What a great day! I love being inspired by other people’s talent, and the quilt show I attended did not disappoint. My only complaint, if I can have one after spending hours examining incredible work, is that this year there was a lack of quilts done in traditional patterns, or any kind of showcase of vintage quilts. But, I’ve found through the years, even if I don’t like a particular quilts style, there is usually something about it that I can appreciate.
I took tons of photos, but this quilt was my favorite.
A woman had decided that she wanted to blog, but did not want to write a blog. Instead, each day she embroidered something that she did that day. This was such a fun 365 challenge, how could I not like it? At the end of the year, she had a “blog quilt” of her year. It was interesting to see items like “put up Christmas lights, then a row or two later “took down Christmas lights”. Here is a close up of a section of it.
And here is a whole-cloth quilt that wowed me. It was done in Germany, and the feathers were all done by hand with out a template. And it is hand quilted. The stitches were perfect.
After the exhibit I hit the merchant mart.
I avoided adding any fabric to my stash, but I did pick up a couple of felt projects, some pre-cut felt circles to use for penny rugs, and a weaving kit for a scarf. This booth had so many colors and kits it was hard to choose, but the shop is nearby in Lancaster so I put a visit there on my to-do list. I may be the only person who goes to a quilt show and doesn’t buy any quilting supplies.
I still did a bit of crochet at night since I wasn’t sure if being this inspired counted as “doing something creative.”
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My Goodness! Such Beautiful projects 🙂
There were hundreds. One section was just quilts inspired by Beatles songs.
I love the blog quilt, what an undertaking.
Definitely a major commitment.
Oh, the blog quilt is FAB! What a great idea–I think I want to steal the it! And i always love whole cloth quilts–hand quilting is the best. But the real question is–did you get the emery?
I want to steal the idea too. But not this year. 🙂 And NO. The one year I wanted to buy it, there was not a single grain of emery to be found. Looks like I’ll be ordering online.