Erin Chick who is the daughter of one of my quilt buddies, Marty Jones, is making some beautiful scissors’ fobs for me to sell on my web site. For those of you unfamiliar with a scissors’ fob…. you attach it to the handle of your scissors. It identifies the scissors as yours. For those of you who take workshops you find there are often other students with the same scissors (hopefully the Karen Kay Buckley’s Perfect Scissors!!) and by placing a unique fob on your scissors handle you always know which ones are yours. And besides that….they are just fun and fancy hanging on your scissors handle.
Below are some of the new fobs Erin just gave me for the web site. They would make great gifts for your quilting friends and secret pals.
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I received an email from Janet Brown. She asked for my permission to exhibit a quilt she made using some of my designs from my “Magical Medallions” patterns. Janet’s quilt has been juried into Paducah this year. Of course I said yes….if she allowed me to share a picture of her quilt with you. The photo of the quilt actually took my breath away. Imagine what it will do when seen in person. Jan, I wish you all the best and hope you come away with a grand prize.
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The American Quilter’s Society held their annual show in Lancaster, PA this week…..only about an hour from my house….nice. You can find out more about the show and see a full list of the winners on their website http://www.americanquilter.com I thought I would share some of my favorite quilts.
“Homage to Provence” was made by Andrea Perejda from California. According to the information I read it took Andrea two years to create this hand made masterpiece. Stunning.
You can out more about Andrea at http://www.andiperejda.com/
This next quilt, “Let’s Start”, was made by Ikuyo Kitada from Japan. Ikuyo won a third place in the Wall Quilts-Hand Quilted category.
I loved everything about this quilt..the design, the quilting, the fabric choices…everything.
I was impressed with the amount of quilts at this show that were made in a traditional style, using traditional fabrics. Maybe because of my love for the antique quilts from Pennsylvania I admire the new quilts that reflect our past.
Mandi Burell made “Birds in Hand” which had some beautiful machine quilting.
“Compass No. 6 The Freedom Quilt” was made by Chris Taricani from Connecticut. Nice patriotic color scheme. Chris won a second place in the Bed Quilts-Hand Quilted category.
Pauline Warren from Ohio made “Bias Pomegranate”. I have an antique quilt with this Pomegranate pattern and loved seeing it made in new fabrics. Pauline won an Honorable Mention in the Bed Quilt-Hand Quilted category.
Jennifer Emry from Virginia made “Radiant Star” which was inspired by an antique quilt she saw in a museum.
Then we come to this amazing quilt called “American, Let It Shine” made by Sherry Reynolds from Wyoming. Sherry has 5,121 Swarovski crystals, representing the total number of words in the Constitution, The Star Spangled Banner, The Pledge of Allegiance and the # of years the United States has been a country.
Check out the detail. Sherry won the award for Best Machine Workmanship.
I’ll have more quilts from the show to share with you next week. Until then…………….