Kevin the Quilter spoke at my little quilt guild, Wego Quiltin' in Oswego, IL. What a great presentation he gave! If your quilt guild is reasonably close to St. Louis, I'd highly recommend scheduling him to speak.
Kevin started the presentation by awarding a couple of
Quilts of Valor, made from the
block drive he had last Spring.
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| MSG Brett Bartkoske, Army |
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| Mike Rorie, Army |
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| Mike Rorie and Brett Bartkoske, wrapped in their Quilts of Valor |
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| Veterans and their families |
After the Quilts of Valor presentation, Kevin started telling us how he became a quilter. I'm not going to tell you everything (you need to book him for your quilt guild), but, I do have lots of great pictures.
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| Kevin, with the quilt his grandmother made when he was 5 (he got to help with some of it) |
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| Kevin's first project, for his parents (as a kid) |
The next several quilts are ones that Kevin has made over the years for family members and friends.
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| using charm packs and layer cakes |
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| using charm packs and layer cakes |
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| I loved this quilt, sorry the colors aren't very good |
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| for his niece (she loves purple) |
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| Quilt of Valor using small scraps |
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| made for a friend, using her scraps (she loves greens) |
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| flying geese, using strings for the geese |
My hubby, John, helped Kevin hold the quilts.
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| Dresden plate, using scraps |
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| one of his newest quilts |
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| made using the pieces cut off the sides of quilted quilts |
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| more scraps |
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| using 4 one yard pieces |
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| more scraps, isn't it lovely |
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| a Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt |
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| Double Wedding Ring, made for his parents 50th Anniversary |
Kevin designed Radar back in 2013 (you really need to hear how it came about). What a great story. Radar has been in several shows, including MQS (Machine Quilters Show) in Wichita, Kansas, and at Houston last Fall and Paducah this Spring. Radar is a collaboration between Kevin and
Ann. Kevin designed and pieced the top, while Ann did all the quilting. Make sure to check out her quilting.
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| Radar |
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| the back of Radar |
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| up close of Radar's back |
Kevin talked about how he became a quilter. He also talked about how he uses scraps, and, about 'batiks'. If you want to know more, you'll just have to book him. Oh my, did I mention that he did a GREAT presentation?!?!?!?! All my ladies are sew inspired now!
After all of Kevin's wonderful presentation, Wego Quiltin' quilters had show-n-tell.
That will be part 3.
Some beautiful quilts... you sure wouldn't expect a man to be making such great quilts. I love Radar. So colorful, and the quilting is amazing, too. Nice that he is getting some recognition for his work. Thanks for sharing your pictures.
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Those are beautiful, I don't know who he is so I'm going to search him.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like he got a good bit of help from you on the machine maintenance and your group got a lot of inspiration in return.
ReplyDeleteKevin is amazing. Thanks for sharing his wonderful quilts.
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