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Completed Kawandi #20

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  Title:  La Mona      Date completed:  Jun 2026      Artist:  Carol Zografos           This is my largest handstitched piece to date.  This one is 30" X 38".  I wanted something full of texture.  I used a variety of different types of fabric and some different stitches, including Sashiko.

May is for Quilted Post Cards!

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Busy, busy!  I am not turning out much, as I am working on a big project that I started near the end of March.  It seems it is all I worked on in April, except for creatively patching some of my jeans.  The big project is my largest-yet Kawandi style, with Sashiko and antique/vintage/second-hand fabrics and scraps.    In May, however, I took a little time to make some quilted art post cards.  Three of them, I used as demonstration pieces in a class I taught.  So, I finished them and made one more.  Now, back to my hand-stitching on my Kawandi style quilt.

"Life Spiral" Accepted to Broad Spectrum IV: Evolutions

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Broad Spectrum IV: Evolutions is an art quilt exhibit, that has been juried by Fuzzy Mall, for the Montana/Idaho Region of SAQA.  Fuzzy Mall has selected 38 quilts that will be exhibited at select art galleries through 2028.  The exhibit opens at the Brigham City Museum of Art and Science, in Brigham City, UT, on June 20, 2026. This is my piece, that will be in the exhibit.  I don't have a fancy cell phone, and people have been asking me for a look at a photo of this art quilt.  I decided it is worth putting up a separate blog post just for it.  I know all the art quilts in the exhibit are phenomenal, so I am hoping people will take time to go to Brigham City or Idaho Falls, this year, to enjoy it.  The Brigham City exhibit closes on September 26, 2026, then it moves to the Willard Art Center in Idaho Falls.

Ghetto Reverse-applique Technique

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These art quilts are made with my cut-layers technique, I like to call it ghetto reverse-applique.  My use of color and cutting through layers make these pieces more graphic in style.      Title:  Floral Geometric,  March 2026 Artist:  Carol Zografos     Title:  Love Me!,  March 2026 Artist:  Carol Zografos Title:  Thoughts Among the Clouds,  June 2024 Artist:  Carol Zografos       Love Beads Artist:  Carol Zografos Completed:  July 2024 Love the Earth Artist:  Carol Zografos Completed:  May 2024 Artist Statement Artist:  Carol Zografos Completed:  May 2024  

Carol's Kawandi Style

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Kawandi Style The pieces in this post are entirely Kawandi Style.  Nineteen pieces by Carol Zografos:    Title:  Kawandi 19, March 2026, 9" X 18"      Title:  Fort Walton Beach Kawandi,  February 2026, 20" X 22.5"      Title:  Kawandi 17, January 2026, 11.5" X 27"      Title:  Fun Fall 2. October 2025, 13" X 11"      Title:  Kawandi 15, March 2025, 18" X 23"      Title:  Kawandi 13, November 2024, 33" X 23"      Title:  Fun Fall 1, October 2024, 21" X 27"      Title:  Fashion Statement, October 2024, 11" X 21"      Title:  Spooky Houses, October 2024, Title:  Just Treats, October 2024, Title:  Fruit Punch, April 2024      Title:  Kawandi 7, April 2024      Title:  Kawandi 6, March 2024       Title:  Flower Garden, February 2024...

Art From Fabric Scraps

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I use scrap fabric for most of my art quilts and many of the other quilts I make.    Title: OMG, I'm Out of Salad Dressing! November 2025, By Carol Zografos      Title: Big Wind at Bayview October 2024, By Carol Zografos    Was in Road to California, 2026 Show.       Title:  Owl Time IV December 2025, by Carol Zografos   In a private collection     Title:  Owl Time  February 2025, by Carol Zografos   In a private collection       Title:  Life Spiral     May 2022, by Carol Zografos      Has been selected for Broad Spectrum IV:  Evolutions   by Montana/Idaho Region of SAQA

Hand Stitched

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This post includes several pieces I have hand-stitched.            Title:  Teresa 59        Artist:  Carol Zografos,  2024, i n remembrance of Teresa Elliot, who died in October 2018, in a diabetic coma    Title:  My Favorite Dish:  Fish         Artist:  Carol Zografos, 2025, use of Sashiko Title:  Kawandi 15 Artist:  Carol Zografos, 2025, use of a variety of second-hand fabrics and scrap fabric     Tiny Quilts 2026 January Tiny Quilts  2025 Tiny Quilts by Carol Zografos in Dec 2024 - Dec 2025.