The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Pacific International Quilt Festival 2021

 

NOTE: I won’t be posting next week on Thanksgiving. I hope you enjoy a lovely day of thanksgiving with those you love. I will have my full family here and I’m excited. I will be back the following week, 5 lbs heavier!

I’ve got a treat with a whole lot of great quilts to share! I know you’re not burned out on quilts, even though my last two posts from the Houston Int’l Quilt Festival had a total of around 80 quilts. I’m posting this out of chronological order, as the Houston show happened after PIQF. But I ran out of time and I’m just now catching up.

This year’s PIQF was about 30% smaller than previous years and the vendor selection was much reduced. There were vendors that I missed terribly and I didn’t spend a dime on vendors. Nothing tempted me – no hand dyed silks, crazy new products or anything that made me stop in my tracks.

But the quilts were great and I’ve got some eye candy for you. I’m a little pressed for time so I will post with just name and maker for each quilt. I’ve posted in the order I saw the quilts so it’s not really organized by section. Enjoy!

In Perfect Harmony, Sandra Mollon
Dots in a Box; Rachel D. K. Clark
Haute Holiday, Corlis Taylor
(Title too fuzzy to read); Rachel K. K. Clark
Eukaryotes; Rachael Dorr
Tying Up Loose Ends; Ruth Marchese (sheer)
Midwest Views Exhibit – no cards were up at the time I took my photos so I don’t have quilt names or makers. Please write me if you know and I’ll update my post.  This is one of my 3 top favorite quilts in the show!
Midwest Views Exhibit- Midwest Views Exhibit – no cards were up at the time I took my photos so I don’t have quilt names or makers. Please write me if you know and I’ll update my post.
Bearpaw for my Hometown Hero; Vicki Davis
Downtown; Kathryn Pellman
Magic Flowers; Susan W Smith
Kaleidoscope Pineapple; Julia McLeod (that’s silk!)
The Gov’s House–NOT; Cindy Gangler (from my home guild, the Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild!)
Finding Neverland #1: Walled in; Jan Soules
Bee yourself!, Simone Steuzner, Sweden
Finding Neverland #1: Walled in; Jan Soules

 

Daybreak; Marilyn Murphy Gourley
La Paloma; Ann Horton (embroidery!)
God sent Me An Angel; Carol A Mercer
Boro Patchwork; Allyson Allen
Definitely Not Sepia; Tamera J Failla
Keys Quotes; Daniela Schupp
Through the Lens; Jeanne M. Knudsen
Mandala Bloom; Sheila Collins (3-d)
Wingspread; Jan Reed
And the River Flows; Sharon Schlotzhauer
Lost and Forgotten; Linda Sepulveda
Surrender; Cynthia Catlin
Pandemic Jane; Laura Fraga (unusual Dear Jane)
Fractured Iris; Lilian Myburgh
Sunrise, Moonrise; Merce Gonzalex (Spain) (sheer!) (This is the second of my 3 top favorite quilts in the show!)
Mama Africa; Cecilia Gonzalez (Spain)
Block Work; Debra Delorenzo
A Little Bit Jonesy; Sheryl ?
My photo is blurry and I’m not sure this is the correct name
The Daughter of a Lion is Also a Lion; Kathryn Harmer Fox
Bed of Leaves; Beth and Trevor Reid (dimensional)
Ombre Leaves; Joy-Lily
Holiday Splendor; Inger C Blood (lots and lots of bling and sparkle!)
Sea Flora; Ellen Spellman
Himalayan Poppies; Nelda McComb
Connectivity; Zena Thorpe This is the third of my 3 top favorite quilts in the show!
Detail; Connectivity; Zena Thorpe (hand applique!)
Forgot to take photo of signage – do you know whose quilt this is?
Isolation; Denise Schmidt
If 2020 was a Quilt; Diane Mezerkor Hollister
Somewhere Out There; Dianne Gates-Anderson

What a show! What great diversity in style, color, genre. I hope you caught my top 3 picks. How hard it must be to pick a Judge’s Choice! I have no idea how I would have chosen if I were a judge.

I so hope we will be back to a larger show with a full load of vendors next year. I hope you enjoyed the show. This is my last show post of the year.

I’ll link up with:

Nina-Marie’s Off the Wall Friday
and
Finished or Not Friday

Comments

  1. I went to PIQF too and it’s always amazing to me to see things through others eyes. I don’t recall most of the pieces you spotlighted except a few here and there. My photos are almost a completely different collection! Thanks for sharing.

    • And what’s funny about that Nancy is that I would look at your photos and think, how did I miss that one!

  2. Beautiful quilts. Thx for showing. I think the clouds quilt is by Shannon who blogs at I’m Working on a Project.

    • I am glad you enjoyed them Edith! Apparently that is not Shannon’s quilt as she is not a member of the SAQA Midwest group. I’ll keep looking. Thank you!

  4. Thanks Jenny for sharing with us ‘stay at homes’. Such diversity and cleverness and workwomenship.