Block Party Quilters Quilt Show

For your viewing pleasure, I'm sharing some pictures from the Block Party Quilters quilt show.

Kekapakeakeanuhinenui

by Nancy Lee Chong

Nancy was the featured artist of the show. She is well known for her hawaiian applique patterns and art quilts. There were many of her pieces showcased at the show, but I only took a picture of this one, which was a bit of a departure for her.

Her quilts are huge and all of them are hand quilted.

Strippy Scrappy Trees

By Jean Whiteaeker

Sorry this picture isn't better. I took it on my iPhone.

Miniature Obsession

By Diane Becka

My hand should give you a good idea of the scale of this little piece!

Colonial Applique

By Charlotte Tucker

Stairway to Cat Heaven

By Audrey Fisher

This pattern if from a 1997 McCall's Quilting magazine

Daisy Wholecloth

By Linda Tellesbo

This whole cloth quilt uses the shadow applique process which creates the cream colored fabric and white trapunto.

Airing the Quilts by Donnah Burke

This quilt is an original design by Donnah. She both hand and machine pieced the quilt. The quilting is machine quilting.

Donnah took commercial green fabrics and overdyed them to get the variety of greens she wanted.

Bali Wedding Star

by Linda Tellesbo

Hexagon Mosaic Quilt

by Eileen Merrick


Eileen said she got her inspiration from a quilt she saw at the Bellevue Art Museum made in 1845. It took her almost a year and a half to complete.

The quilt was hand pieced and has 11,374 half-inch hexagons.

This quilt was hand pieced and machine quilted. This shot with my fingers gives you a good idea of the scale.

Bodacious "Lady of the Lake"

by Martha Olson

History has this old quilt design made up of a larger half-square triangle surrounded by smaller half square triangles as being named after Sir Walter Scott's beloved 1810 poem "Lady of the Lake"

It is one of the few designs that have no other name. Found as early as 1820 in Vermont, I still see it often today.

Scrappy Triangles and Squares

by Valerie Bishop

I like this quilt. I love scrappy quilts and I love triangles. This is a simple, traditional quilt and I like how the border is also scrappy.

There were so many more quilts that were beautiful! Leave me a comment and let me know which of the quilts pictured is your favorite.

Cheers,

Dionne

Sisters Quilt Show - Part Two

Here is the Lap Quilt Swap IV that I made as part of the Lap Quilt Swap. You can't see it on this picture, but all the participants were listed on this tag, and on the label sewn into the back:

Here is the front of this spectacular quilt. It was such a great swap! I was really pleased with the results. I'll have to get a better picture to highlight all the blocks. I try to do that next week.

Blocks for this quilt were made by me, by QuiltDad, Quilty the Libster, Stitchalicious, Rita, Whoopdedoo, Oh That Ashley, AudreyPawdrey, and several others that don't have blogs.

There was a fabulous display of 'postcard' sized quilts that were on silent auction.

I can't remember what it was a fundraiser for, but there were several that were spectacular.

I bid on several but won none. They were all wonderfully matted and framed.

There was also a block competition.

Anyone interested is eligible to participate. This year the parameters were to use only solid colors.

There were probably forty or more entries.

This adorable giraffe baby quilt was one of the ones for sale.

This vintage quilt was also for sale ~ its the same one I posted yesterday, but I promised I would post a close up of the fabrics.

I think all of the squares measure 1 inch or maybe 1.5 inches.

Cheers,

Dionne

Sisters Quilt Show

The quilt show was about 100 degrees and boiling hot. But we had a fantastic time. Here are a few pictures of the show:

This is the only Cathedral Window quilt I saw at the show. One day I'm going to make one of these:

I've seen pictures of car covers on the web before, but it's pretty spectacular to see these cars in person!

Here's another one:

This full size swan Bargello was embellished with real feathers.

There was a kids section with several very expensive sewing machines where kids could sew their own quilt blocks or little projects ~ such as a glasses case or coasters.

The younger kids were able to design their own blocks, but had help with the sewing:

There was a whole section devoted to the 'Next Generation' of quilters. Here one of my girls stands next to the very first quilt she has ever made.

Here is my other daughter's quilt:

This quilt was entirely pieced. The swirly bits are actually some very creative quilting!

Here I am with one of the quilts I had hanging in the show. This quilt almost didn't happen so many times, the further along I got the less I liked the fabrics. Fortunately my daughter LOVES this quilt, so I told her when she gets a Queen size bed, she can have it. It might be a while, I hope she still likes then.

I was surprised to see many antique quilts as well. I don't remember seeing any antiques last year, and even more surprised that the owners didn't mind these quilts hanging in the brutal sun all day long! The yellow tag means it's for sale, maybe that's why the owner didn't mind. Not many quilts sold this year. Ann, the show director, told me this year they had an extremely high turn out, but it was the lowest show on record for quilt sales.

This dragon was made entirely with squares and half-square triangles.
I have a ton more pictures, but only so much space on the blog. If you've never been to Sisters and have the chance, I highly recommend it! This year the featured presentation was the Gees Bend Quilts and Quilters, but it sold out so quickly that I wasn't able to take the class or go to the lecture.

Gwen Marston and Freddie were there as well and OF COURSE, those classes filled up super quickly as well. They hosted a lecture/picnic, but I couldn't go because it conflicted with some of our family time.

I was REALLY happy with the class I took with Karla Alexander, so I don't feel too bad about missing some of the other classes.

Cheers,

Dionne

Pacific Northwest Quiltfest

This weekend was the Pacific Northwest Quiltfest. It is a wonderful show put on by the Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters. It was held this year in Seattle washington. It was, of course, a wonderful show.

I had the great fortune to listen to Jane Moxey talk about her career as a Quilt show producer. She was brilliant and funny, it's a shame that most people don't know who she is or all the hard work she puts into her work. She does the ‘At Home with the Experts’ Series from P & T Publishing.


The quilts were fabulous and I've highlighted a few here. The pictures are small but click on them to get a better view. I’ve highlighted only a few, including my children’s favorites.

First Place for Handiwork

Summer Afternoon by Connie Ayers from Belfair, WA


It’s hard to see with my snapshots, but the hand stitching on this quilt is phenomenal!








Best of Show

Poppy Soliloquy by Sandra Leichner

This beautiful quilt took best of show. My photography doesn’t do it justice. This is truly a masterpiece of skill and artistry






Kayleigh’s Favorite

Emily’s Crystal Iris Garden by Dian L. Keepers and Jessica Schick from Centralia, WA

This quilt really sparkles, it has many crystals throughout.






Cricket’s Pick

Incoming Wizardry by Judy Eselius from Lake Oswego, OR

We’re currently reading the Harry Potter series… what more can you say!






Cameron’s Choice

Grandmother’s Garden Swing by Janet M Fogg from Lake Oswego, OR

Janet Fogg took Best of Show at the last conference two years ago. Cameron loved the quilted in letters and the Big ‘G’