A couple weekends ago we had a small quilt show in the church, in conjunction with the fall harvest festival going on at the old grange hall grounds directly across the road. This year we featured the quilts of one of our quilt ministry group members, Lois. She is in a league of her own, a wonderful piecer, and her applique quilts - well I'll just say they are fabulous! She chose to bring a group of her large applique quilts for the show. None of us had seen these quilts before and we all spent a lot of time
drooling over admiring them. A few photos from the show, beginning with the featured applique quilts.
My personal favorite!
Lois also brought a sampling of her wool work. She will be presenting a tutorial on working with wool for our group in a couple weeks. I'm looking forward to learning more about this technique. Not to mention a few tips on hand applique!
And a few other quilts from the show, either made or owned by other members of our little group, a few of the smaller ones are slated for donation soon:
Vintage double-knit (double-heavy!) found at a yard sale
Another yard sale find - hand cross-stitched, hand quilted!
Over the weekend I finished the quilting on my October OMG, and later today after running errands and getting laundry underway I'll start working on the binding. Barring any major setbacks, this OMG 'may' be in the finished column before the week is out - YAY! It's been a long time coming. Photos when it reaches the finish line, and hopefully we will have a sunny morning with just a bit of mist on the hillsides and leaves on the ground - my favorite setting for photographing fall quilts.
Have a great week!
8 comments:
Your Lois is a treasure! So glad she is working with your group. Her applique quilts are fabulous. All so pretty, I can't pick a favorite. Glad your show was a success.
What gorgeous Applique quilts! thanks for sharing
Wow...beautiful quilts. How nice to have someone like this in your group.
I see some Blackbird Design quilts among the applique quilts. A very nice display of quilts.
So many lovely applique quilts! What a treat to get to spend time looking these over.:)
Lois's applique quilts are works of art. I love Blackbird Designs too. You had a lovely quilt show. It feels good to have your monthly goal almost done. Great job all around!
Oh, wow! I love Lois' work. Her applique is fabulous! How wonderful it would be to actually stand close and admire these beautiful quilts.
I love quilt shows, even if they are only on a blog share! Ideas abound! Thanks!
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