Quilt Show - ribbon winners

So I finally have a few minutes and enough energy to sit down and post some photos from my guild's show this past Friday and Saturday.

I'll start with some of the quilts that were awarded ribbons.

Best of show is a king size plus red and white quilt.  It also won in the large bed - duo category.

Best hand quilting and best single medium quilt was won by Rachel Thomas.

This quilt has great movement.

"Going Dotty" won for Best Use of Color and medium bed - mixed techinique duo

Barbara Beland's blue and yellow log cabin with flowers won for best medium bed mixed tech single and for best machine quilting.

I know there are a lot of you who really like Primitive Gatherings ...and obliviously Lisa Bongean is popular in my guild as well....Judy Lockhart won first in Medium Applique - single.

and Angie Faircloth won for Applique Wallhanging with her Angie's Garden.

Well, now I really need to go get more coffee...will post more later!

Wool Project finish

Really enjoyed doing the embroidery on this little project from last weekend's workshop with Lisa Bongean.  Amazing to watch how much the piece changes as the embroidery is added.  I decided to add a bit of piecing to the sides to make a  20 inch pillow/cushion. (this was photographed on the back of a chair...it really is flat and even in real life!)

I have another wool project that I will start after I get another finish under my belt!  Today I basted my challenge quilt for the show in October and hope to finish quilting it tomorrow.  (want to get it done so I can play with wool again!)

While I was away at the workshop my Dh was looking though the second hand book stores (we do that most weekends!)  He was excited to find a quilting book with a name he recognized...

First is a Gwen Marston and Joe Cunningham book from 1993 - Quilting with Style  I love this book!  It is really dense with information and has great photographs.  Really is helpful to understand selecting and marking a quilt.  I think it works for both hand and machine quilting.  Second is the Quilted Clothing by Jean Ray Laury published in 1982.  Interesting to see the variety of styles in this book which was written as quilting was really coming into its own.

Still a bit worn out the trip.  Another day of so and I'll have recovered enough to want to do it all over again!