I promised that I would keep you posted on the progress of my guild’s lovely raffle quilt. On Friday my assistant, Beth, and our guild president, Marty, and I put the top together. It looks amazing. To those of you who worked on it….you rock. The top went together smoothly due to your excellent workmanship. The quilt will now be marked, basted and handed over to our hand quilters. I’ll let you know when the tickets are ready…..not until next year sometime. I am thrilled with the results. Great job ladies.
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Below are more quilts from the International Quilt Show in Houston http://www.quilts.com/home/index.php
Kathy York from Austin, Texas made “Tree”. I loved the colors. It made me smile.
I really enjoyed looking at “Zoo Inspirations: Fencework” by Connie Fahrion from Nederland, Texas.
I absolutely love this little quilt made by Robin Haller. The name of the quilt is “The Leprechaun’s Tree”. You can see the size of the quilt compared to the ribbon. It is a stunning little quilt. Robin won second place in the Art-Naturescapes category. Wonderful fabric choices.
“Sequoia Duck Pond” was made by Pat Durbin from Eureka, California. Here is another example of a great landscape quilt. It feels like you could just walk into the duck pond. (Sorry about the plastic strip across the front of the photo but they really frown upon me jumping the strip for a better photo. The thought has crossed my mind.)
This is an interesting quilt made by Mequmi Mizuno from Japan. The quilt is entitled “Jazz”. I am always impressed with the Japanese quilters’ use of fabrics. This quilt won first place in the Embellished category.
Mary Williams from Australia made one of my very favorite quilts in the show, “Patterns in Nature Triptych-Stripes”. I love leaves as much as Mary and I really liked the texture, lines and use of fabric. I know it is sometimes hard to see it in a photo but it is three separate panels.
Kathy McNeil from Tulalip, Washington won first place in the Art-Naturescapes category for her quilt “Natural Wonders”, in yet another impressive landscape style quilt. Really fantastic use of fabrics to achieve such depth. You can find out more about Kathy at http://www.kathymcneilquilts.com/ Kathy had another great quilt in the show…birds and snow. There is a photo on her website. Check it out. I loved it.
“Tribute to Rose” was made by Sandra Frufhling and Kathy Emmel from Colorado. What a great quilt. And look at the amazing quilting…beautiful.
“Naturally Crazy” was made by Linda Steele from Australia. What a fun way to layout a crazy quilt design. You know I love the circles!
And my final quilt from Houston to share in this blog is “Creme de la Creme” made by Connie Keller from Chehalis, Washington. Bonnie was one of the big prize winners. She won The Robert S. Cohan Master Award from Traditional Artistry.
Here is a close-up shot. Impressive workmanship. You can find out more about Bonnie at http://www.bonniekellerquilts.net/
This past week I went to Saugus, Mass. to visit the Hammersmith Quilting Guild. I forgot to take photos….kind of. When I landed the storm hit and the winds were something like 40 miles hour. I had a light sweater….what was I thinking? Apparently I was not thinking. The area of the lecture location lost electricity on the evening of the lecture and about 10 minutes before meeting time the lights came on. But, many members had already gone home and some never braved the nasty weather. But, the lecture must go on, so I lectured to around 30 members. While we were inside it started to snow and during the evening it snowed and rained and then rained and the wind blew some more. Crazy weather for that area this time of year. Here’s the thing…my guild contact, Janet, drove me around the area and I have to tell you I really want to go back when the weather is nice. It looked to be a beautiful place. You can find out more about the guild at http://www.hqgsaugus.org/
This week I am off to Manitoba, Canada. I think I’d better take more than a sweater……