Quilty!
My mom and her friend were in town last week and I’m finally resurfacing after their visit. Whew! The ladies loved the weather (but I feel cheated out of my autumn, boo!) and did some hardcore shopping, but my favorite activity of the past week was the International Quilt Festival last weekend.
This was my first time going to the quilt festival and I was blown away by all of the amazing handiwork. There were a ton of quilts on display, and so many were truly awe inspiring. Seriously, you’d walk up to a quilt and think, “wow, amazing!” And then you’d check the details and see “handpieced, handquilted”, holy crap!
This galaxy quilt was my favorite. The lighting wasn’t optimal for photos, but trust me, it was awesome.
I wish that I had more detail photos of it. Quilters really know their color theory and composition. I could only hope to be that creative with fabric someday!
I also love this one, it was one of the big money winners. You can see some of my other photos from the show here, and a bunch of the juried quilts on flickr.
There was also a gigantic market, and I may have purchased a couple of things. The ladies were getting a bit restless at this point, but I luckily had some tips of the must-see booths in the market. Most of these are fat quarters purchased relatively cheaply, and I also picked up a Nigella fat quarter set. I see more box bags in my future… Maybe one day I’ll even move on to sew something else!
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My goodness, those are some beautiful quilts.
I love quilting. Your post reminds me that I should dust off my sewing machine and work on a quilt.
Those quilts! Words fail me.
Quilts can be so amazing can’t they? I wouldn’t have the patience!
I love that elephant fabric!
What fantastic quilts. And I love the elephant fabric. So awesome!
wow. that is amazing. i went to a quilt show once and, like you, was totally blown away by them!
Darn! I can’t believe I missed that! Looks like it was gorgeous
Oh. My. God.
I’ve never, *ever* seen anything like that. I’m flabbergasted!
SO beautiful! I’m so jealous, especially since I missed the big Boston-area show this year. I’m off to Flickr, cuz I really want to see more of that big money winner. It looks like a woven tapestry. Wow.
Holy cow! Those quilts are truly amazing. I could look at the galaxy quilt for a long time.
I love the Nigella fabric line.
Oh, cool! You got to go to the festival! Those quilts are always so amazing. I’m sure it was inspiring :)
Next year I am going. NO excuses.
IQF? So jealous. Oh and those fabrics….love! I absitively posolutely heart those elephants on fields of blue.