Part Two

Sorry for the delay in posting these. A few hours after I got home Sunday evening I started to feel like I was coming down with something, but happy to report I feel great today! I did do a bunch of shopping, stopping at a quilt shop on the way, shopping at the vendors, shopping in West Palm Beach, and finally stopping at one of the few quilt shops open on Sunday on the way back. That feels like a run-on sentence but I am going to let it go as I've got loads of stuff to do today. Pictures of my loot next time! My one complaint about the show was lighting. Good gosh, it had those sodium-vapor way high up on the ceiling lights that really didn't illuminate very well. When I used my flash, the colors would get washed out, but just looking at the quilts was a chore for my eyes. Thankfully a large number of vendors planned ahead and brought incandescent spotlights for their booths ~ did you know that incandescent light bulbs will be banned in 2014? I'm not too happy about that as what replaces them gives out less light and comes with additional problems. Anyway, on with the show, don't forget you can click on the pictures...







This was very striking and unusual! Raw edge applique for the pins.











The cucumber slice was the size of a salad plate and was three dimensional. The quilt was part of a challenge to interpret hot or cool in a quilt.


This quilt was huge and so colorful! It won Best Use of Color.





This also won a ribbon.











The red line is one of those red velvet ropes to keep you from getting too close, this was so striking in person, the colors so very brilliant, my daughter was a little annoyed when I told her a guy won Best of Show, LOL.






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Lots of Inspiration

Today was the first day of the World Quilt Show in West Palm Beach, Florida. I started with the vendors before they got crowded. Some vendors seemed to bring their whole shop with them! So many Batiks, flannel Batiks, reproductions, patterns, and kits. I tried all the longarm machines, loved the Gammill and the new Handi Quilter Fusion.






This booth had the most beautiful Batiks, that's one panel. Now, on to the show, remember you can click on the pictures to get them larger.





























Hope you enjoyed these, more next time including the Best of Show. Thanks for visiting!

Bird Brains

OMG, I just realized I forgot to include these pics this morning. This was my favorite quilt at the show. It is just so happy, so silly, and those birds, so cheeky! I took loads of pictures but will restrain myself and share only a few. It did not garner the attention I personally think it deserved!

Don't you love the Big Stitch quilting? Really suits the irreverence of the piece, don't you think?




Talk to you later...

Part Two

Here's some more photos from the Marietta quilt show I attended. This is the Best of Show quilt, Metropolitan Garden by Jane Gorder. It's a reproduction of a Baltimore Album quilt in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was so beautiful to see,so much work and so beautifully executed.





I was really charmed by these guys having a fondness for nutcrackers as I do.




This quilt used a lot of Kaffe Fassett fabrics, another love of mine. I've a large collection of them but never made anything with them. I need to change that. He has a new book (yay!) coming out soon, by the way.


Love the aqua fabric in this double wedding ring quilt called Blue Moon.


The stitching on this quilt was incredible!

and the back was finished with loads of beads and positively glittered. Just stunning!


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