I’ve had several students and customers share photos this past week. I thought you would like to see them too.
Sara Thompson took my Ocean Sunrise class a while ago and then worked with Linda Hahn’s book called “New York Beauty Simplified” to create this quilt. Great job Sara.
Pat Shepard sent me this photo of her finished Oriental Flowers quilt. Awesome. Really awesome! I know how long it took to sew all of those leaves.
Jan Wright sent me this photo of her and her winning quilt. Jan worked from my “Midnight Floral Fantasy” pattern. I met Jan when I taught in Oregon a couple of years ago. She won two ribbons on this quilt. Way to go Jan!
While I was teaching in Vermont one of my students, Patricia Beaudoin, shared her Magical Medallions quilt made from my pattern. The quilt is fabulous and I do mean fabulous. Again, I do know how much work it took to complete this quilt.
Mary Bauer just took my class “Fiesta Mexico-Block Three with Borders” when I taught in Vermont. She already has the top completed. Way to go Mary. You might be the fastest class finisher of all time!
This really was my week to receive amazing photos of some great quilts. Noreen Poole sent me this photo of her finished project using my book “Applique Basics: Flower Wreaths” book (now out of print). I love the quilt and the border. Stunning.
Thanks to everyone who shared their quilts. It makes me happy.
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I mentioned above that I was teaching in Vermont. I was invited back to the Vermont Quilt Festival held in Essex Junction. You can find out about next years show by going to www.vqf.org If you have never been to this show you really need to make plans to attend. There are lots of quilts on display, lots of vendors and lots of classes. They hang hundreds of quilts. This show is not juried. It’s first come first hung so to speak. They hang a certain number of quilts and apparently they meet their quota shortly after the date they open for quilt entries. I thought I would share some of the quilts from the show with you.
Elizabeth Poole made “Under the Southern Stars”. She said in her write-up that it was her first attempt at English paper piecing. She used Susan Daly’s Pattern called Patchwork with Busy Fingers. The quilting was done by Eileen McCabe.
“A Basket of Love” was made by Pauline R. Granger and Dorothy Valuch (deceased). The basket blocks were made by Pauline’s mother, Dorothy using fabrics from the 1930’s. Pauline assembled the top and hand quilted it.
“Eclipse” was made by Debbie Rouse from New Jersey. I liked the way Debbie used her colors and the placement of the buttons on top of the complimentary color.
“Kate’s Tree” was made by Anne Kimball from Massachusetts. This is Anne’s original design which she machine appliqued, hand painted and constructed using commercial fabrics. If there was an award for the best tree quilt this would be in the running. Loved the tree.
I’ll have more quilts to share with you from the Vermont Quilt Festival next week. See you then……