Quilts from the Village Quilt Show

I went to a quilt show today.  It was well over an hour from my house, but worth it.  I was smart, and asked hubby if there were any disc golf courses that he wanted to play that were near the quilt show (In Grayslake, IL).  Of course there were several disc golf courses, so he drove, dropped me off, then he went to play disc golf (he scored 6 under, so he was happy;).

I took photos of some of the quilts that caught my eye at this quilt show.  I thought that some of you might like an impromptu quilt show.

the applique was stunning on this one

a friend 'dared' this quilter to try applique, and this is what she made

the gold doesn't show up very well in the photo

I love Storm at Sea quilts, so I had to include this one.

Eileen in my PopTarts bee is making a Lucy Boston quilt, so I had to include this one.

Lucy Boston

sew striking!

I included a close up of one of the fabrics in the next quilt. She bought a layer cake with sewing themed fabrics (sewing machines, threads & needles, scissors, etc.).  You have to be close to see the fabric patterns (all batiks).

Since my hand project for the last year has been hexie's, I included this one (there were a couple hexie quilts).

The grandmother who made this one found out after the quilt top was made, that her granddaughter like unicorns even more than the giraffe's that she had requested, so the backing is unicorns. I just loved the whimsical giraffes.

This one was made with orphan blocks.  She'd made the blocks, and didn't know what to do with them until 9 years later, when she found a book with great settings, and used it to make this quilt.

her friends made these blocks and another friend put them together

I took photos of the front and the back of this quilt (hanging so that both side could be seen.

front

back

This quilt took the maker over 10 years to make.

Alaska quilt

I have the quilt magazine (3 copies) with this quilt on the cover.  I love the colors!

See if you can see the details in this mini quilt.

I took a photo of the quilting on the next quilt.

up close of the quilting

I have the book for this quilt.  It is Civil War Love Letters.  

Civil War Love Letters

Do you remember Mr. Rogers?  This hangs in a kindergarten room during the year.

This next one has won several awards at other quilt shows and wasn't eligible to win at this show, but isn't it stunning?!?!

I want to learn the stained glass technique one day.

stained glass technique

lovely piano quilt

This one was one of the challenge quilts.  It has 3D butterflies.

3D butterflies

One of the vendors was selling antique quilts.  This one was on sale.  It needs repair on a place on the front, and the backing is shredding.  Maybe I can remove the backing and appliqué the quilt to a large piece of fabric and preserve it.  I've seen antique tablecloths done this way.

antique double wedding ring quilt

I got started stitching one of the quilts that I spray basted this week.  I tried stitching a circular pattern with the walking foot, but I just can't see curves with the walking foot.  I took out the stitching (only a few inches) and started hand stitching it last night.  Hopefully I'll have something to show soon.  I plan on working on it some more tonight, while watching a movie.