Ann Turley Speaks to the Cotton Patch Quilters

On Thursday evening, we were treated to a delightful trunk show by Ann Turley of Fallbrook, California. Ann has been on my radar for many years now. She has judged at several shows where my quilts were competing. They were always large shows, and for one reason or another, my quilts were always assigned to another judge—never Ann. But I always knew that Ann was out there. The thing is, I didn’t know a whole lot about her.

That being said, it was really special to hear her speak at my very own guild.

Besides being a trained judge, Ann is also a creator of lively and excellent art quilts. She also lectures and teaches quilting workshops.

Ann has taken many quilting and art classes herself. She shared many examples of different assignments and challenges which she has completed. The picture below shows Ann explaining her process of modifying an orphan churn dash block into an abstract composition, which is the red and black quilt on the left. Behind Ann are some of her artistic wall hangings. The whimsical giraffes were certainly a favorite of mine.



Ann discussed all kinds of things with us from fusing, layering fabric with a paper collage, composition, and color theory. Can you tell that her favorite color is orange?



Below is a wall hanging that Ann made at one of Ricky Tim’s workshops. We all had fun interpreting the abstract design.



For those of you who could not attend the meeting, you definitely missed a delightful, informed, and humorous speaker.