One More Post of the Quilt Show

The quilts in this post are ones done by Linda, our featured quilter.  Linda does unbelievable work and designs most of it on EQ7.  Her quilts are fabulous. 

 We had them hanging in the hall coming into the room where the show is held.  Some of our guests remarked that they felt like they had been to the show just going down the hall.  It is a hard place to try and get a good picture because of being narrow and the lighting not good. 

 I think, though, that you will get the idea of what a beautiful display she brought us.

She has a quilt in Lancaster, PA, now that has won an honorable mention.  Another quilt will be in Paducah. 

This was in the little foyer as you came into the building.

Linda told me this quilt was made in a class with Kaffe Fasset - how cool.   

A beautiful tablerunner.  This was actually a small part of a picture that didn't turn out well but I wanted to include this beauty.  Don't know how well it will enlarge, but you can certainly see how gorgeous this is.
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Quilt Show - Day 2

Continuing with our quilt show, this is a quilt made by Leslie in an old time tile style.  She said it is very labor intensive and would not want to tackle another one.  I will say that I am certainly glad she tackled this one - it's a beauty.  She had help from her daughter, Elle, in the choosing, cutting and placing of fabrics.  It is all by hand and much of it done while she waits for Elle to do her figure skating on the days they go to Detroit.  Leslie always has handwork ready to go when she drives one of her children to places they need to be.

A closeup of one of the blocks.  Great fabric.

A corner of the room showing some of our displays.  A sweet sunbonnet sue quilt is on the wall left and a lovely embroidered wallhanging is to the right.  A beautiful crazy quilt is in the wonderful sled.  Nancy is responsible for the embroidered quilt and

here is a closeup of that beautiful quilt. 

A sweet redwork embroidered Red Riding Hood wallhanging by Kathy.

And Leslie did this embroidered sparkling quilt for Christmas.  Another beauty,

here is a closeup of one of the blocks.  Lots and lots of pretty golden glitter.

Another Kathy - the same one as in the previous post - and another of her amazing machine quilted pieces.  Be sure to click to enlarge.

You have seen lots of these posted on my blog before.  These are the tags that Julie and I have exchanged each month since September.  She mounted them to let our fellow quilters see what we have been up to.  This has been lots of fun.  In each pair, hers are to the left and mine to the right.
There is still one more post I will make and that will be quilts of our featured quilter, Linda.  Amazing.  Stay tuned.  (Click to enlarge)

Quilt Show - Day One

I belong to Quilters Squared Quilt Guild here in Midland.   We have an extraordinary number of very talented ladies who love to quilt and who do make absolutely beautiful pieces.  This weekend is our annual show and I thought I would give you a mini quilt show today, tomorrow and Sunday to share some of the pieces we have on display.  I know who make some of them and not others, and I hope no one feels slighted if I don't mention their name.  They must not forget that I am an old lady and not as quick as I once was (how's that for an excuse?)  This is a lovely embroidered and quilted hanging that Marcia made.  Quite a few of us have been doing some embroidery along with quilting.  There will be others to show in the next two days.

This beauty was made by Karen.  All done in oriental fabrics with gold highlights.  I love the colors in this piece.

Here is a beautiful, old fashioned quilt done in lovely colors and I am sorry I can't remember who made it.  It's a wonderful piece. 

Here are four wall hangings that are marvelous!  I know for sure the makers of two of them and think all of them were made by a quartet of gals who have challenged each other and make pieces to interpret a subject they decide on.  Janna, Nancy, Kathy and Stephanie go by JNKS and give talks and show their work around the state.  I know Janna did the gorgeous bird.  The colors are wonderful - it is a beauty.  The freehand quilted multicolored circles is Kathy's work.  She has grown to be a master in the art of freehand machine quilting.  This piece as as beautiful on the back as on the front.  I think armadillo was done by Nancy.  If not, I will add a correction.  It, too, is a lovely piece with great color.  Not sure who the other pretty circle wallhanging was made by, but it's a winner also. 

This is one I did some time ago and had quilted by another Carol who does the most beautiful job on the long arm.  Tomorrow I will do another post for you.  I need to take pictures of more of the quilts and retake some of the ones I took today.  Hope you enjoy the show.  (Click to enlarge)

My Tag for April

Here is the little tag I made for April to trade with Julie at the guild meeting Tuesday night.  I saw this pretty lady in the big, big feathered hat and thought "Easter Bonnet".  She looks so pleased with herself and rightfully so.   Julie is putting together an exhibit of our tags for the quilt show which is next week.  Some of the gals and their husbands will be getting the room ready Wednesday night and quilt take in and set up will be Thursday. 

