New More is More Rabbit Hole and Fusion and all Paula Nadelstern on Sale at $5 Off Until Tuesday!

Keep your quilts blooming...Rhonda

More is More the new collection by Paula Nadelstern

Named after the exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum in New York, Self-taught Genius that included  Paula Nadelsterns's Quilt, Kaleidoscopic XVI: More Is More

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Kaleidoscopic XVI: More Is More

Art, science, and enlightenment philosophy found the perfect expression in the kaleidoscope, invented in 1817 by Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster. Kaleidoscopic images embodied the qualities associated with fancy (stimulating, ephemeral, and imaginative) and the virtues of rationality (proportion, symmetry, and beauty) as manifested through light, color, pattern, and motion. In 1819 Brewster published A Treatise on the Kaleidoscope, in which he recommended the use of the instrument in the design of carpets, wallpapers, and other “branches of the useful and ornamental arts.” The dazzling abstraction of the imagery had a profound effect on quiltmaking, in particular. One artist who has continued to mine the infinite magic of kaleidoscopic images for more than thirty years is New York quilt artist Paula Nadelstern.

Nadelstern uses slivers of fabric much as the kaleidoscope employs bits of colored glass and other objects to create changeable, bilaterally symmetrical patterns. In More Is More she designed four twelve-sided mandalas in an off-center construction that creates a sensation of spinning stellar orbs. Twenty-nine satellite kaleidoscopes incorporate bits of silk that simulate dichroic glass that changes color depending upon the angle of light hitting it.

Paula Nadelstern More is More Rabbit Hole Kaleidoscope Quilt Block Kit

The latest collection from Paula Nedelstern. Rabbit Hole from the collection More is More by Paula Nadelstern for Benartex Item #0331455B, SKU:3314-55 color Blue.  Colors include blue, black, yellow, pink, orange, and red. Finished dimension for all blocks sewn together is 24 X 32 inches. Each block measures 8 1/2 inches square when sewn. Our Fast and Easy Blooming Blocks© are cut from 100 percent cotton fabric. Each block in the set will be uniquely different due to layering the fabric in exact repeats to create a kaleidoscope effect by precisely rotary cutting them.They are specially cut so that the centers will lie flatter and so there is no bias on the edges of the block so they lie flat in your quilt.

Paula Nadelstern More is More Fusion  Kaleidoscope Quilt Block Kit

The latest collection from Paula Nedelstern. Fusion from the collection More is More by Paula Nadelstern for Benartex Item #0331755B, SKU:3317-55 color Blue.  Colors include blue, black, yellow, pink, orange, and red. Finished dimension for all blocks sewn together is 24 X 32 inches. Each block measures 8 1/2 inches square when sewn. Our Fast and Easy Blooming Blocks© are cut from 100 percent cotton fabric. Each block in the set will be uniquely different due to layering the fabric in exact repeats to create a kaleidoscope effect by precisely rotary cutting them.They are specially cut so that the centers will lie flatter and so there is no bias on the edges of the block so they lie flat in your quilt.

This Weeks Specials

Patterns for Inspiration Christmas Inspiration Shop by Theme Cats Patriotic Christmas Baby Autumn Kaleidoscope Shop by Designer Laurel Burch Jinny Beyer Amy Butler Paula Nadelstern Kaffe Fassett Shop a Kaleidoscope of Color White Black Pink Blue Yellow Red Green Purple Orange Gray Cream Brown Rust Burgundy Gold Turquoise Lavender Plum Magenta

New More is More Rabbit Hole and Fusion and all Paula Nadelstern on Sale at $5 Off Until Wednesday!

Keep your quilts blooming...Rhonda

More is More the new collection by Paula Nadelstern

Named after the exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum in New York, Self-taught Genius that included  Paula Nadelsterns's Quilt, Kaleidoscopic XVI: More Is More

this article is reproduced from selftaughtgenius.org

 

Kaleidoscopic XVI: More Is More

Art, science, and enlightenment philosophy found the perfect expression in the kaleidoscope, invented in 1817 by Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster. Kaleidoscopic images embodied the qualities associated with fancy (stimulating, ephemeral, and imaginative) and the virtues of rationality (proportion, symmetry, and beauty) as manifested through light, color, pattern, and motion. In 1819 Brewster published A Treatise on the Kaleidoscope, in which he recommended the use of the instrument in the design of carpets, wallpapers, and other “branches of the useful and ornamental arts.” The dazzling abstraction of the imagery had a profound effect on quiltmaking, in particular. One artist who has continued to mine the infinite magic of kaleidoscopic images for more than thirty years is New York quilt artist Paula Nadelstern.

