Fun With Barb: 2012 Quilt Fest

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Here we Show Again....

Here are the last quilt photos to share from the quilt show.

But first Good News~ The Silk Quilt was voted Viewers Choice, so there is justice in the world.

Hanna loved this quilt. It was fun to tell her about the Dear Jane phenomenon.

This quilt

Is made up of this -

I'd love to do one of these one day -

Beautiful quilting here!

Here was one of my favorite features of the show:

Photo of the original quilt

Original

In the meantime, I'll be visiting the Happiest Place on Earth, or as my husband calls it, The Mother Ship, since he works for a Disney company.

Have a fun week everyone!

Monday, March 5, 2012

Here we Show....

Before sharing the beautiful work I saw, I want to have my say about the Judging (or lack of) at this show. The Mancuso Management does not employ NQA certified judges, instead they enlist a couple of teachers they have hired to do workshops and have them do it. I don not feel this is right. I could say a lot more about this, but won't. I repeat, it is not right.

This is my Top Pick. Barb's Best in Show.
It is made entirely of silk. Silk. Silk. Silk.

Here is a view of the back. This won Second Place.

It was luminous and lovely in every way -

These are 2" bugle beads and seed beads added to very edge of the binding - stunning!

Here you see she has quilted each square with different patterns. Incredible. If it sounds like I was a little obsessed with this quilt, you are right.

And the rest -

What a fun wool quilt. The detail of embroidery was lovely.

Hanna was with me on Sunday. It was super fun to walk around and see which quilts she liked. Here she is with my "Passage to India". Unfortunately the light was not hitting it, so the crystals didn't really show.