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Old 08-05-2011, 07:41 AM
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Often I will save pics of quilts, for inspiration. Usually I am pretty good about marking them to designer, etc. And can fairly easily find it again in the computer folder I save them to.

Now, I am thinking of a quilt, and want to use it as a guide to what I want to make, and cannot find it.

It is not one found here on the QB. It is a portrait quilt, the background is a beige/cream/tan/peach kind of patchwork, and there is thread sketchs of different parts of a woman - hands in one spot, face in another, just the eye in another - and the entire head to chest in another place. All sketches different sizes, sort of blending together. All done in a brown thread.

I have checked all the usual portrait quilt artists, and it is not even the style of any of those (at least not the ones I remembered to check). I Googled "portrait quilts" and of course that brought up a million different sites.

I think it may have been something to do with Alzheimers or something, but am not postiive.

Can anyone help?
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Old 08-05-2011, 08:11 AM
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I don't know but check out this alzheimer site. I scanned some of them and the closest I see would be "Faded" but I don't think that's it. I'll keep perusing.

Silly me-forgot the link!
http://www.alzquilts.org/loatallqu.html
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Old 08-05-2011, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by LoriEl
I don't know but check out this alzheimer site. I scanned some of them and the closest I see would be "Faded" but I don't think that's it. I'll keep perusing.

Silly me-forgot the link!
http://www.alzquilts.org/loatallqu.html
Thanks for looking, the link though opens up the "see all" page, and I can't find one title only "faded", where did you find it?
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Old 08-05-2011, 08:44 AM
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Sorry-it was Fading. LT255 I think this is a better link:
http://www.alzquilts.org/loatallqu.html

Took me awhile to find where I found it!
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http://www.alzquilts.org/lt0255.html
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Old 08-05-2011, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by LoriEl
Sorry-it was Fading. LT255 I think this is a better link:
http://www.alzquilts.org/loatallqu.html

Took me awhile to find where I found it!
No, that is not it - but WOW that is cool! As soon as I saw it, I am sort of thinking it was this artist. On her website (http://hollisart.com/gallery_figurative.php) - especially the way that "captured", "thirsty", "desert vision" & "blue tuareg" are just thread sketches on a pieced background, similar to what I am looking for. But the exact one is not there.

Perhaps I should email her and ask.
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Old 08-05-2011, 12:21 PM
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I didn't think so because there's no arms, legs, etc. I'll keep my eye out! I went the the Shelbourn Museum in Vermont when they had an Alzheimer's quilt exhibit but I can't remember the quilts and you weren't allowed to take pictures.
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Well, Hollis Chantelain got back to me, and it is not hers, so she suggested Lura Schwarz Smith, but it doesn't seem to be hers either. Will keep looking.
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Found it! Woo-hoo!

[url]http://mariaelkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ElkinsMaria-RedeemingFragments.jpg[/rl]
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Looks like someone's doodling. Imagine doing that with thread!
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