I'm Back From Quilt Festival

Wow, what a fabulous time I had in Houston last weekend! I can't think of any better way to celebrate my 40s than surrounded by creative and enthusiastic people and hundreds of gorgeous quilts...not to mention the 1000+ booths to shop from. It was all almost too much to take in, but I managed to!

It will take me a few more days to unpack all my loot and organize my thoughts, but I wanted to start the recap off with some eye candy. After all, the quilts are the main attraction of Festival! Here are just a few of my favorites:

 Mandala by Karen Watts

Techniques: Machine pieced, hand-appliqued, longarm machine quilted

 

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 Forest Intrigues by Caroline Vroom

Techniques: Appliqued, machine quilted

Design Source: Newspaper rendering of Wall St. Wolves

Closeup of center

Irish Mist by Bonnie Walker, quilted by Sheliah Crum

Techniques: Pieced

Design Source: Six Halves Make a Whole Lot More (book) 

by Susan Knapp and Mary Jane Mattingly

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Tutti Frutti City by Susan Bleiweiss

Techniques: Raw-edge fused applique, machine quilting

Does He Make My Butt Look Big? by Kristen Bryson

Techniques: Raw-edge fused applique, machine quilting

Oklahoma Windsong by Cherrie Hampton

Matierials: Hand-dyed cotton, iron-dyed cotton, commercial cotton

Techniques: Raw-edge applique, machine quilting

This quilt won a ribbon and $1000 award from Omnigrid

closeup

closeup - I absolutely loved this windmill and her use of hand-dyes here!

Did You Wash Your Beak? by David Taylor

Techniques: Hand Applique, machine quilting

Design Source: Original design inspired by a photo by 

Steve Byland , used with permission

This quilt won a Judge's Choice Award in its category

closeup to see the quilting

closeup to see the quilting

New Glory by Scott Hansen

part of the Quilted in Honor series

Techniques: machine pieced and quilted

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another closeup

Texas Gold by Vickie Owen

Techniques: Pieced, machine appliqued

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More to come!!

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