Here as promised are the Kaffe Fassett quilts from the Festival of Quilts show.
- If you’ve visited my blog before you may know that I quite like Kaffe Fasset’s work!
- That is a total understatement BTW!! My head was spinning as I wandered into the Cotton Patch stand, which was full of Kaffe quilts, covered chairs, cushions, KF fabric to buy…and then there in the corner knitting, was the very man himself. Whoa!
I managed not to throw myself at him squealing ‘teach me everything you know’ but just stood gawping at him from a distance.
So this post is an un-ashamed feast of eye candy of all things Kaffe.
There was a special mini exhibition of some of the quilts from the “Simple Shapes, Spectacular Quilts” book.
The riot of colour and pattern just gets me every time, whether it’s pastels or bold colour. He has a real eye for putting colours together and mixing it up with spots, solids or pattern.
Seeing these quilts in real life was a bit like witnessing a well celebrated piece of art work or seeing some A list celebrity close up.
Awesome, as my American friends would say!
Everything is just so yummy – I could happily live in Kaffe land.
I’m not going to get all highfalutin about colour tension and juxtapositioning, but would you just look at this little piece of beauty.
I couldn’t help but buy some pre cut squares of Kaffe patterns and solid’s, so although the Liberty quilt is still under the sewing machine, dreams of the next Kaffe quilt are percolating.
All this colour makes me want to leap up and paint something, it’s so inspiring. I think Kaffe should be knighted, bottled and cryogenically frozen!!
Next year I’m going to be organised enough to have a ticket to one of his talks, sit on the front row and make a point of actually saying something to him. Guides honour! In the meantime my hero worship will continue.
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August 22, 2010 at 9:22 pm
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Whoa, she is one seriously commit ed adn industrious woman! I love where quilts though. Incredible. Don;t you suppose they will all be worth a lot one day long after she is gone, if not already? Very talented in deed.
August 22, 2010 at 9:24 pm
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i really love those ones with rural scenes too. amazing, eve if they were drawings, let alone pieces of cloth!
August 23, 2010 at 7:07 am
Barbara
I actually feel as if I’ve been present at this exhibition! Bless your socks, Claire, for sharing these wondeful photos – my favorite is the very simple 12 patch in the paler colors. Also to see a photo of a man knitting (especially Kaffe!) is so charming … I’m glad he seems to have no intention of retiring and continues to inspire us all with these gorgeous colors and shapes.
August 24, 2010 at 7:52 am
Sandra
I too am a big fan. The Kaffe books I don’t own I continually borrow from the library. It would be like being in a room full of famous people!! I want to make them all!
August 26, 2010 at 7:36 am
anna wilson-patterson
I saw an interiors magazine feature of one of his houses, it was amazing. Great photos.
April 3, 2012 at 11:42 pm
kterry
were could i see some of this beautiful works today
January 8, 2017 at 8:40 pm
Marjie Johnson
Love your article. Wish I could fit next to you when you do ask Kaffe a question! Here is one got you – What was your favorite folk dance at Nepenthe as a kid? After your busy work day is that an exercise you’d still fancy?
He is still a happy legend in California indeed. There are just some people you cannot say enough nice things about.
Keep writing and sharing your observations. Thanks.