On Friday my quilt buddy, Barb, and I decided to make a trek to the Valley Forge area for the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza show, http://www.quiltfest.com/ It’s about a 2 hour drive to get there. I took some quilt books to look at during the drive and never looked at one because we talked the whole way there and back. We saw some great quilts while we were at the show.
Sandi McMillan from Albion, Nebraska made “Sandihill Stars”. It is machine pieced and machine quilted. The workmanship was impressive. Sandi said the quilt was influenced by an 1800’s quilt.
Ann Hutcheon of Pompton Plains, New Jersey made “Summer Bounty”. Great workmanship and a great layout.
“Alberta Rockies #2” was made by Patti Morris from Canada. I felt like I was amongst the birch trees.
“To Everything There Is a Season” was made by Pat Delaney of Ablington, MA. The color combination is very soothing. I loved the way the colors from the center were carried through to the borders. You can find out more about Pat at www.crabtreelane.com
I loved this quilt. This was my favorite quilt in the show. It is called “Travels” and was made by Marlene King from Australia. What a creative way to present a pictorial quilt.
Here is a close-up.
This next quilt just put a smile on my face. It is called “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie”. The maker of this quilt is Jennifer June from Whispering Pines, NC.
“Grief” was made by Sandy Curran from Newport News, VA. Great monochromatic quilt.
Sandi Lush from the United Kingdom made “Whig Rose”. I love to see traditional quilts with a twist. The layout of this quilt was very appealing.
And the hand quilting was impressive.
Coreeen Zerr and Phyllis Grove from Canada made “Home is Manitoba Farm”. What a fabulous landscape quilt.
I found this next quilt to be very intriguing. It was made by Sally Scott from South Africa. It is called “Towards Infinity”.
The use of hand dyed string and cotton cloth was most interesting. As was the use of the beads.
‘Beauty of Life 2″ was made by Julie Haddnck or Australia. What a beautiful quilt.
Sarah Smith is the maker of this sweet little quilt. It was part of an exhibit called “Then and Now”. The name of the quilt is “Fields of Gold”. Sarah is from Hope, Maine. Very appealing layout. You can find out more about Sarah at http://www.sarahannsmith.com/
This is why I don’t think I will ever tire of going to quilt shows. The diversity of quilts is so very interesting.
Until next week…..