Karen Kay Buckley

“Contemporary Sampler #1” was made by Mary Bauer from Kentucky.  Mary won third place in the Traditional Pieced category.

Cathy Wiggins from North Carolina made “Oscar”.  To find out more about Cathy visit http://www.cathywiggins.com/

Cathy won second place in the Art-Painted Surface category.

“One Fine Day” was made by Laurie Britt from California.  She won first place in the Art-Painted Surface category.

Hollis Chatelain from North Carolina made “Healing Waters”.  She won a judge’s choice ribbon.  To read more about Hollis go to her website   http://www.hollisart.com

Masako Sakagami from Japan made “Fuji and Sakura”. She won first place in the Art-Naturescapes category.

Cathy Wiggins won an honorable mention in the Art-Painted Surfaces category for “Fairy Garden”.  Cathy’s website is listed above if you want to see more of her amazing quilts.

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Book Review

Several students recommended this book this past year and I was finally able to find time to read it.  I have not seen the movie but knowing Ben Affleck played the lead, Nick Dunne, I saw his face the entire time I read the book…..not bad…I like his face.  Nick and Amy had some difficult times….both lost their jobs in New York.  They moved back to Nick’s home town in Missouri.  Nick and his sister open a bar using Amy’s money.  The book takes some good twists.  I liked the book but would have liked a different ending.

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Kathy shared this photo of her finished Fiesta Block Six.  It looks great using the purples, blues and pinks with the greens.

I hope you had a HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

Zena Thorpe from California made “Renaissance”.

The details on this quilt were impressive.

One of the top prize winners was “Gift of Appreciation” by Kyoko Yamauchi from Japan.  She won $7,500 for the “World of Beauty” award.

Karen Stone won 1st place in the Traditional Pieced category for “Reptile Wisdom”.

“Madame Butterfly” was entered in the Group Quilt category.  The makers names are Robin Gauseback, Pam Collins, Karen Grover, Cindy Larsen, Stephanie Nardlin and Conny Picard.

Another Group Quilt is “Amazing Aztec-nicolor Dream Quilt” by Carol Moellers, Dana Lynch, Mary Holman, Mary Kay Runyan, Cindy Neville, Wanda Myers, Bridget Lilja and Karen Fitzpatrick from Iowa.

They won first place in the Group category.

“Glory” was made by Cindy Robinson from Alabama.

I always enjoy a good Log Cabin quilt.

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BOOK REVIEW

While driving to Delaware and Maryland, I listened to an audio book my girlfriend gave me last year, Merry Christmas Alex Cross, by James Patterson.  I like the reoccurring character of Alex Cross.  Detective Cross is pulled away from his family on Christmas Eve to assist with a hostage situation.  A well known attorney, who has fallen on bad times, takes his family hostage.  Then another major case pulls him in on Christmas Day.  I liked the pace of the book and it kept my attention while enjoying the traffic around Annapolis and Baltimore.

Thanks for visiting.  Until next week……

“Persian Panoply” was made by Jan Frazer from Australia.

“Magnolia” was made by Sylvia Gegaregien from California.  She won first place in Innovative Applique.

Pat Holly won second place in the Innovative Applique category for “Saffron Splendor”.

I am in awe of anyone who can sew such little pieces with such accuracy.

“Oriental Puzzle” was made by Hitomi Kanazawa from Japan.

She won an honorable mention in the Innovative Applique category.

Until next week…..

This is the first of many blogs where I will share some of my favorite quilts that were displayed at the International Quilt Show in Houston.  To find out more about the show visit http://www.quilts.org

Before I start to share quilts that were exhibited at the show I wanted to share one of my students pieces.  Nancy Ault from California took my Magical Medallions-Block One workshop and brought her finished piece to show me.  Nancy added an outline embroidery stitch around each piece of her applique.  Great idea.  And she created a complimentary border for her block.

In the miniature category “Tempest” won third place.  This quilt was made by Kumiko Frydl.  She is from Texas.  I included the ribbon so you could see just how small her quilt is.  Amazing.

George Siciliano from Pennsylvania won second place in the miniature category.  George’s quilt is named “6522” because there are 6522 pieces of Dupioni silk in his small quilt.  There were five winners from Pennsylvania this year.  Way to go Pennsylvanians.  To find out more about George visit his website at http://www.georgesiciliano

“Bohemian Rain” won honorable mention in the innovative pieced category.  It was made by Sandra Peterson from Indiana.

“Magical Moments of Time” won second place in the innovative pieced category.  It was made by Lois Podolny from Arizona.

In the Innovative Pieced category “Georgetown” won first place.  It was made by Ann Peterson from Colorado.

Michael Michalski from New York made “Put a Ring on It”.

In Innovative Pieced Karen Eckmeier from Connecticut won third place.  For more information on Karen visit http://www.kareneckmeier.com/

And the final quilt for this blog was made by Becky Goldsmith from Texas.  Becky received an honorable mention in the Innovative Applique category.   To find out lots of fun things about Becky visit http://www.pieceocake.com/

There will be many more quilts to share in the upcoming weeks.  Stay tuned…..