Yesterday was the 2nd day of class for the table runner that I'm teaching at church. 2 ladies are almost done (sorry, no pictures yet). We'll meet again in a couple of Saturdays to finish the table runners.
After class was over, I drove to New Lenox, IL to check out a quilt show. I've been to this guilds quilt show in the past. They put on a nice show. I did take some pictures of some of the quilts that I liked.
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| Dresden Plate with Pinwheels by Beverly Rauman |
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| Lavender Peace by Sue Barnhill |
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| the flowers are prints, not applique |
The next quilt is striking, but the quilting on it is fantastic!
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| Bear Paw Kaleidoscope by Chris Bast, quilted by Mary Golojuch |
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| look at the quilting on this |
Erin Russek, from the blog
One Piece at a Time, designed this quilt top as one of her BOM's. She's starting a new Block of the Quarter soon.
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| A Little Bird Told Me I Could Applique by Marie Blunk |
Here are some more quilts.
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| Holly & Mistletoe by Arlene Moloney |
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| Wild Flowers by Mary Shroba |
The next quilt was made using her great aunts blocks.
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| Butterflies are Free by Frankie Caruso, blocks by Pat Schulo |
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| 15 Guitars for our 15 year old Guitarist by Carol Richards |
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| Nordic Snowflakes by Karen Edgar |
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| A Breath of Spring by Marie Blunk |
This next quilt was made, using Mark Lipinski's Quilts of Valor pattern, and made for her husband, who served in Vietnam.
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| Patriotic Quilt by Cathy Boo |
Another quilt using her great aunt's blocks.
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| Turtle Pond by Frankie Caruso, blocks by Pat Schulo |
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| My Lucky Stars by Arlene Moloney |
The next quilt was the Mayor's choice. Easy to see why.
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| Forgotten Garden by Gail Stepanek |
This quilt was made with an embroidery machine for the blocks.
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| Sew Demented by Diane Greenfield |
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| Bubble Bubble by Donna Stevens |
This quilt was made, using her mothers hankies.
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| All Dressed Up by Kay Johnson |
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| up close of one of the blocks |
I had to include a Halloween quilt, since it is so close.
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| Wacky Jack by Vickie Skinner |
This quiltmaker says she has 2 pregnant dragonflies in this quilt. She wonders if you can find them.
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| Two Pregnant Dragonflies by Barbara Wrobel |
This is another way to use family ties. She made several of these table runners, one for each child of the tie owner.
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| Remembering Dad by Donna Stevens |
I loved all the spiderwebs and spiders on this quilt. She says that each spiderweb is different, just like real spiderwebs are all different.
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| Amish Attic Windows by MariLynn Bergmark |
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| up close of some of the spiderwebs |
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| up close of some of the spiderwebs |
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| Garden Trellis by Carol Richards |
This next quilt was hand quilted.
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| Texas Star by Elaine Vorreyer |
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| hand quilting |
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| Red, Blue, White Pioneer Quilt by Sharon Fritz |
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| Summit Square by Sharon Fritz |
This last quilt was outside the quilt show room. It didn't say who made it.
I have been busy this week, but, no pictures. I'm in the process of making 297 HST's for a new Quilts of Valor quilt. I'm also finishing the 4th & 5th sets of Canning Jar blocks for my exchange.
I have lots to do this next week. I'll be setting up another demo at the Kendall County Historical Society's Fall Festival at Lyon's Farm next weekend. I need to figure out what machines to show off. My space will be smaller than it has been in the past, since they are moving several of the vendors inside my building. In the past, I've had all the room I wanted.
