Quilt Show Time

I snuck out last Friday afternoon and went to a local quilt show.  This particular guild is very active and usually puts on a really good show.  I certainly wasn’t disappointed this year.

There was a display of Americana quilts that I could use for inspiration for my Quilts of Valor.  These were my two favorites:

Quilt by Sue Walworth; Quilted by Melissa Krushwitz

Quilt by Nancy Morrison; Quilted by Quilting Ladies
of N. Halifax Fire Dpt  Aux, Nathalie, VA -
this was 8 wall hanging designs that the quilter
 used together to make a full size quilt - very clever!

The guild must have had a class on the Hunter’s Star design because there were lots.  These were my favorites because of their fabric choices:

By Jean Ancher

By Barbara Campbell

I fell for this quilt that used oriental fabrics immediately because it was just so beautiful:

By Jin Cavanaugh - Jin used a Margie Engel
 technique of using pre-printed panels with strip pieced
 block designs; also includes trapunto!

And this small Lil Twister in Oriental fabrics was darling:

By Margo Lurz
And those Twisters were tiny!  The pinned on fabric
"hand" was indicating that it was hand quilted/

What quilt show in Florida could be without its manatee?!  Meet Natalie:

By Rosaria Colosi
Natalie was trapped in the intake canal of a power plant -
 she was perfectly happy since she was warm and fed
lettuce, but she was eventually captured and released

This machine embroidered quilt was just exquisite:

By Ann Blazer
Embroidery Designs by Sarah Vedeler

And last,  I won the bid in the silent auction for this mini quilt in Civil Was repro fabrics.  I loved everything about it, from the fabric choices, to the blocks, to the beautiful workmanship. 

By Dorothy Day

On Sunday I got to sew a little and used up the odds and ends of some Bug Jar fabric to make this little top for Wrap-Them-in-Love.  It looks a little boring next to the Quilt Show quilts, but some little kid will probably love it!

I plan to do some major quilting in February since the tops are stacking up!