Northwest Quilters show #2

I hope you enjoyed the photos from my last post from the Northwest Quilters Guild show. Here are the rest of my favorite quilts from that show.  Enjoy and be inspired to quilt!

The colors and setting in the quilt on the right is quite different to me but it really spoke to me!

Have a pieceful day!
Michele

Northwest Quilters Guild Show

“On the road again…..”
for the start of the 2010 quilt shows, and we were at the Northwest Quilters Guild Show in Portland, OR on March 12 – 14.
As always, there was a plethora of wonderful quilts on display, and friendly plus helpful guild members and quilters.

I had to stop these customers to take a photo of them for my blog. They’re called the “Necktie Sisters” as they are really sisters, and created their skirts and purses from old ties.

Here is one of the most creative quilts I’ve ever seen! The guild asked their members to create quilt blocks that featured fabric with bugs and insects, and then they sewed a VW cover with screen mesh for the windows! Very “hip”! There is one block though that features “Bugs Bunny” which was fun for the kids to look for. Hope the guild sends photos of this quilt to  Volkswagon!

This was a spectacular quilt by the featured quilter, Anton Haas, Sr. The notes said he was inspired by a mosaic floor in Italy. You just never know when you’ll be inspired to design!
I loved the pieced border and center on this scrappy batik quilt.

This was an interesting scrappy stripped quilt when the light strips have autographs. Even though I’m a symmetrical person I liked the setting on this quilt.

I wish I had been able to take a photo of this quilt straight on as it was very interesting. The rings are all pieced and scrappy and then appliqued to the quilt top. I wonder if the quilter was inspired by the Olympics at some point.

This was also a spectacular quilt of color, piecing and multi-colored thread for quilting!

More quilts to follow from this show next time. Have a pieceful day!

Michele

Quilting Friends are the Best

Being a quilt designer with a home-based business makes it hard at times to make friends in the industry. These are our friends, Sue and Art Capello,  of the Suzy Q Quilter, a home machine quilting system that Art designed; and they personally manufacture. Sue and I met at a North Idaho quilt guild meeting about 4 years ago. She and Art started vending at quilt shows before we did, and were very helpful in getting us started on the show circuit. We support each other between shows with phone calls and emails, and have dinner at least one time per show. They just came to dinner at our home on Saturday night, and it was a fun evening! We talk shop a lot, but also our personal lives.  Please click on the Suzy Q Quilter above to visit their website and view their quilting frames, and machine quilting templates.

Here’s the quick and easy dessert I made for them that night:

Dump Cake
1 yellow cake mix
30 oz. can of fruit pie filling (cherry, apple or ?)
3/4 cup of butter (melted)
1/2 cup of chopped walnuts
* Optional: 1 cup of diced fruit: apple, pears, strawberries, blueberries or ? (your choice if  you have it on hand)

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spread the can of pie filling evenly in the bottom of a 9″ x 13″ pan. Sprinkle the other cup of fruit on top (if desired).
3.  Sprinkle the cake mix evenly on top of the fruit.
4.  Pour the melted butter evenly on top of cake mix.
5.  Sprinkle the nuts on top.
6. Bake for 40 – 45 minutes until golden brown.
7. Serve warm with Cool Whip or vanilla ice cream. Yum!

Have a pieceful day!
Michele