Here are 12 quilts from the NW Wa fair held in Lynden WA every summer. The last two are mine and it was great to finally be able to have these two pieces hang for public viewing. If you haven't entered in your fair, local or state, I strongly encourage you to. The people walking through the exhibit are constantly blown away by the colors, designs, patterns, and workmanship. Non quilters enjoy these exhibits as much as the quilters do.
Best of Show, Wool applique and beautiful piecing.
A Minick and Simpson pattern that was very well done. I love the crisp color contrasts
Snake and Ladders? Hand quilted with a bigger stitch. So graphic, this was one of my favorites.
This sampler has been hem stitched all around. I've just recently heard about this method for finishing smaller samplers. These vintage cross stitch patterns are so delightful.
Oh la la. Look at these mittens and matching hat. I know the maker and told her, "no need to wrap these at Christmas now that I've seen them" I can't imagine how knitters keep things so organized
Another Minick and Simpson pattern. This one was shrunk down, darkened up with fabric choices, and beautifully hand stitched with a 12 wt(?) thread.
Dalias on display. JB's work is wonderful. There is a lot of machine quilting on this which really draws the viewer into it.
To counter all the hand work on the BTCT, this one, Old Voices, New Impressions by Jeana Kimball is fused, blanket machine appliqued, and longarm quilted with cross hatching and outlines around all the applique.
I love both of these pieces. If you want to see more of my applique or my hand quilting and you are in a guild, please reach out to me. I have two great trunk shows, The Machine Quilter who Hand Quilts and Many Ways to Applique.
Keep stitching,
Sharon
4 comments:
Your quilts are beautiful Sharon! And you seem to have ribbons on both, that you don't mention?
Fun to see the entries at your local fair. Those mittens and hat are amazing!
Your work is so impressive. I tried to enlarge the photos and read what the ribbons were for, but could only discern "Best of" on each. What were they the best of? Brag a bit! ;)
Lovely, lovely work! It's wonderful that you share your quilts at the fair for others to enjoy. Our local fair quit displaying the quilts in the full years and years ago except for maybe one or two. Almost all are folded into third or even fourths and so all you see is a small portion. So disappointing and not really worthwhile for wanting to enter an exhibit there!
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