On Saturday I taught for the Friendship Quilters in Hagerstown, MD. This is another guild that if I lived just a little closer to Hagerstown I would want to be part of this guild. Over the years, I have lectured and presented workshops to this guild on several occasions and their members work so well together. The person in charge of programs has been dealing with a family illness and the other ladies from the guild jumped right in and took care of everything. That’s what I love about being part of this community…we care about each other and always seem to find time to lend a helping hand. It warms my heart. Thanks ladies for making my trip to your guild a very enjoyable experience. And I hope to share some photos of the ladies finished projects in a future blog because several of them were very close to finishing their tops by the end of the day. For for information about the Friendship Quilters Guild in Hagerstown visit their website at http://www.fqgmd.org/
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I have just a couple more photos to share with you of some quilts I saw while at the AQS show in Lancaster.
This quilt was made by Susan J. Cane of Connecticut. She won second place in the Wall Quilts sewn on a home sewing machine category. Susan made this quilt after taking a class with Katie Paquini and based it on a photograph taken by her husband.
Christine Wickert from New York made “Monticello Baskets”. It won second place in the Wall Quilts-Hand Quilted category. Hand quilted! It’s been a while since I have seen a quilt this size hand quilted. And it was very nicely done.
And it was heavily quilted along with trapunto.
“Fusion” was made by Patricia Lamfer from Colorado. I like the unique shape of the quilt and the fabric choices were wonderful. It had great contrast.
And the rest of the quilts I wanted to share are just a few from Karen K. Stone’s special exhibit at the show. I have been a fan of Karen’s quilts for a very long time. Seeing so many of her quilts in one exhibit was inspiring and breathtaking. You can find out more about Karen at http://www.karenkstone.com/
This first quilt of Karen’s is called ‘Summer Nights” and was made in 1992. What a fabulous layout for a Log Cabin block.
“Ranella’s Surprise” was made in 2011. Fabulous border treatment. Karen carried the use of many elements from the center to the border which created a beautifully balanced quilt.
“Prickle Fish” is a play on the block called Pickle Dish. Karen made this in 1996.
A nice close-up shot.
Karen has a real knack for using a very large variety of fabrics and creating wonder quilts. Thanks for sharing your quilts Karen. I loved the exhibit.
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My friend loaned me her audio book, “Private” by James Patterson. If I was giving this book stars, from one to five, I’d give it a three. This is one of James Patterns books that he co-authored with Maxine-Paetro. It is certainly not the normal James Patterson style so if you read many of his books, as I do, you might be a little disappointed. If you go in with the attitude that it’s not a James Patterson book I think you will like the book more.
Former Marine helicopter pilot Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company. Jack gets involved in several different investigations including the death of a friend. Another case involves a gambling scandal in the NFL. On another story line Jack has some issues with his brother.
This week I am off to Annapolis, Maryland and then Winchester, MD. Should be a fun week.