Victoria Findlay Wolfe's Playing with Purpose: A Quilt Retrospective

by Victoria Findlay Wolfe

Overview

Take a deep look inside the evolution of one of today’s most important modern quilt artists. Always fascinated by color, pattern, and design, Victoria Findlay Wolfe found her life’s true joy in quiltmaking. Her diverse and exciting body of work stirs quilters worldwide to dig deeper, take risks, and experiment with fabric. This beautifully photographed coffee-table retrospective contains photos of more than 130 of Findlay Wolfe’s inspiring quilts and essays about her journey. This book does not contain patterns.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617458286
Publisher:	C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Publication date:	06/04/2019
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Victoria Findlay Wolfe is a New York City–based, international award–winning quilt and fiber artist, teacher, and lecturer. Victoria’s work blends traditional and modern quilting, and she has a flair bringing the fine art of quilting to the modern age. vfwquilts.com

Editorial Reviews

04/01/2019

It’s not necessary to be a quilter to feel inspired by this enthusiastic meditation on creativity. Wolfe (Modern Quilt Magic), owner of specialty quilting store VFW Products, begins, in the introductory chapter “Finding My Way,” by sharing her story of growing up on a farm in Minnesota—where she acquired traditional skills, such as sewing—and of moving to New York City to pursue a career as an artist. There, she experimented with painting, photography, and other media before finally landing on her preferred medium. Each following chapter outlines a different aspect of creating, such as “Permission,” in the sense of giving it to oneself; she encourages readers to experiment by combining colors and shapes typically considered incompatible. In “No Mistakes,” Wolfe states that “unattained ideas or unfinished projects are not wasted” and that, upon starting a project, she doesn’t want “to know what the quilt will look like” but to follow her instincts to their natural conclusion. “Healing: Giving Joy” considers quilt making as a way of celebrating happy occasions and meditating on difficult ones, by putting “your thoughts into fabric.” Bolstered by page after page of Wolfe’s original designs, this guide will make a lovely companion for any kind of artist looking for insight into the creative process. (May)

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