We have a bazaar along with our show.  There is not enough room for vendors, but the members bring in handmade items, quilt books and magazines, unwanted notions and bags of fabric that we no longer want.  I packaged some yesterday.  I will also have a lot of old magazines to bring along.  Nothing homemade this year, but I have made a lot of things in the past.  We have a lot of new members and I am sure they will pick up the slack.  It is amazing how much we bring in with that little venture.  (Click to enlarge)

Our Quilt Show Continued

I was able to get to our show on Sunday afternoon before it was closed and did get a chance to take some more pictures. This top one is so pretty and I think it was featured in a magazine. I also think I know who made it, but don't want to make an error. It's a beauty.

These two were done by Kathy - who has absolutely mastered the beauty of machine quilting. Her work is incredible. The little hanging below is the one she did in the class I taught on machine buttonhole applique a few months ago. Glorious. Her colors are wonderful. To the left, you can get a glimpse of a gorgeous applique quilt that took best of show in Bay City, our neighboring town, just weekend before our show. Another masterpiece.

We had so many quilts they had to do some creative hanging. This lovely going around a corner is Leslie's and it is wool and hand buttonhole appliqued. What a gorgeous quilt it is. A lovely bargello is one one side and a sampler quilt with embroidered centers in the blocks that is really eyecatching. Janna, the one who supervises the hanging of the quilts, has an eye for color and coordination and really gets it right when putting the quilts together. She has done it every year and always does a masterful job.

This little cutie is Amanda, and, I think, our youngest member - if not, than one of the youngest.

She made this incredible scrap quilt that has over 8000 pieces in it in the form of little triangles forming little squares. Amazing! It's so nice having her in our guild - she's a joy.

Now you have a little idea of some of the work done by our members. If you would like to see more, find the little yellow duck on the sidebar to the right, click on it and go over to Pass the Tiara, the guild blog that Julie and I have going. There is a slide show that you can click on and go to Flickr where the pictures I took are posted. It was a great show and the most successful one we have had out of seven. (Click to enlarge)

A Bummer

I'm pouting again! Today when I was over to the Carriage House for the setting up of our quilt show that starts tomorrow, I took over one hundred pictures. My camera usually takes wonderful shots. When I transferred them to my computer, I was so disappointed! Most of them were fuzzy and not pretty at all.

I did come up with some good ones - maybe thirty or so. However, something was out of whack. I actually think it may have been the battery and I had another one in my purse but it still showed on the screen that there was still power in it. It took a while for the shutter to snap some of the time so maybe that was it. However, here is a little representation of what went on today. Above, the room all ready for the quilts.

As the quilts were checked in, they were put in the appropriate piles on the floor awaiting the keen eyes and flawless placement by Janna, who has been directing the hanging of the quilts ever since we have had our shows. Janna has a knack for putting things together in such a pleasing way!

As she looked through the quilts, they were taken to the area where they would hang. This looks jumbled, but no quilts were harmed in this step!

Another very important area is our bazaar! Tons of great stuff - the girls made things to sell, brought books, magazines and FABRIC. Here is Amanda, our youngest member and a sweetie, going through the fabric bundles and getting like priced bags together. She had a buddy helping her, too, and I am so sorry I can't remember her name. Don't forget I am old!!

Now, girls, since I am not going to be at the show this weekend, please take your cameras and take more pictures if you would. Somehow we can get them on my computer so we will have a better record than what I ended up with. It's better than nothing, but there are so many beautiful quilts there. I am hoping my camera works better for the weekend with my family! (Click to enlarge)

One More on the Quilt Show

There were some lovely pieces featuring embroidery and here are some of them. Carol R. did a lovely little wallhanging with hand embroidered hearts.

Of course, this is not embroidery! But it is a lovely miniature quilt that is hung with the others and you can see from the next picture just how small it is. Beautiful, Barbara!

A wonderful Christmas wallhanging to cherish for all the years to come. I am not sure of the makers of these lovely pieces. I think they were made by Karen and Kathy - someone leave a comment and set the oldhag straight. I apologize! I have put a closeup of two of the blocks below. Aren't they pretty? Another piece with just precious blocks. I think these are all wonderful.

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Quilts, Quilts and More Quilts

My little white wool piece - one of my favorites.

Wall of gridgame round robin challenge quilts Nancy's Betty Ann's Christmas wallhanging from book by Piece o' Cake

Carol's Butterflies Claire's Playing card - 6 diamond earrings Debbie's playing card Kathy'sJack of Clubs by Amanda This is just awesome and it is by Linda. Nancy did this wonderful quilt. I am sorry it is fuzzy - the quilt is gorgeous.Bargello by EarleneCarol's Icicles

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