{"id":5606,"date":"2018-02-28T18:38:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T01:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=5606"},"modified":"2018-02-28T18:38:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T01:38:23","slug":"meet-the-designers-behind-cherrywood-hand-dyed-fabrics-van-gogh-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/28\/meet-the-designers-behind-cherrywood-hand-dyed-fabrics-van-gogh-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Designers Behind Cherrywood Hand Dyed Fabric's Van Gogh Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tCherrywood Hand Dyed Fabrics<\/a> continued its tradition of hosting remarkable Special Exhibits with van Gogh. <\/em>Using a color palette of Cherrywood hand dyed deep blue hues, fabric artists were given the challenge of creating their interpretation of van Gogh\u2019s work.\"\"<\/a>\nCherrywood received 465 submissions from four countries\u2014the most ever for their specialty challenges. Because of the overwhelming response, two travelling exhibits were created: French and Dutch\u2014symbolizing both areas of van Gogh\u2019s important life work.\u00a0 The larger French exhibit was shown at Road to California 2018.\nSome of the artists were able to come to Road 2018, meet guests, and autograph their entries in the Cherrywood van Gogh book, a compilation of all the quilts.\"\"<\/a>\nKaren Courtney, a resident of British Columbia, Canada, chose orca whales <\/em>for her theme. The challenge for her was figuring out how to make and use fabric tubes for her background. It took 4-5 tries to achieve the look she wanted. Karen has been quilting since 1992. This was the first time she ever entered a challenge. It was also the first time she had gone to Road. She thought the show was \u201creally great\u201d and loved the warm weather!!\"\"<\/a>\nThe Cherrywood Choice Award was presented to Lynn Randall for her entry. Lynn said she was \u201chumbled\u201d for receiving the award that followed the 1st<\/sup>, 2nd<\/sup>, and 3rd<\/sup> place winning designs. Lynn shared that she stood on the exact spot where van Gogh painted the picture she used for her inspiration one year before she created her quilt. Lynn is a resident of Dunlap, Iowa\u2014population 1,100. She has been quilting for over 30 years and said that she learns something from every quilt challenge she enters. It was trying to create a brush stroke effect to achieve realism that challenged her the most with this project.\"\"<\/a>\nSally Wright \u201cadores\u2019 Cherrywood fabrics and has used them in many of her quilt projects in the past. An Art History major in college, she has long been a fan of van Gogh. The hard part for Sally was coming up with an original idea. After that, it didn\u2019t take long for her to sew her quilt.\"\"<\/a>\n\u201cI love blue and I love van Gogh,\u201d said Michelle Baker. \u201cI love to go camping to Lake McDonald and see the borealis over the lake.\u201d Previously to this project, Michelle considered herself a modern quilter and was used to working with large pieces of fabric.\u00a0 She loved the experience of using \u201cteeny tiny\u201d pieces (shreds of fabric actually) to create her brush strokes.\"\"<\/a>\nSan Diego resident, Kay Laboda, was inspired to enter this challenge after seeing Cherrywood\u2019s Lion King <\/em>exhibit. Growing up in Texas,\u00a0 Kay has always loved stars. She had four different ideas before she settled on her composition and wasn\u2019t satisfied with her choice until she was all done. Her advice to other quilters: \u201cDon\u2019t give in. Don\u2019t give up.\u201d\"\"<\/a>\nAngie Gohn was used to using bigger fabric pieces and lots more color prior to this piece. Her biggest challenge was the size of the quilt as well as using less color. Drawn to van Gogh\u2019s boots and shoes, she decided to modernize them with hi-tops.\"\"<\/a>\n\u201cLive, Love, Breathe Quilts,\u201d says Margaret Vachon. Familiar with Cherrywood challenges (she saw Wicked<\/em> and participated in Lion King<\/em>), little did Margaret know that a picture she took in 2013 at the Centre Pompidou Museum of Modern Art in Paris<\/a> would \u00a0be used four years later for another Cherrywood challenge. Margaret said she lets \u201cCherrywood fabric speak to me.\u201d She started sewing not really knowing what she was going to do and before she knew it, her piece was created and finished in just 2-1\/2 months.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>\nKnowing that she loved art and art galleries, a friend encouraged Diane Winder, a quilter for 10 years, to enter this challenge.\u00a0 When it was all said and done, Diane wished she would have been \u201cbraver\u201d in her design and \u201cexperimented\u201d more. Road thinks Diane and all the other fiber artists who entered this challenge were very brave to share their talents in this fabulous exhibit.\"\"<\/a>\nThe 2018-2019 Cherrrywood Challenge honors the legendary singer Prince with his favorite color: purple. Entries will be accepted until July 2, 2018. For details on the Prince Challenge, please visit the Cherrywood website.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a>\n\u00a0<\/em>]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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