Quilting by the Gulf Quilt Show

I attended the Venice Area Quilt Guild show today.  It is mostly an art and modern quilt show - lots of great work and good vendors.  The book sale area was well stocked with great titles.

Here are a few of my favorites -

'My Husband's Ties' by Janice Tuck, a memorial quilt made from silk ties for a close friend.

'Amalfi', a first place winner by Deborah Iversen

'Batik Dresden Neighborhood' by Sue Balazs - a happy community.

'Starry Night' by Crystal Allan, quilted by Frank Palmer, is based on Alexandra Ledgerwood's Floating Prisms.

'Wonky Log Cabin' by Crystal Allan received an honorable mention ribbon.

It was a great show - lots of smiling faces.

I picked up a few books for my winter library and three fat quarters.  These fabrics will be the foundation of my March mini.  The wheels are turning!

I hope you enjoyed taking a peek at my favorites.

Pour l'Amour du Fil 2019

A beautiful Quiltmania Editions book, part of the Collections and Collectors series, was introduced at Pour l'Amour du Fil, Bliss of a Quilt digger by Charles Edouard de Broin.  Charles, a Parisian, has collected American quilts for forty years.  A sampling of log cabin, pineapple and crazy quilts was exhibited at the show.  You'll want to add this book to your reference library - excellent full and detail photography!

Following is a peek of my digs for four days.  It was a magical experience.

I managed a spare hour to walk the historical section of Nantes.  The cathedral and castle were amazing.

And now, back to reality!

Friendship Knot Quilters' Guild Show

I attended a guild show over the weekend.  Here are a few things that caught my eye -

Scrappy Stash Spin by Mary Lewis - 2nd place award in Accomplished Quilter, Pieced catagory.  The 'Vintage Spin' pattern is by Kathy Doughty.  Mary comments that the quilt was 'easy and fun'.  The circles are machine appliqued.

Stash Buster World by Cathy Lane is from a Jen Kingwell pattern - a fun challenge achieving contrast with predominately medium-value prints.

Crazy Squares by Sandy Myers from Craftsy's Kaffe Fassett paper-pieced pattern.  Sandy ''loved the stripes against the solids and the brightness of the colors".

Mixed Up and Crazy by Jane Marcantonio is inspired from Pinterest - an energetic burst of color!  What a great leader-ender scrap buster

The inspiration for Typo by Karla Lynch was typewriter keys - a fun and unique quilt.


Chatting with like-minded souls is always time well spent, regardless of the topic.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great week!