Prairie Star Quilt Show Part 1

I took lots of photos at the Prairie Star Quilt Show today.  There are well over 200 members of this quilt guild, so they have LOTS of talented quilters.  I'll split this quilt show into more than one blog post.

I started with the Bee challenge/exchange quilts.  I'm in a brand new Bee, so I was interested in what kinds of challenges or exchanges we might want to try.

It will be easier to show the description of this Bee Round Robin with a photo of the description (I'm too lazy to type all that up).  The last quilt I show reminded me of Barbara's (Cat Patches) Beach Bums quilt that she has been working on.

Another Bee only has 3 members, and they challenged each other to make a quilt using 1930's reproduction fabrics.

This quilter's husband wanted a robot quilt.  She told him that he had to design the pattern.  I think it's cute!

More quilts...

This one isn't a pieced quilt, it's a vintage table cloth that she quilted.  

up close of one of the blocks

I loved how this quilt started.  Here is her description:

This began as a free packet for one hexie from the Paducah show.  Began in April 2008 and finished in August 2023. It has 4,124 hexies and took 15 years.

I got one of those free hexie packets at a quilt show this past month.  I've received many of those packets over the years.

I loved the 3D flowers on this quilt.

Here is the story on this next quilt...

More quilts...

I'll leave the rest of the quilts for another blog post.

Quilt Show last weekend

I know, I've been missing for months.  Once you get behind, it's hard to figure out where to start blogging again.  I decided that I'd start with the quilt show I went to last weekend.  It's the Morris (IL) Quilt Guild's show.  It's a small show, but always a good show.

This cute lady greeted us as we arrived.

I've been wanting to make a duffle bag for a couple of years now.  This lady made 2 matching duffle bags in 2 different sizes.

The guild had a challenge.  People were supposed to finish or repurpose an old quilt.  One lady made the jacket from a quilt that was in bad shape (some of the fabric pieces are missing) and another lady finished a quilt top she found and quilted it.

The rest of the quilts are ones that caught my eye.

I can't resist sewing machines, even if they are plastic machines (not vintage;).

I love Churn Dash quilts.

I can't imagine making this quilt.  It is stunning!

I'm heading out to another quilt show this morning.  Maybe I'll take some photos at that quilt show, too.