3rd Place Small Wall Quilts-Movable Machine Quilted Paducah 2017

Lisa Calle 1703

Lisa H. Calle used her quilting expertise to create A Silver Lining. This Quilt is a 36" x 36" wonder using free-motion quilting and longarm computer-aided quilting. Take a close look at the stippling in the detail picture. 2nd Place in this category will be in the Wednesday newsletter and 1st Place in the Friday newsletter. You have a lot of great quilting to see.

Star Members can learn more about quilting with Lisa in Show 1703: Quilting the Bones & Beyond.

We love the amazing quilting of Lisa Calle, but quilting has been an art for many years. Check out this French quilt from 1750-1800.

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#20 KimberlyA 2017-06-20 14:29

I read this a few weeks ago and it has bothered me ever since. I found this again to add my thoughts. I have taken three of Lisa's classes and to say that she is extremely talented and insanely brilliant in her own artistic right is an understatement! To have anything negative to say about her using a computer is to discount all of the significant hours of planning for a quilt before she even begins the quilting! I have never seen a teacher let alone an artist use the right side of her brain as well as the left side the way she does! And to think she shares her experience and knowledge with us! It is time to sit back and shut your mouth and listen to a wise woman teach and breathe in the beauty she creates!!!

#19 LilyBee 2017-06-09 07:36

Maga - you go girl. :-*

Barrie, check out some of the youtubes by Susan Schamber to see an artist at work. Her quilting is amazing.

#18 Maga in UK 2017-06-08 07:55

Part 2
and think peaceful and positive thoughts.
Can I suggest you check out Lisa Calle's web site to learn more about her way of working: https://www.lisahcalle.com/
Have a lovely week - hope you get to quilt something the way you like to quilt and I am sure it will be beautiful.

#17 Maga in UK 2017-06-08 07:54

Envy and jalousie are sad green monsters. So we can't all afford great expensive machines but why come down on those who can? And please before you pass judgement on something you do not know anything about go out and learn then come back and decide whether or not the piece of work (art) belong or not in your opinion. Should quilts made from commercial fabrics not be allowed in shows? The quilter hasn't designed those and what about traditional blocks? If you enjoy hand work go look for hand quilted quilts and enjoy those; if you only like longarm quilted quilts seek those out or keep an open mind and look at them all. Surely we should not go down a path where only quilters who quilt in a certain way is allowed. There is enough strife and intolerance in the world; let's not import that into the quilting world. Why don't you just enjoy a beautiful quilt and if you cannot say anything positive perhaps it is better not say anything at all. Let's be kind to each other.

#16 Barrie 2017-06-08 07:12

I've been quilting for many years, traditionally, and I would love to watch a quilt like this being made by machine and what goes into. My mind can't even imagine it and my hands could never do this. It's so beautiful!

#15 LilyBee 2017-06-07 13:22

Agree with those who believe that prize-worthy quilts should compete in categories that separate how a quilt is made--by hand, by technique, by computer--or whatever. Computer-aided quilting to me is like an embroidery designed item; it's not really 'artistic' in the sense of being an original work. The maker just provides the fabric and lets the machine do the work. The end result may be fabulous and well thought out, but it's the machine that gets the real credit. Now, making a winner by hand, or using a regular sewing machine with an original design, that deserves accolades.

#14 Scoopie 2017-06-06 14:18

if you all look closely at the title for the category, you will see that the quilt was judged against other quilts that are done on a longarm (moveable machine). There was a separate category for Small Wall Quilts Hand Quilted and yet another category for Small Wall Quilts - Stationery Machine Quilted. As technology has advance, so has the addition of categories in the major show. I do traditional pieced and/or appliquéd quilts, on a stationary machine, and have won ribbons on their traditional merits. And, I believe the Best Of Show, by Janet Stone was done on a stationary Janome.

#13 MNGrandma 2017-06-06 09:51

I, also, think this quilt is phenomenol! Lisa H. Calle is a very, very talented quilt artist. But, like others have stated; I think much of the talent to accomplish this particular quilt is in her computer programming ability. I think there is definitely room for this type of quilting in competitions, BUT, I think it needs it's own category. As technology expands, we need to make room for new innovated ways to make quilts, but we really need to keep separate categories for those who hand quilt, those who quilt on their domestic machines, and those who hand-guide their mid and long arm machines. Each is a unique way of accomplishing an end product and should not compete against each other, anymore than a whole quilt made from a photograph & completely thread-painted should compete against a complicated pieced quilt. Technology is a wonderful tool, but let's not let it overshadow traditional methods of quilting. We need to let all forms of quilting shine in their own right.

#12 cheri 2017-06-05 15:52

I think people mistook my longing for the "hand appliqued and hand quilting" the wrong way. I hadn't meant to criticize this quilt I truly do think that this is a work of art. spectacular in every way. But I feel daunted by seeing the painted and computerized designs in some ribbon winners and me with my 1946 black Singer that sews only back and forward with no computer, no programs etc and yet . hoping one day to reach that level of artistry. Hope springs eternal though.

#11 jerseyjude 2017-06-05 14:51

someone had to program the design in order for the computer part to work.

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