Nadelstern uses slivers of fabric much as the kaleidoscope employs bits of colored glass and other objects to create changeable, bilaterally symmetrical patterns. In More Is More she designed four twelve-sided mandalas in an off-center construction that creates a sensation of spinning stellar orbs. Twenty-nine satellite kaleidoscopes incorporate bits of silk that simulate dichroic glass that changes color depending upon the angle of light hitting it.

Paula Nadelstern More is More Rabbit Hole Kaleidoscope Quilt Block Kit

The latest collection from Paula Nedelstern. Rabbit Hole from the collection More is More by Paula Nadelstern for Benartex Item #0331455B, SKU:3314-55 color Blue.  Colors include blue, black, yellow, pink, orange, and red. Finished dimension for all blocks sewn together is 24 X 32 inches. Each block measures 8 1/2 inches square when sewn. Our Fast and Easy Blooming Blocks© are cut from 100 percent cotton fabric. Each block in the set will be uniquely different due to layering the fabric in exact repeats to create a kaleidoscope effect by precisely rotary cutting them.They are specially cut so that the centers will lie flatter and so there is no bias on the edges of the block so they lie flat in your quilt.

Paula Nadelstern More is More Fusion  Kaleidoscope Quilt Block Kit

The latest collection from Paula Nedelstern. Fusion from the collection More is More by Paula Nadelstern for Benartex Item #0331755B, SKU:3317-55 color Blue.  Colors include blue, black, yellow, pink, orange, and red. Finished dimension for all blocks sewn together is 24 X 32 inches. Each block measures 8 1/2 inches square when sewn. Our Fast and Easy Blooming Blocks© are cut from 100 percent cotton fabric. Each block in the set will be uniquely different due to layering the fabric in exact repeats to create a kaleidoscope effect by precisely rotary cutting them.They are specially cut so that the centers will lie flatter and so there is no bias on the edges of the block so they lie flat in your quilt.

This Weeks Specials

Patterns for Inspiration Christmas Inspiration Shop by Theme Cats Patriotic Christmas Baby Autumn Kaleidoscope Shop by Designer Laurel Burch Jinny Beyer Amy Butler Paula Nadelstern Kaffe Fassett Shop a Kaleidoscope of Color White Black Pink Blue Yellow Red Green Purple Orange Gray Cream Brown Rust Burgundy Gold Turquoise Lavender Plum Magenta

New More is More Rabbit Hole and Fusion and all Paula Nadelstern on Sale at $5 Off Until Wednesday!

Keep your quilts blooming...Rhonda

More is More the new collection by Paula Nadelstern

Named after the exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum in New York, Self-taught Genius that included  Paula Nadelsterns's Quilt, Kaleidoscopic XVI: More Is More

this article is reproduced from selftaughtgenius.org

 

Kaleidoscopic XVI: More Is More

Art, science, and enlightenment philosophy found the perfect expression in the kaleidoscope, invented in 1817 by Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster. Kaleidoscopic images embodied the qualities associated with fancy (stimulating, ephemeral, and imaginative) and the virtues of rationality (proportion, symmetry, and beauty) as manifested through light, color, pattern, and motion. In 1819 Brewster published A Treatise on the Kaleidoscope, in which he recommended the use of the instrument in the design of carpets, wallpapers, and other “branches of the useful and ornamental arts.” The dazzling abstraction of the imagery had a profound effect on quiltmaking, in particular. One artist who has continued to mine the infinite magic of kaleidoscopic images for more than thirty years is New York quilt artist Paula Nadelstern.

Nadelstern uses slivers of fabric much as the kaleidoscope employs bits of colored glass and other objects to create changeable, bilaterally symmetrical patterns. In More Is More she designed four twelve-sided mandalas in an off-center construction that creates a sensation of spinning stellar orbs. Twenty-nine satellite kaleidoscopes incorporate bits of silk that simulate dichroic glass that changes color depending upon the angle of light hitting it.

Paula Nadelstern More is More Rabbit Hole Kaleidoscope Quilt Block Kit

The latest collection from Paula Nedelstern. Rabbit Hole from the collection More is More by Paula Nadelstern for Benartex Item #0331455B, SKU:3314-55 color Blue.  Colors include blue, black, yellow, pink, orange, and red. Finished dimension for all blocks sewn together is 24 X 32 inches. Each block measures 8 1/2 inches square when sewn. Our Fast and Easy Blooming Blocks© are cut from 100 percent cotton fabric. Each block in the set will be uniquely different due to layering the fabric in exact repeats to create a kaleidoscope effect by precisely rotary cutting them.They are specially cut so that the centers will lie flatter and so there is no bias on the edges of the block so they lie flat in your quilt.

