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Co(w)laboration
1997
/ 39w x 38h
with
Doreen Speckmann
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Materials
and techniques: Cotton. Rayon thread, couching. Doreen's 'peaky &
spike' design.
Machine
piecing and quilting.
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Comments:
For
many years, Ann attended an annual 'quilt camp' in Marin County CA.
Doreen
Speckmann did, too. While Ann's style was somewhat 'out there' by the
time this was made, Doreen's was more traditional.
Ann
convinced Doreen to collaborate on this piece. Doreen agreed to make
a perfectly good quilt, knowing that Ann was going to cut it up and
re-assemble it into something rather 'different'. Ann did just that
and had most of it finished during quilt camp in 1997 when she suddenly
came down with an infection that hospitalized her. Doreen had to finish
it in a style quite different from her normal one, but she was up
to the task.
If
you look closely, you'll see some cow udders along the bottom in keeping
with the theme of the piece.
Doreen
saw Ann perform with the Nuclear Whales when they traveled to Madison
WI.
She
loved the contrast between Ann at Point Bonita (no make-up) and in
stage make-up with the Whales.
Sadly,
the same year that Ann died 1999 - Doreen died while on a quilting
teaching trip overseas. They are both missed.
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