A, B, C and D
A
is for
American Pie
by Julie Zaccone Stiller ©1999
3rd Place by Vote of General Viewers
Artist's Statement.....American Pe from Don McClean was the first memory from the 70's along with the Bicentennial that I flashed on. I combined the two in this quilt using four images of women representing the old way of looking at women that I was raised with and have since rejected.Marilyn Monroe, Betty Boop, Cindy Crawford and another perfect model all are arranged to appear as if they are coming out of a pie along with the steam. Each image is surrounded by multi-fabric embellishments such as velvet, chiffon, printed net and are secured by pearls and star sequins. Images of more pies, American cities, American Flags are scattered across the quilt. Quilting motifs are steam curls, spirals, and fireworks. In the center of the quilt there is a large pair of women's red lips, ready to eat up American Pie!
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Patsy Monk took the Grand Prize for most overall votes from both the general viewing audience and the Quilt Art members.
General Viewers chose Patsy Monk's Crossroads as their first choice! Congratulations Patsy.
C is for Crosswords
If These Are the Answers, Then What Are the Questions?
©2000 plm
The letter chosen for the Alphabet Challenge was the leter C for Crossword and the music from the 70's was Teach Your children by Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Having made many crossword puzzles as study guides for undergraduate nursing students, I felt it was a significant way to try to deal with my concern following the children killing children at Columbine. Shortly after I began the project there was the next shooting in Conyers, GA and finally in California at the Jewish Day Care Center.
As a study tool, key words were identified by instructors that students would, more than likely, see again on exams and then the definitions were worked into clues. It has proven a valuable method for testing the understanding of concepts in several fields. I do not care to work crossword puzzles but will volunteer to create them every chance I get.
I certainly do not know how to explain all that has happened... I have no idea how to phrase QUESTIONS that would give these ANSWERS. But I do feel we have to find a way to communicate with the children or the carnage will continue.
When the project was begun in 1999 we were in the process of moving. My resources were limited and I was hand appliqueing the lines to the solid background as we traveled cross country. This process soon made me realize I had to give up trying to make them 'perfectly' straight. The lettering is simple hand written letters with a large marker, similar to filling in words on a puzzle.
As I was completing the piece, I had to abandon plans to applique flowers and leaves as my eyesight made drastic changes. This has encouraged the exploration of mesh layering and various methods of applying the layers. The flowers were hand drawn on separate pieces of white fabric, colored with crayons and appliqued under light gray mesh using a Longarm quilting machine. This helped to keep the piece flat and permitted designing the top as it was being quilted.
Patsy Monk
Parrish, Florida
Teach Your Children
You who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so become yourself
Because the past is just a good-by
Teach your children well
Their father's hell did slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they fix, the one you'll know by
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you
And you, of tender years
Can't know the fears that your elders grew by
And so please help them with your yourth
They seek the truth before they can die
Teach your parents well
Their children's hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they fix, the one you'll know by
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
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D is for John Denver
John Denver by Mary Barnett ©1999
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The Rest of the Alphabet
E,F,G,H
I,J,K,L
M,N,O,P
Q,R,S,T
U,V,W
X,Y,Z
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