Peticelul românesc

Geta Grama and the Favorite Quilt

E uimitor cum o intamplare iti poate schimba viata.
Acum 5 ani, am descoperit pe Internet cuvantul quilt. Primul site pe care am intrat, tin foarte bine minte, a fost cel al renumitei artiste americane Jinny Beyer http://www.jinnybeyer.com/
Quiltul prezentat ca logo pe site-ului ei m-a fermecat (vezi foto de mai jos). Culorile si formele mi-au aratat o lume despre care nici nu-mi inchipuiam ca exista, mai ales cand mi-am dat seama ca ceea ce vad e lucrat din tesaturi.

It’s amazing how things can change our life.
5 years ago I discovered the world “quilt” on the Internet. The first site I found was that of the famous American artist Jinny Beyer www.JinnyBeyer.com .
Her logo quilt amazed me (see the picture below). The colors and shapes revealed me a world that I have never imagined it could exist, especially when I realized that all that artwork was made from fabrics.
In acel moment, m-am indragostit de quilting. Am cautat cu disperare prin magazine unelte si materiale., lucruri uzuale in strainatate, dar absolut inexistente in Romania, care sa ma ajute sa patrund in acea lume. Foarte dezamagita, mi-am spus: “Pentru moment, asta e !”, dar am continuat sa caut pe Internet. Si am devenit “dependenta” de quilting.

In that moment I fell in love with quilting. I desperately searched for tools and fabrics for quilting in our shops, actually common tools abroad, but I could not find any in Romania. Very disappointed, I told to myself “So much about quilting !”. Still, I kept looking on the Internet. And so I became addicted to quilting.

De atunci, multe s-au schimbat, am invatat o multime de lucruri, si am reusit sa fac si eu quilturi !!!.
Viata mea a pornit pe alt drum, plin de pasiune pentru frumos. Un drum pe care n-am visat niciodata ca o sa ajung, si nu mi-am imaginat niciodata ca imi poate aduce atata fericire si implinire. Un drum pe care nu merg singura, ci cu familia mea si cu o multime de prietene, din toata lumea, care au aceeasi pasiune.

Since then, a lot of things have changed for me, I learned much about quilting and I even managed to make quilts myself. My life turned on a different road, full of passion for beauty. It is a road that I have never dreamed that I would ever follow. It is a road that I have never imagined that it could bring so much happiness and fulfillment to me. It is not a lonely road, I walk on this road together with my family and my friends, from all over the world, who share the same passion.

De cand am vazut pentru prima oara logo-ul lui Jinny Beyer au trecut 5 ani, timp in care am vazut mii de quilturi pe internet , in carti si reviste de quilting. Intamplator, sau poate nu, preferatul meu a fost, si a ramas si astazi , un alt quilt al lui Jinny Beyer. Se numeste “Day Lilies” http://www.jinnybeyer.com/quilts/dayliliy_gallery.cfm

There have been 5 years since I first saw the Jinny Beyer’s logo quilt. During this time, I saw thousands of quilts on Internet, books and magazines. Incidentally, or maybe not, my favorite quilt was and still is another quilt of Jinny Beyer. It is named “Day Lilies”. http://www.jinnybeyer.com/quilts/dayliliy_gallery.cfm

In cartea ei, “Designing tessellations”, e o fotografie foarte mare a quiltului, pacat ca nu o puteti vedea !
Culorile sunt combinate intr-un stil unic, recunosti imediat marca Jinny Beyer. De altfel, Jinny a scris o carte numita “Color Confidence for Quilters”, in care explica propria metoda de imbinare a culorilor.
Specific acestui quilt este asa numita “tessellations”, o ingenioasa metoda de a crea forme geometrice neobisnuite, care sa se imbine perfect intre ele.
In cazul acestui quilt forma care se repeta este acea floare, cu varfurile petaleleor atat de neregulate, incat nici nu pot sa-mi imaginez cum Jinny a reusit sa coasa florile intre ele.

In her book, “Designing tessellations”, there is a large photo of this quilt, too bad you cannot see it.The colors are mixed in a unique style, which makes you recognize a quilt made by Jinny Beyer. Besides, Jinny wrote a book called “Color Confidence for Quilters”, in which she explains her own method of combining the colors.
The special element of this quilt is the “tessellations”, an ingenious method of creating unusual geometric shapes, which can be perfectly combined.
In this quilt, the shape that is repeated is the one of a flower, with such irregular petals that I cannot imagine how Jinny managed to sew the pieces together.

Privind acest quilt nu pot sa nu ma minunez de fiecare data de talentul si indemanarea cu care artista a imbinat culorile si a creat aceste forme neobisnuite, dand viata minunatului Day Lilies.
Sunt sigura ca oricine si-ar pierde rasuflarea daca l-ar avea in fata ochilor. UN VIS!

Looking at this quilt, I cannot stop myself from being astonished by the artistic talent and the skills with which the artist combined the colors and created the unusual shapes, in the wonderful “Day Lilies”.
I am sure that this quilt would take the breath away to anyone looking at it. A dream!

Peticelelor, abia astept sa aflu care este quiltul vostru preferat !