Darke County Sampler Block 5

Block 5

Pets

This month you get a cat and a chicken.

Georgann made two 9" finished blocks

but you can do them as one 9" x 18" finished rectangle.

Cats and dogs and other barnyard animals are not too

common on these Ohio samplers but it is always fun to find one. 

Cats on quilts sometimes sit on their tails

"Old Tom" from the Peter Shank quilt in Sue Cummings's book

This top in the Quilt Complex collection

has two cats and a bird.

You often see butterflies too.

Cats and birds

Butterflies and Roosters.

It's a peaceable kingdom.

More pictures from the Quilt Show

Blue & White Quilt---old top recently quilted.

The pattern was published in the Chicago Tribune in the 1930s

as Martha's Choice or Virginia's Choice.

Garden Pavers by Betty Wright, quilter Steve Betzen

Mikey's Christmas Jewel Box by 

Carol Ingenthron, quilter: Lori Kukuk.

Wrong Way by Claudia Mozur, quilter Kris Barlow.

The Old Cottage by Deanne Rosen

Puzzle by Deb Rowden, of old four-patches, quilter: Kelly Cline.

May 19th & 20th: Julie Craig "Crazy Quilts"

Julie Craig of Wichita

Crazy Quilts

"A day without stitching is like a day without breathing," says Julie Craig, owner of Attic Heirlooms, a needle art embellishment shop, in Wichita. Julie has a knack for creating inspiring designs using fabrics like rich velvets, over-dyed silk embroidery thread, and finely-crafted glass beads. She teaches all over the country and has been a featured artist in national magazines."

Attic Heirlooms

See a Flickr page full of Julie's creations here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/18762119@N00/sets/72157623357307597/

And an interview with her here:

http://cqmagonline.com/vol09iss2/articles/996/index.shtml

Viewers Choice from the Quilt Show

1st Place Large Denise Mariano

2nd Place Large Kelly Ashton

3rd Place Large Jean Ayres

1st Place wall Ruth Powers

2nd Place Wall Ruth Powers

3rd Place wall Sue Thompson

Quilt Show Pix

Coneflowers by Karen Hansen

Midtown by Kelly Ashton

Rosh Hashanah by Linda Frost

XOXO (detail)  by Liz Campbell

Old Never Dies by Lori Quinlan

Red Birds and More by Lori Quinlan

Merry Go Round by Marge Banks

KVQG Members at the AQS show in Paducah

The SewWhatever small group is proud

to have had their Good Dogs quilt

accepted at the AQS Paducah exhibit

April 23-26,

We took photos of our dogs, turned them into line drawings,

and appliqued them in fanciful colors.

Some people did other people's dogs.

One of Janet's Boston bulls

Roseanne set it, machine quilted it and entered it in Paducah...

Where WE WERE ACCEPTED.

Roseanne's collie

UPDATE:

Not only did we get accepted we WON second prize in the Group Quilts.

GROUP QUILTS: sponsored by Innova

1ST      #3-1011 LEARN AND GROW, Sugar Cube Quilters, Floral City, Florida

2ND     #3-1010 GOOD DOGS, Sew Whatevers, Lawrence, Kansas

3RD     #3-1009 A PIECE OF PUZZLE, Yukie Sato & 11 Friends, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

HM       #3-1006 BLUE SKY IN ALSACE, Shigeko Kobori & 7 Friends, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

As Janet says: WOWZA!

It's champagne tomorrow at the Sewhatevers!

Did you see Bonnie in the KCStar?

Bonnie was a featured cook in the 

"Come Into My Kitchen"

section of the Star before Passover.

See her macaroon recipe here:

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/08/4943141/tasty-treats-are-a-tradition-for.html