specializing in fine ART QUILTS
Using THE TECHNIQUEs OF SILK PAINTING, Thread Painting and FREE MOTION QUILTING
Fine Art Quilting was established in early 2013.
These quilts show an impressionistic view of reality, movement, texture and dimension
by combining various methods of silk painting and free motion quilting,
"Eye Remember"- Best Pictorial- NJ Quiltfest March 5-8, 2015
"Majestic Ivory" 2013
"Eye See My Beloved"
Quilt Alliance - The Animals We Love
This quilt was hand painted by SB Walsh on Dupioni silk with Seta Silk fabric paint and silk screening inks then thread painted and free-motion quilted by Maria Ferri Cousins. The raw edge applique feathers were made using a burnt silk technique. A trapunto eye is embellished with glass beads.
This Spanish Royal owl lives in San Roque, Spain. When a brush fire destroyed his habitat in August of 2014, a month later the flower "Our Beloved Naked Ladies" bloomed for the first time in 10 years. The intense heat was needed for the bloom.
The wild life on this planet is precious to us. When tragedy hits sometimes beauty blooms.
2nd Place - Quilt Alliance- The Animals we Love
Maria's quilt won Best Wall Quilt at AQS QuiltWeek Spring Paducah 2018.
Finalist - Houston International Quilt Festival
November 3-6 2016
Auctioned
"Gib -Stolen from Gibraltar" 2014
2017 Mid Atlantic Quilt-Fest - Best Hand Workmanship
2018 AQS - Daytona - Best First Entry
2018 AQS - Paducah - Best Wall Quilt
Eye See My Beloved
New Home at the National Quilt Museum
sold
FINE ART QUILTING
FINE ART QUILTING
Best of World- World Quilt New England Show 2017
"Endangered" - The Lemur's Tale is a piece I am very proud of, not only because these lemurs are stunning, but because it was the hardest quilt I had to make. To me it represents not only the endangered species of this beautiful planet, but also how we all endanger our relationships with each other, this earth our creator; and by not giving up on challenging trials in life, beauty results.
"Endangered" -The Lemur's Tale
About The National Quilt Museum
Now in its 27th year, the National Quilt Museum is a quilt community advocacy organization. Through exhibits, education programs, and preservation efforts, the museum brings the work of today's quilters to new audiences worldwide. The museum is a top destination for quilters and art enthusiasts, hosting visitors from all 50 U.S. states and more than 40 foreign countries every year. Its rotating exhibits feature quilts from its own collection of more than 600 artifacts, as well as outstanding national and international touring collections. More than 120,000 people annually experience the museum's in-facility and traveling exhibits.
In addition to exhibiting the work of today's quilter, the museum is committed to educational outreach, and its programs annually attract more than 4,000 young people and adults. Educational opportunities include the School Block Challenge, Quilt Camp, and the museum's acclaimed hands-on program, The Creative Stitch, in which people of all ages with no previous experience learn to make a quilt block.
The National Quilt Museum has won the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for five consecutive years, making it one of the top tourist attractions in the world by visitor review. The museum made Southern Living's "Top 25 Museums in the South" list in 2017 and it has been featured in Midwest Living, CNN Travel, National Geographic, USA Today, and the Chicago Tribune. .....Quilt Alliance
The Cycle- Hawaii
Painted & Quilted by Maria Ferri Cousins
Quilt Alliance Playing Favorites 2016 Competition
Quilt Alliance Nov.28th- Dec 5th 2016