Tulips and Vase

Made by Irene Kahmann; from the exhibit "Hands All Around XXI" at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Buttercup

Made by Holly Knott of Marcellus New York; shown in the judged show (category: Art-Pictorial) at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Happy green day, or something like that

Here's a couple more quilts with a lot of green in them for your St. Patrick's Day edification:



Quilt above, "Rhubarb", made by by Karen Hampton of Indiana; entered in the category Art-Abstract, Small at the 2005 International Quilt Festival.



Quilt above, "Nebraska's Rising Sun", made by Sandi McMillan and Laura Franchini of Albion, Nebraska; winner of 1st prize in the category Two Person at IQF 2006.

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I went to the one-day version of the quilt retreat a couple of weeks ago - that is, other people stayed longer, but I just went for the one day. I was really glad I went at least for that long, because instead of taking those same blocks I've been stalled on, I took the not-quite-finished quilt of my mother's that I've been meaning to put the binding on for ages. I got that all cut and pressed and sewn on, and now I'm doing the hand-sewing on it, and it should be finished soon. (I'm usually quite good about doing the hand-sewing once I get to that point.) And then I got finished with that around lunchtime, and I spent the rest of the day cutting pink fabric. Remember that pink quilt I've been saying I'm going to make? Well, it's no longer a pile of uncut fabric; now I have a pile of squares instead, which should eventually become a pile of triangles. We'll see how long it takes me to get to that point.

I wish I'd stayed longer at the retreat, really, because a lot of people were there that I hadn't seen in ages and I didn't feel like I got to talk to all of them for very long. (Oh, and also? You ought to see what Cynthia England is working on. It's a long way from being finished, but what she has finished is absolutely gorgeous.)

Peace

I'm on a green kick!

Quilt above made by Suzanne Marshall; from the Faculty Showcase at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Journal quilts by Ami Simms - and an interview

From the exhibit "Journal Quilt Project 2006: A Page From My Book" at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

There's a good interview with Ami Simms up, as part of the Save Our Stories project. It makes me want to make something to send in to Ami's Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative. (Actually, I think I have an idea about something to do for that. More later, if it pans out.)

(I think I've posted this picture before, but it seems to be the only thing of Ami's I have a picture of! Besides, they're related to the AAQI and they're cool.)

Water Quilt: Reflections

I put up a picture of this quilt before, but that was 18 months ago and I know everybody doesn't look at archives. And it fits with my water theme that I've been doing lately - so what the heck, we'll repeat. Besides, it's a great quilt.

Quilt above made by Cyndy Martin. Shown at Lakeview Quilters Guild's 2006 Mayfest quilt show.


Also, would you believe a hand-pieced Dear Jane? (That link from churlish over at Livejournal.)

I put the next few quilt shows from the list I posted earlier over in the sidebar. Now we'll see if I remember to update it in a couple of weeks!

Oh, and I called my aunt to see if she was interested in going to a show this summer, and she is. (I kinda figured she would be, she likes to travel, in general!) So we are tentatively planning on going to Columbus in June, that being the best compromise of dates and distance, etc, that we could come up with so far. I looked at hotel prices but not plane fares, yet, I hope they're not too high.

Vacation

Continuing with the water theme. (I can go on a good while with this by the way, I have quite a few even if I limit myself to ones I haven't shown here before!)

Quilt above made by Keiko Kitamura of Hyogo-Ken, Japan; shown in the judged show (category: Art-Pictorial) at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Leaving Ireland

Another very nice quilt of the watery persuasion.

Quilt above made by Robin Haller of Carbondale, Illinois; shown in the judged show (category: Art-Naturescapes) at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.


(This picture won't be back, since this is one of the ladies who felt that their copyright had been violated. However, she was very nice about it - unlike some others. I really liked this quilt, though, and I'm sorry you can't see it too.)

View from House Rock

Quilt above made by Sue Reno; from the exhibit "Small Wonders VIII" at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival. (I had a note on flickr that there was an article about Sue Reno in the September Quilter's Newsletter - I'm guessing that probably means September 2006, but I can't swear to that.)

