The Festival of Quilts 2012

I have returned home from the Festival of Quilts after having a wonderful time with friends yet again.  I was exhausted but very happy.

I saw some gorgeous quilts and some amazing quilting.  I hope my photographs do them justice.

'Autumn Blues' by Alexandra Nikulina
Russia

'Sun-turn' ("Kolovorot")
by Loskutnye Zabavy Patchwork Studio
led by A. Nikulina
Russia

'A Square, a Stripe, a Triangle'
by Loskutnye Zabavy Patchwork Studio
led by A. Nikulina
Russia

I seem to be a big fan of Russian quilts and this was true last year as well when I liked Marina Maminova's work.

When I saw this next quilt, I said to my sister that it was like the swoon quilt made by Camille Roskelley whose blog I follow. 

'Swooning' by Kay Bell

Well it is.  Kay was apparently part of the online sew along group with quilts made from Camille's pattern.  The quilting here is hand guided freemotion on a longarm and is amazing!

Hand guided freemotion quilting

This next quilt won 3rd Prize in the Group Quilts Category. 

'Scandinavian Journey'
pieced by Jo Colwill of Cowslip Workshops
and quilted by Sandy Chandler of The Quilting Company

I loved the neutral palette, stars and again the quilting was great.

Another onlooker placed her hand in front of the quilt to show how small the background grid quilting was on the quilt. 

I love the circles on the spine of the feather.

I got some lovely Aurifil threads from the New Threads Quilt Shop and as Aurifil is my favourite thread, I also bought a thread shade card.  I have used the card already to match thread for a baby panel that I bought at the show. 

They had an amazing selection of Aurifil thread.

'Greek Fossils'
by Ferret

 As always, Ferret's quilt was amazing!!!  Hand guided longarming and trapunto.  It won 3rd Prize in the Traditional Quilts section. 

'Flower of 13115 Pieces & Peace'
by Hiromi Yokota

This quilt was made by hand of 1cm hexagon pieces.  Each individual hexagon was hand quilted.  Amazing!!!

Well those were some of my favourites from the show.  I hope you enjoyed them.

 

And finally, on the way home from the airport, this is the wonderful sunset that we drove into.  What a lovely way to finish off our trip.

 

 

Bye for now.

Sandra