Attending the Local Quilt Show

 Last weekend was a busy one for me - the Vintage Market and our local Quilt Show!  This year our guild, along with four or five other guilds, put on a great Quilt Show at Fulton Montgomery Commuity College.  I was sad that it wasn't at Shenendehowa School, which is only about 5 minutes away from me, but instead I had to drive 50 minutes out to the college.

I didn't make this adorable quilted jacket, but it was one of the things that I loved at the show.  Maybe someday I will make an attempt at making one.

We haven't had our show in four years, because of Covid, and we usually run the show every other year.  There were so many beautiful quilts to see!  You could walk around all day and just keep finding more treasured quilts.  This is one that I loved the best, a little cabin in the "woods."

Here is a photo of the quilt full size!  I think most of the fabrics were Tilda fabrics and it looked so amazing.  Our show doesn't give cash awards, but we do have a judge that we hire to come in to judge the quilts.  I think this quilt won a vendor award and they usually give out fabric prizes to the winners.

This is another quilt that I loved.  The time that it took to put script fabric on each book for the pages, match up the covers with titles on the edges is just amazing.  I would love to make one of these, but I know that I would never finish it, maybe that is one of the reasons why I admired it so.

Close up, you can see the thought and work that went into it.  :)

I spent the entire day at the show, viewing the quilts, hanging out with my quilty friends and checking out the vendor booths.

While there, I was careful to check out the names on the quilts so that I could see what ladies in my guild have made and entered into the show.  It was fun congratulating them and sharing in the excitement of having their quilt in the show.  

Why didn't I put a quilt in the show?  Honestly, I'm not sure.  I could have entered my sewing machine collage quilt or others that I have.  I guess at the time of entry, I couldn't think of anything to enter.  Next time, for sure.  After all, it is on my bucket list of things to do.

One of the booths had this cute bunny panel made into a small quilt.  I loved it so much that I bought it.  We'll see how long it takes for me to actually make it.  PS- I wouldn't hold your breath.  LOL

Trip to the Quilt Show

A few weeks ago I went to a local Quilt Show and met up with some of my friends from my Second Saturday Quilting Group to ooh and ahh over some beautiful works of art!

Here are some of my friends ready and waiting to go! 

I certainly can't show you all of the amazing quilts here on my blog; there were so many of them!  But I wanted to share some snippets of some of the amazing works that I found.

This block is from the winning quilt at the show.  It had 9 different applique blocks, all with a Christmas theme.  I love the colors of the angels in this block.  And look at that quilting.  Wow!

This quilt stood out to me because of the colors.  I've always been drawn to pinks and greens!  They are so peaceful and shabby chic looking to me.

Look at this cute little owl wall quilt.  I love the simple black and white picture quilting.  Someday I want to try to make something like this.

This is a wall hanging that I just love everything about- the colors, the background, the tree, the dragonfly.  I could go on and on.  And come to find out, it is a Round Robin.  One woman makes the center square and then passes it on to the next person who adds another layer.  I think this is my favorite piece from the show.  It's just so unique.  I think it would look good hanging up in my home!

I'm not too much into quilts with curved pieces.  Maybe because they look like so much work!  But this quilt caught my eye.  I love the bright and funky looking colors that the quilter (one of my friends, Sue) chose for the centers of the curves.  And the circle quilting takes it to the next level.

Of all of the beautiful blocks and fancy quilting to look at, sometimes I like to just enjoy the simplicity of a simple block.  Pinwheels are one of my favorites.  I love the colors that this quilter chose.  It reminds me of the sea.

My friend Carol, the applique "queen," had several quilts in the show.  Although I got to see them while they were a work-in-progress, it was breathtaking to view them hanging at the show.  And, yes, she did win a ribbon for this one. 

There were so many quilts to see, but this little guy caught my eye.  He was sort of tucked away hiding in one of the blocks in a scrap quilt.  He's a bit whimsical, just like me.

Would I ever enter one of my quilts in a show?  Yup, you guessed it- it's on my bucket list.  ;)