The last breath of autumn

After Thanksgiving, we're not going to be in the mood for autumn-y quilts so much (even if it's still technically autumn for another month), so here's a sampling.



"Autumn Orchard" (above) made by Kathie Briggs; from the exhibit "Small Wonders VIII" at IQF 2006.




"Fall Into Spring" (above) made by Cheryl See of Virginia; winner of first prize in the category Innovative Applique, Small in the judged show at IQF 2007.




"New England Stream" (above) made by Linda Creagh. From the 2004 Dallas Quilt Celebration.



"Country Roads" (above) made by Nancy Prince; from the Faculty Showcase at IQF 2006.


And possibly my very favorite:


"Autumn" (above) made by Noriko Endo of Chiba, Japan; entered in the judged show (category: Art-Naturescapes) at IQF 2007.

Insane, or Bewitched?

Compare and contrast:

(Whole thing is here)



I just happened to notice that these two were the same pattern because I was looking at the flickr activity page - but two different people had favorited them, so I'm not sure if one (or both) of them had caught it or if it was just a coincidence!

"Bewitched Bothered & Bewildered" (top) made by V. Wayne Sneath and Jim Sherburne, of Illinois; IQF 2007. "Insane Sampler" (bottom) made by Mary Ellen Zeitz of South Windsor, Connecticut; from IQF 2006.


And another thing: someone posted on one of my Livejournal groups this morning saying that one of these quilts (the one on the left, I believe) was stolen a week or so ago. That's sad, and sort of odd. Is there something particularly valuable about that particular quilt?

Autumn Reflections

Quilt above made by Bonnie Borer of Thompson, Ohio, and shown in the judged show (category: Art-Naturescapes) at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.


Fall is my favorite time of year - and it finally feels like fall, even down here on the Gulf. So hooray for that! (And hooray for my sewing room! I will have to post pictures, even if it is still a big mess!)

IQF ribbon winner: Hoffman Challenge

The quilt above is "Happiness-Peace-Love" made by Janet Henshaw; winner of 1st prize in the Hoffman Challenge at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

I am moving this weekend, so don't expect to hear much from me for the next few days. But hey, after that, it's almost time for Quilt Festival!!

Last year's ribbon winners: Square Root Cubed 3

Quilt above made by Joan Frantz of Ft. Myers, Florida; winner of 2nd prize in the category Innovative Pieced, Small at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

(Hey, I happened to notice that last post was my 666th, for what that's worth! Interesting.)

Summer Wind

Summer Wind, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

Piece above made by Larkin Jean Van Horn; from the exhibit "Small Wonders VIII" at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Last year's ribbon winner: traditional pieced

Made by Toni Foster of Pittsford NY; winner of 1st prize in the category Traditional Pieced at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Enciadina

Enciadina, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

Made by Trudy Kleinstein; from the exhibit "Culture of my Country" at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.

More journal quilts

Two small pieces above by Linda Schmidt. From the Journal Quilt exhibit at IQF Houston 2006.

More journal quilts. I took so many of these pictures I don't even remember them all - a week or so ago I sat and read a whole article in Quilting Arts about the one on the left and how it was made, without even realizing I had ever seen it before. (Before you all go running to look, I don't think it was the latest issue. It might've been from last spring.)

Journal quilts

Journal quilt - Della Alice Cruz, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

Piece above by Della Alice Cruz. Shown at IQF Houston 2006.

(There's another one of this series here.)



Karey Bresenhan has written a book about the Journal Quilt Project (Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt Project). I haven't seen it yet, but I love the project. I don't know if I could do a quilt a month myself - even a small one - but clearly other people manage it, and they always come up with some neat things. (The book is in the New section in my store - see link below - but I'll try to put up a direct link later.)

Deep Sea Shimmer

Deep Sea Shimmer, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

Piece above made by Norma Schlager; from the exhibit "Small Wonders VIII" at the 2006 Houston International Quilt Festival.