River City Quilt Show-2013
Sometimes the visitors are as charming as the quilts! Check out this Future Quilter and her Mom at the 2013 River City Quilt Festival. She was proudly holding her own Personal Quilt the entire time and was delighted to be surrounded by quilts-who wouldn’t be?
The River City show is one of my favorites and it’s the last show of the year in my area. I try to get there early to get the best picks from their boutique and I got a nice haul of hand dyed Radiance from the vendors. The show was a great mix of traditional and art quilts this year.
“Yellow Applique” by Jamie Watson was based on a Laurie Simpson design. I think it was hand quilted (forgot) and I really enjoyed its vibrant colors.
The colorful buttons and graphic design attracted me to “A Real Challenge” by Nancy Causey.
I love the sashiko quilting on Patty Forbes’ “Birds of a Feather”. The peacocks were paper pieced.
There was no maker’s name on the sign for “Red, White and Black III”. My photo does not do it justice-the upper row of x’s is see through-I love that!
“Stripes and Squares” by Kathy Mitchell-love the color! Kathy used a Christine Barnes pattern and blended batik fabrics with Kaffe Fasset prints-yum!
“Tree at Effie Yawl Nature Center” by Lori Wisheropp was intriguing-I just had to go up there and try to figure out how she got this effect. It has been hand painted, quilted and burned-I had to restrain myself from touching it!
Jan Soules worked for 10 months on this paper-pieced quilt based on a Judy Niemeyer pattern. Jan is so good with color. It was quilted by Debbie Joyner.
Kitty Oliver was the Featured Quilter and “Stripes” show-cased her color expertise. She pieced this from striped fabric and you have to look to realize that it’s not lots of small pieces. Notice her sashing? Brilliant!
Laurel Anderson designed “Wild Roses” from a rough sketch and then let Lin Squires enhance it with some beautiful long-arm quilting. So elegant!
Jan Soules received the “Best Use of Color” ribbon for this beautiful piece “Spring Fever”. Jan free-form pieced this quilt and used many hand dyed fabrics.
“Baltimore Christmas” was made by Virginia Nichelmann and quilted by Debbie Joyner. Virginia used a Pearl Pereira pattern and this is her first appliqued quilt!
Hope you enjoyed an abbreviated tour of the River City Quilt Show!
Now that my post is all ready to print I see I used an @ instead of a © on my photos-geesh-too late to go back and correct. I think it adds to the character of my post, no?
WOW!! Some really fabulous quilts, thanks so much for sharing!! Lots of inspiration there :^)
I’m glad you enjoyed it Martha-it was a good show.
Thank you for allowing us to share the beauty of this show. It’s not as good as being there but it’s close.
I know it’s a trek for you Bobbi so I’m glad you enjoyed my brief summary. It’s always a really good show.
Whoa! First applique quilt ever!!!! Way to go Virginia!
Love the color and sashing in ‘Stripes’ by Kitty; Patty’s sashiko quilting is gorgeous; and Jamie’s bold choice of colors and quilting for her ‘Yellow Applique’ are wonderful!
Thanks for sharing Jenny! As always, the quilt show, even vicariously, is inspiring!
It was a great show! I know, wasn’t some of that work really stunning?
Hi Teri-thank you! Glad you enjoyed the quilts!
Wow — what a great variety of quilts! I can’t believe that Christmas applique quilt was made by a beginner, and I love that “best use of color” quilt. It’s like a gorgeous abstract painting. Mesmerizing! You’re so lucky to live in a place with such a strong, vibrant quilting community and to have all these shows to visit!
Thank you Rebecca-glad you enjoyed the post. I DO live in an area rich in quilt shops and great quilt shows. I guess I am spoiled! Yet sometimes I notice that the most incredible art can come from a truly isolated place-go figure.