Merry Stahel wrote ...
>Okay, forewarned and forearmed - I went to see Star Trek Insurrection
>with DH last night. Told him, if I didn't seen the quilt - he was to
>try to find it and point it out to me. Told him it was his Prime
>Directive. <g>
>
>So.......there we were, watching along - eating our Whoppers and
>waiting for The Quilt. A neat scene comes up with the alien dude, and
>behind him is this incredible wall - circles and squares and
>definitely a block design!
>
>"There's the quilt!" DH stage whispers and nudges me.
>
>"That can't be it!" says I. "That's a wall! No quilter would mistake
>a wall for a quilt!"
>
>"It must be the quilt - look at it!" says DH.
>
>"Nah," says I. "Keep watching, your duty isn't over." (For some
>reason, DH wanted to just sit back and enjoy the movie - but heck, we
>came to see The Quilt!)
>
>Eventually - we come to the scene in the town plaza....and DH nudges
>me - "There's the quilt!"
>
>Sure enough - there's the quilt. I stared until I though my eyeballs
>would drop out! Here's a description - I got 3 good long looks,
>because it was a large screen and I was PREPARED by you all to get a
>good look!
>
>It is a watercolor quilt, looked like 2 inch blocks. It is a scene of
>a mountain, a waterfall and a pool. It was indicative of the "place"
>of the movie - a small planet with spectacular scenery (actually
>filmed around Mammoth Lake in CA - near where BigBearLady of this NG
>lives). The upper half of the quilt is golds and silvery fabrics,
>looked like satin, they are interspersed with pastel flowery prints,
>in the softer colors of the sunset. These squares are designed to
>look like a sky effect. The squares just below are positioned to look
>like a mountain range. The waterfall is the only thing I didn't get a
>good look at - it looked like a blue fabric, all curving and falling,
>possibly with a white lacy fabric over it and some decorative
>(machine) stitching to add depth to the waving effect of the fall.
>There is a pool of fabric at the bottom, still with the lacy effect,
>like small waves on a pond. It is nestled in a "valley" of green and
>pink/purple/blue/yellow print fabric.
>
>I agree with someone else who saw it - if that dark blue border isn't
>velvet - I'll be very surprised. It had that richness and texture in
>the look of it. If I'm not mistaken, the maroon border was also
>velvet. A smaller dark green border looked to be cotton. The green
>border was the inner border, about 2 inches wide. The maroon border
>was about 4 inches wide and the dark blue border was a good 6-8 inches
>wide.
>
>I've searched my books looking for a similar style (if not design) and
>have not come up with the artist (As I said before, I waited till the
>last credit rolled to see who got credit - and not one mention of the
>quilt!).
>
>The effect of the quilt was similar to Joen Wolfrum (THE VISUAL DANCE,
>etc), but it wasn't her "style." I've seen a watercolor quilt by
>Carol Bryer Fallert, but it also wasn't her style. I'm not familiar
>with any of the Watercolor artists (mostly because I'm still playing
>with traditional designs). So - anyone want to hazard a guess as to
>the quiltmaker?
>
>Or should we just write Paramount and inquire?
>
>Merry
>
>
>
>
>Merry Stahel, Editor, CALICO TRAILS
>Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - wish it was the West!!
>sta...@ezonline.com
>http://www.ezonline.com/stahel/index.html
>http://members.aol.com/hfur/calindex.html
Cher
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Someone on QuiltNet list is in the Guild with the quilter who was
commissioned to make the S.Trek quilt, she mentioned it. She didn't
mention the quilter's name though. She's in a guild in Kansas City, MO.
Susan
Susan Druding
Quilting Guide at the Mining Co.
http://quilting.miningco.com
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http://insurrection.startrek.com is the site. Heavy on Flash, if you
don't have that plugin you'll really want to install it.
VERY cool site, and I haven't even seen the movie. (Next movies we'll
see will either be A Bug's Life if the kids come with us, or Shakespeare
In Love if we go by ourselves...)
You have got to see "Bug's Life" !! It is so fun ! My favorite part was the
outtakes at the end so if you go stay for the credits !
Debi
OK I'm done. That was my daily grump allowance. Thank you all for your
indulgence.
I sent a note to Stump the Staff at IMDB but haven't heard anything yet.
Wanted to know who made the quilts in Star Trek, StepMom and, one
other...can't remember off the top of my head what it was.
Tiggrrr
Singer
Tiggrrr <tig...@jps.net> wrote in article
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That was it! I'm such an air head lately! I did know the movie when I sent
the email to IMDB (Internet Movie DataBase).
Tiggrrr