{Post #846] Quilt Show

The workmanship on all of these was tremendous.  The first two have an amazing use of color.

The Baltimore Album was hand appliqued with needle turn method.  Whew--don't even want to know how many hours that took!  Plus, it was a mini!

I like scalloped borders.  Gonna make me something with one some time.

The last one is a mini.  I forget how small, but small enough to be admired!!

~Joan

{Post #845} More Quilt Show Pics

I have not done a lot of sewing this week.  My dear husband and two of my girls are gone to Wisconsin to check out a college.  I am preparing some gifts for this weekend that involve precise painting.  I aim to make my December "Count On It" quilt soon.  I did get background fabric and buttons for "baby Jesus" yesterday.  To give you something to look at, here are some more quilts from the Asheville quilt show.

This first one was paper pieced diamonds.  I have done some paper piecing.  Not a big fan (one word:  waste!).

Not one I'd have in my home, but cool techniques...

Wonky logs, houses and angels...cute!

Neat playing around with circle template...

My husband's stepfather made ceramic beads.  This quilt has beads made from strips of fabric on each little rectangle block.  A bonus?  A plethora of various textures of ribbon/stuff hanging from the right side.  Had an African feel to it.

~Joan

{Post #840} More Quilt Show Pics

I photographed this one just because it was so eye-catching and graphic.  I would like to make a circle of flying geese one day just to say I could.  And did. 

This next one used salvaged denim for the blue part.  I like it!

I love this pineapple-centered, wavy-flying-geese-bordered one.  I like how the inside border fabric is different from the outside, drawing attention to the flying geese themselves.  A little bright for my house (haha), but I'd love to make one in Thimbleberries' dark country colors.

{Post #839} More Asheville Quilt Show Quilts

I have felt "under the weather" most of this week, so I don't have a lot of my own projects to show.  Some day I will figure out how to do a slide show instead of uploading pictures individually.  Here are a few quilts from the Asheville show my husband and I attended recently...

This first one was appliqued and quilted by hand.  I really enjoy doing and seeing hand work.

I have made several "kaleidoscope" type quilts.  The on-point squares of this quilt are that type application of the paisley print in the border.



Not really crazy about bowtie quilts, but the hand quilting on this was neat.  Does anyone know what type and size of needle is recommended for this "big stitch" quilting?  I will share another one done in this fashion later that was so cool.



~Joan

Scrappy Bargello Border

Above is a quilt from the Asheville show.  I wasn't crazy about the actual quilt, but the border really caught my eye.  I have been pondering on how to make a border for my spool quilt from many a month ago.  Could this be the answer to my plea??  Anyone have instructions for such a border?  I would like it to be scrappy (of course).  Any assistance is welcome.

~Joan

{Post #826} Another Quilt Show Today!

I am going to a quilt show in my little hometown today...in about 30 minutes, in fact!  I am such a homebody that it is nearly laughable to think that I'll be at two shows in two successive weekends. 

The quilt above is from the Asheville show last weekend.  There were several breathtakingly beautiful black background quilts at the A show.  The above one had such painstakingly lovely applique.  Gorgeous!

~Joan

{Post #825} Roll, Roll, Cotton Boll

While at the Asheville, NC quilt show last weekend with my husband, I saw this from afar and barely restrained myself from veering off the "path" of quilts to view to run over and see and photograph it.  The pattern was a mystery quilt from my friend, Bonnie Hunter.  I was so disappointed that the maker did not credit Bonnie with the pattern.  That was just wrong!!

Here are seven pictures of the quilt, starting with the whole thing, then giving close up shots.

I've been piecing my latest secret project.  If you are not a family member and want the URL to find it, email me at wparker3@carolina.rr.com for the location.  Until then...

~Joan

PS:  Bonnie emailed me and said that sometimes the quilt show forms leave off a space for the quilt design or designer, so it was most likely not left off by the maker.  I'm glad to hear that!!  I felt bad for her.

{Post #821} SOK and Quilt Show

I am only 5-1/2 rows away and 7/8 of the border from having my Seeds of Kindness quilt finished.  I worked on it a little tonight, then I went down to sew on one of my surprise projects for about 30 minutes.

My husband whisked me away to attend the Asheville Quilt Show this past Friday.  We had a lovely time.  He is the best.  True story.

I am going to share a couple quilts every time I post.  I only took photos of the ones I liked something about.  Thirty-nine in all.  Some have more than one picture.  Here are a couple of favorites.

This first one was called "Daniel's Colors".  It was made by Daniel's mother's friend.  Daniel's favorite colors were red, white, and blue.  He never saw the quilt because he gave his life in service for our country.  Yes, I cried when I read that.  The workmanship and design in this are marvelous.  The second shows a close-up of some of the exquisite machine quilting.  It was hand appliqued.

I love feathered stars.  I made one block once.  The following scrappy red feathered star also has remarkable workmanship.  The piecing is nearly perfect!  The center of each star is a different pattern.  The stars between the blocks have appliqued leaf shapes around them.  I wonder how many hours this took to make?

When I made my feathered star, I was going to make a queen-sized quilt.  After one block, I decided it would make a nice wall hanging (the ONE block, that is!).