Paula Nadelstern More is More Fusion  Kaleidoscope Quilt Block Kit

The latest collection from Paula Nedelstern. Fusion from the collection More is More by Paula Nadelstern for Benartex Item #0331755B, SKU:3317-55 color Blue.  Colors include blue, black, yellow, pink, orange, and red. Finished dimension for all blocks sewn together is 24 X 32 inches. Each block measures 8 1/2 inches square when sewn. Our Fast and Easy Blooming Blocks© are cut from 100 percent cotton fabric. Each block in the set will be uniquely different due to layering the fabric in exact repeats to create a kaleidoscope effect by precisely rotary cutting them.They are specially cut so that the centers will lie flatter and so there is no bias on the edges of the block so they lie flat in your quilt.

This Weeks Specials

Patterns for Inspiration Christmas Inspiration Shop by Theme Cats Patriotic Christmas Baby Autumn Kaleidoscope Shop by Designer Laurel Burch Jinny Beyer Amy Butler Paula Nadelstern Kaffe Fassett Shop a Kaleidoscope of Color White Black Pink Blue Yellow Red Green Purple Orange Gray Cream Brown Rust Burgundy Gold Turquoise Lavender Plum Magenta

Final Day for New More is More Rabbit Hole and Fusion and all Paula Nadelstern on Sale at $5 Off!

Keep your quilts blooming...Rhonda

More is More the new collection by Paula Nadelstern

Named after the exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum in New York, Self-taught Genius that included  Paula Nadelsterns's Quilt, Kaleidoscopic XVI: More Is More

this article is reproduced from selftaughtgenius.org

 

Kaleidoscopic XVI: More Is More

Art, science, and enlightenment philosophy found the perfect expression in the kaleidoscope, invented in 1817 by Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster. Kaleidoscopic images embodied the qualities associated with fancy (stimulating, ephemeral, and imaginative) and the virtues of rationality (proportion, symmetry, and beauty) as manifested through light, color, pattern, and motion. In 1819 Brewster published A Treatise on the Kaleidoscope, in which he recommended the use of the instrument in the design of carpets, wallpapers, and other “branches of the useful and ornamental arts.” The dazzling abstraction of the imagery had a profound effect on quiltmaking, in particular. One artist who has continued to mine the infinite magic of kaleidoscopic images for more than thirty years is New York quilt artist Paula Nadelstern.

Nadelstern uses slivers of fabric much as the kaleidoscope employs bits of colored glass and other objects to create changeable, bilaterally symmetrical patterns. In More Is More she designed four twelve-sided mandalas in an off-center construction that creates a sensation of spinning stellar orbs. Twenty-nine satellite kaleidoscopes incorporate bits of silk that simulate dichroic glass that changes color depending upon the angle of light hitting it.

Paula Nadelstern More is More Rabbit Hole Kaleidoscope Quilt Block Kit

The latest collection from Paula Nedelstern. Rabbit Hole from the collection More is More by Paula Nadelstern for Benartex Item #0331455B, SKU:3314-55 color Blue.  Colors include blue, black, yellow, pink, orange, and red. Finished dimension for all blocks sewn together is 24 X 32 inches. Each block measures 8 1/2 inches square when sewn. Our Fast and Easy Blooming Blocks© are cut from 100 percent cotton fabric. Each block in the set will be uniquely different due to layering the fabric in exact repeats to create a kaleidoscope effect by precisely rotary cutting them.They are specially cut so that the centers will lie flatter and so there is no bias on the edges of the block so they lie flat in your quilt.

Paula Nadelstern More is More Fusion  Kaleidoscope Quilt Block Kit

The latest collection from Paula Nedelstern. Fusion from the collection More is More by Paula Nadelstern for Benartex Item #0331755B, SKU:3317-55 color Blue.  Colors include blue, black, yellow, pink, orange, and red. Finished dimension for all blocks sewn together is 24 X 32 inches. Each block measures 8 1/2 inches square when sewn. Our Fast and Easy Blooming Blocks© are cut from 100 percent cotton fabric. Each block in the set will be uniquely different due to layering the fabric in exact repeats to create a kaleidoscope effect by precisely rotary cutting them.They are specially cut so that the centers will lie flatter and so there is no bias on the edges of the block so they lie flat in your quilt.

This Weeks Specials

Patterns for Inspiration Christmas Inspiration Shop by Theme Cats Patriotic Christmas Baby Autumn Kaleidoscope Shop by Designer Laurel Burch Jinny Beyer Amy Butler Paula Nadelstern Kaffe Fassett Shop a Kaleidoscope of Color White Black Pink Blue Yellow Red Green Purple Orange Gray Cream Brown Rust Burgundy Gold Turquoise Lavender Plum Magenta