Quilting in the Garden-2018
It was a beautiful day for the annual outdoor show, Quilting in the Garden at the Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore, Ca. There was just enough breeze to flutter the quilts and abundant sunshine. Viewers were sheltered under huge Heritage Oak trees-such a bucolic setting! Eleanor Burns was the Featured Artist and she did not disappoint.
Eleanor Burns!
Eleanor has enough personality to fill a room and the crowd could not get enough. This was about as close as I got and I couldn’t really tell what she was demo-ing. She had a whopping 119 quilts on display and I think all of them were at least twin-sized. It was quite a display and it showed the range of her design and color sense.
Pineapple Quilt Ellie Anne, Eleanor Burns
This just glowed in the sun!
By Eleanor Burns
Simple piecing, thoughtful quilting, great fabric choices, beautiful quilt.
Wonky Ruler Log Cabin, Eleanor Burns
Sweet!
There was also work by Gail Sims and Leni Levenson Wiener.
Strength and Serenity, Gail Sims
Glorious texture, love the subdued color choices.
Garden Church, Gail Sims
I don’t know what all surface design went into this but I love the patina Gail created.
Leni is a figurative fabric collage artist primarily interested in human body language. Her ability to capture gesture is incredible.
Various, Levi Levenson Wiener
Interesting way to display her work.
We Need to Talk, Levi Levenson Wiener
Together, Levi Levenson Wiener
Old Friends, Levi Levenson Wiener
Texting, Levi Levenson Wiener
Gelato Girls, Levi Levenson Wiener
The Out of the Box’ers Friendship group had a fun display of small quilts.
What gorgeous color!
Texture!
“Bell”
Love the humor of the “Bell” challenge with the Taco Bell quilt!
There were some stunning Opportunity Quilts:
Diablo Valley Quilters Opportunity quilt
Opportunity quilt-Country Crossroads Quilters
If you recognize the guild, please write me and I’ll amend to include the name in my post.
Raynell’s Beautiful Bees, Opportunity Quilt for the Guild of Quilters of Contra Costa County
This hung at the show too. I saw it in person when I recently spoke and taught at the guild. This beauty is hand quilted!
More interesting quilts from the show:
Flinstone Wheels, Audrey Hutchinson
Love the name and the quilt.
Back, Flinstone Wheels, Audrey Hutchinson
Love a good backing fabric!
Hunter’s Star in Red and White, Amy Sams/Zmak
Eternally gorgeous-a red and white stunner, beautifully quilted.
Sorry, could not see the tag
Simple piecing with Kaffe fabrics and you get this!
Plaid Shirt Meets Orange, Sandra Teepen
Charming.
Star Crossed, Vicky Hambrick
Fantastic design and piecing, great use of fabric too.
Orchard Through Time, Silicon Valley Modern Quilt Guild
A group quilt! Took me awhile to figure out how they did that.
Nines by Two, R Rosales
One of my favorites-unexpected colors and design, fabulous quilt. I’m not much of a piecer but I’m looking at this and wondering how she did that.
What a great show, no? If you’re in the area, make sure you go next year! I’ll be linking up to Nina-Marie’s Off the Wall Friday.
The first opportunity quilt (aqua With shades of gray and round flowers) is from DVQ – Diablo Valley Quilters?.
And yes Quilting in the garden is always a wonderful event. I also love all the fall goodies they have in the nursery!
Thank you Jollyne! I’ve revised my post to include the name.
Enjoy Monterey! The “Melon Quilt “ you don’t have a name for is from Country Crossroads Quilters, Modesto, our show is In January!
I am loving Pacific Grove! Thank you for the quilt info-heading over to change the post.