In recent years, contemporary art has witnessed a particularly energetic momentum behind practices that embrace mediums traditionally relegated to the realm of “craft. Rooted in the quilting process, the wall hangings amiably dabble in painting, photography and drawing, all the while managing to summarily bypass the exhilarating and anarchic trends in the contemporary craft movement. Add to that complex textile pattern and a decoratively random zig-zag quilt stitch, and pieces like “Moonrise, North Rim” and “Coastal Symphony” absolutely shimmer. Territorial and academic categorizations fall by the wayside in Double Vision , and you’re faced with ebullient wall hangings that capture the heart of a hopeful spring day.

Niagara Community Newspapers North Bay - North Bay Nugget Northumberland - Northumberland Today Norwich - Norwich Gazette Orillia - Packet and Times Ottawa - The Ottawa Sun Owen Sound - Sun Times Oxford - Oxford Review Paris - Paris Star Online Pelham - Pelham News Pembroke - Daily Observer Peterborough - Peterborough Examiner Petrolia - Petrolia Topic Picton - County Weekly News Port Colborne - Inport News Port Hope - Northumberland Today Port Elgin - Shoreline Beacon Sarnia - Observer Sarnia - Sarnia This Week Sault Ste Marie - Sault Star Sault Ste Marie - Sault This Week Seaforth - Seaforth Huron Expositor Simcoe - Simcoe Reformer St. Photo by Susan HodgesKatherine Pulyk, 10, stands behind her rag quilt she created with a family friend Joanne Brady. Pulyk had her quilt on display at the annual Quilt and Art Show in Vermilion over the weekend. At 10-years-old it isn’t often you have already finished sewing your first quilt but for Katherine Pulyk not only has she finished her first quilt but is looking forward to starting her second.

She is humble, too, about the fact that she was selected to be the featured quilter for the upcoming Panhandle Piecemakers Quilt Guild Show, calling herself a “pinch-hitter” who was called in when the original candidate had to have wrist surgery. At 107 inches square — more than eight feet for those who are keeping score at home — it seems to fill the room in a pattern that dances around the borders in shades of violet and blue, always paying deference and pointing the eye back to the design in pink and red that holds things together in the center. According to Sims, there is an element of comfort in a quilt that connects it the people who made it — often for generations to follow — with those who snuggle beneath it or share the account of where it came from and how it was made. On May 1 and 2, the guild will host a judged quilt show that includes a “Red Hat Creation” challenge, where one section of the overall exhibit will honor the local Red Hatters organization with works that key off of that particular color. Those judges, Sims pointed out, will be adding or taking away points for things like the piping around borders, how well pieces of fabric are joined together, the precision of mitered corners and the exactness of points on the tips on triangle sections. The Panhandle Piecemakers Quilt Guild “Red Hot Quilters” show will be held at Sandpoint Community Hall on Saturday, May 1, from 10 a.

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