of Quilts - Folklife Museum - Farragut,Tennessee

Detail Photos:
All the blocks are constructed flat like the corners.












Viewing from left of center.












Viewing from right of center.












Viewing from straight-on (center).