I wanted to post, finally, some of my pictures from the Spring International Quilt Market in Pittsburgh. I know you will enjoy seeing some of the spectacular, fun, colorful and whimsy quilts that were displayed. It’s hard to believe that Spring Quilt Market in Pittsburgh was almost 2 months ago. It seems like only a few days since I was walked off the plane to return home.
First, I want to show you the booth that I was working in during Quilt Market – Gutermann of America. I helped with the decorating of the booth with my quilts (made with my fabrics for Quilting Treasures and sewn with Gutermann thread). For a sneak peek of my next fabric collection due out this fall (Purr-fect Balance), check out the small turquoise and red quilt shown on the left side. I had received small pieces of the fabric for approval the week before Quilt Market, so I whipped out a small quilt with the pieces. Please check back as I will post more about this fabric shortly.
“You are What You Eat” by Kathy York of Austin Texas. Kathy was inspired to create this quilt because of the deers in her neighborhood and that they must be made of flowers because they eat all of hers. The techniques used include hand-drawn batiks, bleach discharged, overdyed, machine pieced, fused appliqué, machine and hand quilting.
“Tutti Frutti Main Street” by Susan Bleiweiss of Upton, Ma is part of her ongoing series of art quilts celebrating the use of vibrant color and whimsical imagery. Sue’s techniques include raw-edge fused appliqué and machine quilted.
“It’s a Crazy Life” by Gail Thomas, of Vernon, BC, Canada. She created this quilt with the techniques of hand-pieced, hand-appliqued, painted, machine quilted and hand-embroidered. Gail worked on this quilt during and after treatment. As her world started healing, she decided the name “Its a Crazy Life” fit with all her stories and the “wow” moments in her life.
“House in the Valley #5” by Laura Wasilowski is a view of her house by a busy body bird. The techniques used were fused appliqué, hand-embroidered and free-motion quilted. This quilt is available for purchase.
“A Bright Sun-Shiny Day” by Terri Stegmiller of Manadan, ND is her original design of whimsy, girls, cats and birds. She thinks of this as a self-portrait as she is outside on sunny days watching birds with her cats. Her techniques include hand painted, whole cloth, and free-motion quilted. This quilt is available for purchase.
“Roses in the Window” by Carol Morrissey of Double Oak, TX. Carol’s techniques fused applique and machine quilted. She was inspired for this quilt design by a photo she took of some roses that were sitting in her kitchen window. This quilt is available for purchase.
Nancy Carlton of Stuart Florida created “I have Many Faces” and it is available for purchase. The technique used by Nancy is fused appliqué. She posterized the photos, printed them out and used them for her pattern for fusible appliqué. Available for purchase.
Aren’t these quilts wonderful! But I’m not finished! I’m working on another post to include more of these wonderful quilts. So check back Monday.
I indicated which of these quilts were for sale, but have no way of knowing if they are still available. They are all so wonderful! I also provided links to the websites of these quilters. I hope that you check them out – these are some pretty amazing women.
So have a nice weekend and check back Monday for more beauties!
Phyllis
Thanks Phyllis for sharing. Pittsburgh is about 4 hours from where we live. Never been there. I finished the top of a quilt for one of our granddaughters. This is only my fourth and have two more to go. I made clothes and did mending for folks (still do)so quilting goes a bit slow for me. Very talented quilters.