Last Show of the Season-Pine Tree

This may be the last of the spring shows in my area (sniffle)-the Pine Tree Quilt Guild Show in Grass Valley. It was a delightful show with a good mix of traditional, contemporary and art quilts as well as some great fiber art. If you click on the pictures you’ll get a better view of each quilt.

I confess-I tried to record the names and makers of each quilt but I blew it! At any rate, let me take you on a tour of what caught my eye.

Silk always attracts me, so of course I loved this quilt with its vibrant use of color. But also I enjoyed the bubble quilting motifs. I haven’t seen the bubble motif done this large-I like it!
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The Scrapbagger’s Mini Group that made this intriguing quilt sent fabric, floss and a pattern to a group of Pakistani ladies to be hand embroidered. The ladies sent the squares back, but the package never arrived. So the Scrapbagger’s sent supplies again-this time the second package did arrive safely.
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The proceeds from the embroidered squares are used to finance schools in Pakistani villages. Without funds from their embroidery there would be no schools for these Pakistani women. It was quilted by Victoria Nurmi.
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“Anniversary Quilt” was made from a Piece ‘O Cake design-the maker, Jan Christensen, in celebation of a special wedding anniversary. It is filled with symbolism about life and marriage. The applique work was gorgeous and the pure joy of the colors caught my eye. Quilted by Lin Squires .
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I don’t recall who made this wholecloth quilt. She took a large scale print, outlined the flowers and leaves and then surrounded them with quilted fill motifs. It’s a very joyful quilt. Note the interesting border she added-it undulates and is separated from the body of the quilt by a folded bias binding-a lovely detail.
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I think this is made from a pattern-I haven’t seen this before. It’s a great use of embroidery stitching to enhance the quilt and add texture.
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The detail shows more of the embroidery stitching. I don’t think to use embroidery stitches on my quilts-but I love the texture and definition it adds .
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The Featured Quilter was Lila Sugg. She had many beautiful quilts on display. I only have this to show of her work as I had an operator, er, camera malfunction. She had maybe 12 exquisite dolls, beautiful, detailed and full of character. I love this sassy lady!
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This is one of may favorites of the show. Jan Reed‘s “Sea Section” depicts a cross section of a Nautilus shell. She used Sharon Schamber‘s curved piecing construction techniques. Each section was quilted with different undersea creatures.

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She did extensive beading across the quilt as this detail shot shows. It added lots of texture and subtle interest-perfect!
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