"Ice Cold In Alice"' Contemporary Quilt by Bethan Ash 2010

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Bethan Ash is a professional quilt maker and teacher with a background in Fashion design. She has exhibited widely and … Read more Bethan Ash is a professional quilt maker and teacher with a background in Fashion design. She has exhibited widely and her work has been bought by museums in the UK and USA, including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. She is a member of the prestigious International Quilt Art Group.

The name ‘Alice’ and the town ‘Alice Springs’, Australia, inspired the quilt. When I imagine ‘Alice Springs’ I envisage bright primary colours pulsating with heat, whereas the name ‘Al-ice’ conjures up cold, clear pastel colours. The shapes used in the quilt are derived from the traditional log cabin pattern and represent; blood, sweat, tears and toil.

This quilt is my colour-play interpretation of the combination of both ‘Alice’s’. - ‘Alice Springs Down Under, moves geographically up north, to Polar regions, hence the title - Ice Cold in Alice.


Technique: Improvisationall cut and fused. Machine stitched and quilted .
Materials: 100% cotton, filling and backing See less