Another from the quilt show. . .

There were many, many quilts to be seen and admired at the 2011 Houston International Quilt show. Some won large awards. Some didn't win anything.

The quilt I have pictured below is my favorite of all. As far as I know it did not win any prizes.
However, it was absolutely beautiful and the workmanship was just amazing.
The information in the second picture tells you who made it. Then, the following pictures are close ups of some of the features.

The title is "The Quilt Show. In the middle is a building where a quilt show is being held. Along the outer borders are tiny quilts -- these quilts are so small that each piece may have taken 2 or 3 tiny stitches to connect it to the next piece. I was amazed that these little quilts were made and then incorporated into the larger design. Take a minute to admire the little quilts along the top, bottom, and right side.

These tiny yo-yos were hanging on a clothes line on the left side of the picture, near the tree.

Look how tiny the pieces are in this double wedding ring quilt.

This little basket quilt was offset by an equally tiny fan quilt on the other side. Look at the tiny quilt hanging over the fence in the bottom of the picture.

I love these "Sun Bonnet Sue" quilt blocks.

We saw some really beautiful quilts but to me, this one really embodies the whole idea of quilting!

MY DOG SPOT

This little doggy has come to live at my house -- I found him at a garage sale and I just fell in love. Actually, "Spot" is a candle holder -- there is a door on the other side of his body that opens to allow a small votive candle to be placed inside. The "spots" on his body are cut-outs that will allow the candle light to show through. Pretty neat for $1.00!

2011 Houston International Quilt Show, day 2

A beautiful appliqued quilt.


This quilt is just full of the hexagon shape. My hubby thought it looked more like a rug than a quilt. He didn't see it in person, however, just made the comment from seeing the picture.

There was an exhibit of appliqued quilts. The picture below shows detail from a very large appliqued quilt that is shown below this one. Lots of work went into this.

As usual, the quilt shows include a large number of International quilters. I liked this one.

Notice the quilting -- this quilt would be nothing without it, and would give a totally different feel with a different quilting pattern.

Sorry this is dark -- these are 4-H quilts. My quilting friend, M, used to be in 4-H and said she could never have made quilts like these at that age.

Houston International Quilt Show

We saw some great quilts today -- I'm going to share some with you. These are mostly the art style.

This quilt just blew me away -- I loved it!

I loved this one -- the lion faces was so cute!