Victoria Findlay Wolfe's Playing with Purpose
A Quilt Retrospective
Published on 25. June 2019
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-61745-828-6 (ISBN)
Description
Take a deep look inside the evolution of one of today's most important modern quilt artists. Always fascinated by colour, 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 retrospective contains photos of more than one hundred and thirty of Findlay Wolfe's inspiring quilts and essays about her journey.
Reviews / Votes
A retrospective collection of the quilts of Victoria Findlay Wolfe from her first hand quilted square in 1983 to 2018. Most of the quilts shown date from 2010 onwards.She is a quilter, a designer and an author.
Her style is colourful and varied with geometric patterns and intricate designs. They show immense skill. The quilts are machine quilted.
Her thoughts on life and her inspirations accompany the numerous photos. * British Patchwork & Quilting *
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Language
English
Place of publication
Concord, CA
United States
Publishing group
C & T Publishing
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Halftones, color
Dimensions
Height: 312 mm
Width: 235 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
1065 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61745-828-6 (9781617458286)
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E-Book
04/2023
C&T Publishing
€23.53
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Person
Victoria Findlay Wolfe, painter, photographer, and quilter, was raised on a farm in rural Minnesota. She learned to sew and quilt when she was four years old. Her grandmother and mother were quilters, and her father, a farmer, also had an upholstery business. Victoria graduated from the College of Visual Arts with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1993. A year later, she arrived in New York City.
After some success as a painter, she discovered quilting blogs, returned to quilting, and started receiving commissions. Seeking the company of other quilters, she founded her blog, bumblebeansinc.blogspot.com. To satisfy a response to her creative philosophy, she started her teaching site, 15minutesplay.com.
Victoria is currently the president of the New York Metro Mod Quilt Guild and a member of New York City Empire Quilters and Minnesota Quilt Guild. She is also on the board of directors for the Alliance of American Quilts.
After some success as a painter, she discovered quilting blogs, returned to quilting, and started receiving commissions. Seeking the company of other quilters, she founded her blog, bumblebeansinc.blogspot.com. To satisfy a response to her creative philosophy, she started her teaching site, 15minutesplay.com.
Victoria is currently the president of the New York Metro Mod Quilt Guild and a member of New York City Empire Quilters and Minnesota Quilt Guild. She is also on the board of directors for the Alliance of American Quilts.