BLOG 312

BLOG 312

What a treat I have had this week; 2 nights in the Hilton hotel and a couple of days at the NEC for the Festival of Quilts. This is my yearly pilgrimage as a member of a quilt group and I met up with my chums and we have a couple of days of mirth and merriment! Our quilt wasn’t successful at all this year in the judging, (it was a big category with over 50 quilts in it) but it did provide humour which is why we enter the show (there aren’t many laughs on the surface of quilts believe me!!! ) We took comfort from the fact that there was always someone in front of it studying it detail and enjoying the panels. And what did we do this year? We revived our furry friends the Meer Kats and the quilt was entitled A Quilter’s Tale by Shakesmeer . Here is the quilt and the panels.

              A Quilters Tale

             Shakesmeer

               Jennifer

             Liz

              Janice

            Marion

           Sue

              Jackie

              Dilys

 

               Barbara

 When I go to a quilt show these days I just take pictures of work that interest me. Here is a flavour of what I wanted to take from the show and I hope it illustrates the depth and breadth of quilting as an art form. Enjoy them!

            Winner group quilt

                Detail of championship quilt (machine whole cloth)

            Group quilt entries

            Parrot

            Suzette’s quilt

              Detail

             Winner pictorial

              Nelson Mandela

            Second group

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miniature red

              Miniature dresses

               Dimensional (why?)

             Portrait

              Gallery quilt

               Detail

               A funny quilt

                Funny quilt detail

             Girl with a pearl earring

          Detail 1

               Detail 2!

              Fabulous embroidery

PS: Don't forget that you can see each picture full-screen by left clicking it.  Useful to see the finer detail.