The area where I live in Washington state has two local quilting guilds that every March co-host a show and vendor's market at the Three Rivers Convention Center. I've attended the last four or five years where I spend an hour or three happily wandering the aisles of quilts, contented to snap pictures at my little heart's content. This year was no exception, except that my DH accompanied me (bless his heart) instead of a dear co-worker who is my usual companion...alas, poor Kim went on vacation to Southern California for the Christmas holidays, injured her foot badly while there, is still hobbling around on crutches and hasn't returned to work since!
There were many lovely quilts, wonderfully made and to-die-for quilted (it is on my bucket list to actually enter a quilt in this or any show for that matter) but the quilters here don't seem to embrace the "modern" quilting designs which really excite my eye. Still, I had a wonderful day, gazing at them, snapping pictures for inspiration and dodging everyone else there who was doing exactly the same as I...which is probably at this point in my happy tale that I should apologize...that while dodging said peeps, my photo angles and the composition of those photos suffered along with my patience in getting a nice photo for you to view!The first two that you see above, are right up my alley colorwise,vibrant and exciting. I'm loving orange at the moment as a new favorite color, but pink,pink and pink will ALWAYS be my go-to color of choice! Last year, Judy Niemeyer was the featured artist, I soooo admire her work, would die and go to heaven to take a class of hers (as intimidating as that might be...) and so, that remains on my to-do list of quilts yet to be made as is the lonestar quilt, like the one above!! I love the fussy-cut flowers that circle the inner star...yummy!
I have yet to attempt much of anything with black as a focal color, but love the way that the blue green and purple just pop!
Since I have a house full of hunters, myself included (hey, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em I always say...and if it means that I am out hiking and enjoying the beauty of God's splendor, well then it's a lot more enjoyable than sitting in camp and doing the breakfast dishes!)
I (and my DH) admired this one...
I (and my DH) admired this one...Not exactly my color scheme, but the design is wonderfully geometric and I have to admire someone who would cut all those tiny pieces of fabric, on purpose!
Hexagons...need I say more?! I can't seem to get over my love of them : )
And polka dots....love, love, love them too!!!
Quilt shows ARE wonderful, though sometimes I think they can also make a quilter too critical of herself, or be made to feel inadequate. However, with the goal of someday entering a quilt yourself, you're definitely on the right track. I agree about not seeing many "modern" quilts (except on blogs), and attributed that to living in the Midwest. I'm jumping onboard an on-line modern quilt-along - using solids! - and am looking forward to that experience. Oh, and if you like dots, you should be happy as a clam these days! It's so difficult to find prints that are NOT dots, and that isn't good when you want a variety of design and scale in a quilt. Enjoy the dottiness.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a wonderful time, love the blue/green/purple with black as the focus fabric. Looks like Kaffe Fassett fabrics, they are so beautiful, big and bold and the black is a perfect addition.
ReplyDeleteWendy