One more Halloween quiilt

halloween door
Originally uploaded by Mellicious.

I forgot all about this one! This is one of my mom's little quilts that she hangs on the door.

Happy Halloween!

Martha's Pumpkin Men
Originally uploaded by Mellicious.

The quilt above was made by Kathy York of Austin, and shown at IQF 2003.

(I adore this quilt, so putting this picture up has more or less become an annual event. As I recall, the pumpkins have something to do with Martha Stewart, thus the name!)

Devil's Night

Tall Trolik
Originally uploaded by Mellicious.

Shown at Lakeview Quilters Guild's Mayfest quilt show. (That pumpkin looks pretty devilish. Seems appropriate!)


I want some serious applause, because I finished my wallhanging!! I will post pictures in a couple of days, once it's gotten to the recipient. I used sort of a version of Melody Johnson's technique to finish it - except I was going from memory and I don't think I really did it right. But it worked, what I did, so hey.

kleine hexe

kleine hexe
Originally uploaded by sew-mad.

I went looking for Halloween quilts on Flickr, and I'm happy to report that I got a lot better results than I did last year. Here's one of them. Very cute!

Not quite Halloween

Webs in Heaven
Originally uploaded by Mellicious.

Quilt above made by Fumi Kido of Japan; shown at IQF 2003.

This is one of my favorite not-quite-Halloween quilts. I don't think it's really meant as one, but all those spider webs SEEM really Halloween-ish, don't you think?

Out to Lunch

Out to Lunch
Originally uploaded by Mellicious.

Quilt above made by Sandra Thompson. Shown at Lakeview Quilters Guild's Mayfest quilt show.

Owl's Light

Owl's Light
Originally uploaded by Mellicious.

I'm still in a very autumy mood. I am really looking forward to seeing actual fall foliage next week - or, uh, this week! - when we go up north. (In case I don't get around to posting again before I leave, I am out for a week. I might put some more pictures up before I go, though!) I will be back well before Halloween - and Quilt Festival! - in any case.

(Oops, somehow failed to give credit: quilt above made by Nancy Murty of New York; winner of an Honorable Mention in the category Art-People, Portraits, and Figures at the 2005 International Quilt Festival.)

Red Leaves

Red Leaves
Originally uploaded by Mellicious.

Quilt above made by Kyung Joo Kim, South Korea; from IQF 2004.

I thought I would post something autumn-y, and I like this quilt a lot. It would never have occurred to me to put a center panel into a Katie Pasquini-style fractured landscape like that, but it definitely works.

Enticement

Journal Quilts
Originally uploaded by Mellicious.

("Enticement" because I figure I need to put up pictures to entice some of y'all to come to IQF. The quilts aren't all traditional, really they aren't!)

Pictured above are journal quilts by Patti Gamburg, from IQF 2003.

Show time

Number Nine dream
Originally uploaded by Mellicious.

The quilt above is "Number Nine Dream", made by Natalia Manley, Oxfordshire UK. From IQF 2004.


Apparently I have Quilt Festival on the brain.

I just made a reservation (non-refundable, so I can't change my mind) to spend the night of November 4 at the Hilton Americas in Houston, adjacent to the convention center. I've never spent the night for IQF before, but we stayed there for the marathon last year. I *highly* recommend it, just for ease of collapse at the end of the day. (The next closest hotel is the Four Seasons, where I have also stayed and also highly recommend, but it's several blocks' walk, and that's going to seem like a lot after you've been on your feet all day.)

Anybody going to the Quilt Festival on November 4 or 5 and want to meet for lunch?


I have a finished top for the autumn leaf wallhanging, but I'm not posting pictures here until it's sent off. Remember how I was going to do a Chinese Coin border for the other one, and I changed my mind? I had started putting it together before I decided not to use it, and it got re-purposed for this. I cut part of it down and used it and it worked perfect. I really like the way it looks.