Friday, April 30, 2010

Quilt Show at the Merc

Georgann Eglinski and Barbara Brackman have an exhibit of small quilts in the dining room at the Community Mercantile grocery store at 9th & Iowa in Lawrence. It will be up through May.

The theme is Arts and Crafts designs based on the work of William Morris, Charle Rennie Mackintosh, Frank Lloyd Wright and others.



This is a great space for a small quilt show. The last show was by Kathy Suprenant. Check the dining room every month or two to see what's new.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

QBC Aussie Quilts


The QBC group wins the prize for finishing their group project. We saw lots of examples of this particular pattern at the Quilt Show. They found it in an Australian magazine I think

They all decided to make the same pattern in different fabrics. Marie Meyen, at the top, picked Australian aboriginal prints. Did she make two?!!

Loaves & Fishes detail
Sara Chappell worked with her Kaffe Fasset stash (which kept increasing miraculously it seemed)


Kathie Baldwin still had some Patterns of Progress, 40s reproductions
 for her Flowers in the Attic

It's a great pattern to show off a fabric collection---
would work great with 5" charm packs or 10" layer cakes.

Of course, there were a few who danced to their own drummers


Nan Doljac


Shadows of Nine
by Sandra Morgan Cockrum
There were more. I just didn't take enough notes.

Monday, April 26, 2010

More Quilt Show Photos

More photos from the 2010 Quilt show....these 3 are Nan Doljac's President's blocks...



Janet Perkins's wonky blocks...
Show visitors admiring Nancy Wakefield's work...
Block of the Month's theme for this year is Robots...
From a vintage baby quilt...
Mini quilts on display...

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Quilt Show Shots


Ferrol did a great job of decorating.
 Here's a 1930s Grandmother's Flower Garden behind a tea table.

And on the theme of small pieces:


Here's a detail of a 1930s postage stamp quilt.
An idea that inspired Joyce Colton to make a '30s style postage stamp out of new prints.

Noah's Ark


Noah's Ark by Terry Thompson
Terry made this quilt about 14 years ago for grand daughter Clare. She found a print with African animals and cut them out in pairs. The ark is based on the African Queen from the movie. Note thatched roof.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Quilt Show at the Douglas County Fairgrounds


Douglas Co. Fairgrounds Friday afternoon

Douglas County Fairgrounds Saturday Afternoon


Some winners in the miniquilt category.
Come and bid tomorrow. We are open till 5.
Bidding stops a little earlier.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Group Project

A table runner for the miniquilt charity auction.

Unknown quilter donated the blocks, Linda Frost set them and Georgann finished it off.
Come to the show and bid.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Round Robin


I'm showing my Round Robin from a winter Sew Whatever group project. The theme was animals. I appliqued and embroidered the center, Georgann appliqued the inner border and Janet P. pieced the outer.
Let's see if anyone else got theirs finished!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Old Blocks, New Quilt

Deb Rowden is finishing off this quilt this week. She had some pale, rather subdued 9-patch blocks from about 1940 and set them with an eye-catching strip sashing. Perfect for the show's theme of quilting over the generations.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Oldie but Goodie




I recently hung this wonderful old quilt in my bedroom. Kathe

Terry's New Pattern

Terry shows her Strawberry Sundae reproduction. She copied an antique quilt from about 1850 for a new pattern for her Peace Creek Patterns. Pam Mayfield appliqued and quilted the model for her.

Look for the pattern next month and look for the quilt at the quilt show.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Binding Obligations 2


Kathe is doing friend Nan a favor by binding her President's Quilt.


Nan asked for blocks featuring homes.

See it at the show on Saturday and Sunday.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Binding Obligations

The whole of eastern Kansas is busy this week binding their quilts for the Kaw Valley Quilters guild show.
Janet and Georgann are finishing Janet's wonky log cabin in the back room at Sarah's Fabrics.



Janet and Nicki show it off.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Quilts 4 Sale

Garage Sale
500 Louisiana
Lawrence
Saturday April 17
7 am - noon


Quilts
Quilt Books
Quilt fabric
Miscellaneous Junk


Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Another Birds mini quilt

Another one for the mini quilt auction. It features a center made by Linda Frost (with birds!). Georgann Eglinski, the all-time queen of mini quilts, added the rest. Please note Georgann's beautiful matching sweater in the background (I didn't want to totally crop it out). isn't it wonderful!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Back to the Bird Theme


Chirp.
I was looking for a paisley project
and thought of a tiny piece Linda Frost had done.
Mine is now bound and ready for the quilt show.

Thanks for the idea, Linda.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Group Project: Sew Whatever


The small group the Sew Whatevers is meeting this weekend at the Lied Lodge in Nebraska City for a retreat. The group project is a Four-Patch based on this fabric from Kaffe Fassett. It's a little purpler than the photo and has yellows, carmel browns, salmons and turquoise in it.


Wendy's start for a strip set

Participants made four patches based on the color palette and exchanged them.


Sarah's start for an alternating block set
Everybody brought fabric and a plan to set them.


Georgann's start for a zig-zag strip set with added 9-patches

They are still up there sewing. I had to come home.

Sarah is filling in with dark purple x's

Let's hope to see some finished tops at the next show and tell at guild.

Kathe's stripping hers with Chinese Coins