Hello, I'm Deanna Springer live at the Great Wisconsin Quilt
Show with insights to this year's event, and I am joined
by Quiltmaker Maday Delgado. Thank you for having me. It's
good to see you again. >> Thank you for having me.
>> And we are standing in a special quilt exhibit. Trash
talk. >> Tell us all about the quilts
that we can see here at Quilt Show in your special exhibit.
>> So first I want to tell you how honored I am that you have
me here. I'm going to get all emotional. So this year's
mission for me is to talk about waste in the quilting industry.
As always, my business is all about sustainability in life,
in friendships, and in art. Yes. So I'm also doing a lecture.
It's called The Making of an Unconventional Quilt. And it is
all three days at 830 in the morning. If you can wake up
that early. >> So thank you for having me.
>> You're welcome. >> I am so nervous.
>> Let's talk about the quilts inside the exhibit. They are
made up of all little bits of all different types of fabrics.
I see denim, I see wovens. What are we looking at here?
>> So the quilt behind me took eight years to complete. So a
lot of my students have seen the progress of this eight year
project. It was inspired by borrow, which is a Japanese
mending technique. Many, many years, probably hundreds of
years old. And it it pays homage to the reuse upcycle and
no waste. So if I have a moment, I would like to show you the
back of it. The back was applied one piece at a time, so
the quilt top is actually hand stitched twice.
>> All pieces. It's not a full piece of fabric. It's all
scraps and bits and leftovers pieced together.
>> Absolutely. It has block printing pieces that I have
made. It has fabric from friends that have given me
through the years, workshops that I have taught textiles
from Mexico, Guadalupe. So it has a lot of clothing that I
have actually worn. So very special to me and my students.
>> Even clothing scraps. So nothing goes in the trash.
>> Nothing goes in the trash. So that's my mission to talk
about sustainability in the quilting industry.
>> And how many quilts do you have in the exhibit?
>> I have nine quilts and one. >> A little bit different.
>> They are, and one of them did not fit. So I have it in my
lecture in the mornings. >> Oh great. So we get to see
the bonus one inside your lecture.
>> Yes. Yeah. have batting in the center of
your quilts or is it fabric? Pure fabric.
Yes. And I use remnants because I work in panels for the type
of work I create. And I want to make it portable. So it's
traveling with me for eight years.
batting. So how do you how do you put them together into one
piece? applied everything to batting.
And then I add all the segments together. And then I apply the
backing as appliqué raw edge. >> Amazing. Your work is
beautiful. Thank you. And your teaching and your workshops are
always enjoyable. be teaching a blue bar quilt a
couple of workshops in September. So a couple of weeks
right. >> Here in Middleton.
>> Yes. And also the textile Art center. And that will be
called Trash Talk find you and follow you online?
>> So my business name is Sustainable Textile Design is
the name of my website and my Instagram handle.
>> Wonderful. We look forward to connecting with you online.
Thank you. And attendees can connect with you all three days
at the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show right here in Madison,
Wisconsin. >> For when you're not teaching.
>> I just love you so much. Love you too, dear. Thank you.
>> We can also find you in the Janome booth.
>> Oh yes, she'll be at the. >> Janome booth as well.
>> Yes. >> Yes, yes.
seeing you throughout the show. >> Thank you.
>> You're so welcome. >> Thank you.
>> And thank you for tuning in and watching us. And to learn
more about this year's event and next year's event, head
over to quilt Show.com. [MUSIC]
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