The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

The Valley Quilt Guild’s 2022 Show

 

I’ve got two posts again, on very different subjects, other post here.

What a treat – a real live quilt show with no masks or distancing! It was my first and what a joy it was to visit the Valley Quilt Guild‘s show in Yuba City. The mood was joyous, as we were all waiting for this moment. The VQG has not had a show for 3 years (I think) and they had a bumper crop of beauty and creativity.

Please note, I may have missed some wonderful quilts. I talked to so many people while I was there that I may have missed a quilt or two. I know I forgot to take a photo of this year’s windsock, which is a tradition for the guild. Here we go:

This year’s Opportunity Quilt was made by their Featured Quilter, Karen Litvinchuk. Isn’t it spectacular? It had just the right amount of crystals to sparkle but not overwhelm.

Stitch Blue, Jan Thompson, qltd by Quilts by Cathy
Descent into Insanity, Melissa Milligan
Friendship, Sandra Torres; Qltd by Quilts by Cathy
Sunshine Sampler, Ginger Benham, qltd by Quilts by Cathy
Kaffe’s Pickle Dish, Kim Buzolich
Grandmother’s Flower Garden, Kathy O’Donnell, qltd by Precision Quiltworks

Karen Litvinchuk was the Featured Quilter. I had a wonderful chat with her and somehow missed taking more photos of her quilts. It was a fabulous display; some of her work was done on a domestic and some on a long arm:

Garden of Blue, Karen Litvinchuk
Green Mini, Karen Litvinchuk
Amish Squares, Karen Litvinchuk
City Chicken, Pat May
Llama Love, Leann Weldon
Lucy, Kim Buzolich
The Gathering, Kim Buzolich
High Tea, Kim Buzolich
Moda Blockheads 3, Mary Marusin, qltd by Quilts by Cathy
Spinning, Joan Sampson
Thoth’s Treasure, Barbara Kiehn, qltd by Carla Barrett
This is the Life; Linda Matsumoto, qltd by Quilts by Cathy
Blue Blossoms, Kim Buzolich
Unsung Heroes, Collen Pelfrey

This is not raw edge applique, but deColourant. Collen is an expert! This was a remarkable quilt, made for her lineman son.

Detail, Unsung Heroes, Collen Pelfrey
Colleen with her quilt
All Hallow’s Eve; Pat May, qltd by Quilts by Cathy
Row by Row; Joan Sampson, qltd by Lin Squires
Dinosaurs; Tammy Morrison, qltd by Janet Craver
Modern Grunge 9 Patch; Diana Tatro, Qltd by Nancy Stova
Winter Joy; Nancy Sims, qltd by Nancy Sims
It Takes Two; Dee Jagerhorn, qltd by Pam Labans
Blue Twilight; Jan Thompson, qltd by Quilts by Cathy
Enchanted Garden, Karen O’Donnell, qltd by Precision Quiltworks
Pineapple, Kathy O’Donnell, qltd by Precision Quiltworks
Elegance. Karen Litvinchuk

It was a spectacular show and I so enjoyed my visit. It’s great to be back to live shows without any restrictions!

I’ll be posting at:

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

Comments

  2. Thanks for taking us to the Valley show! I couldn’t make this year, and thoroughly enjoyed your pics.

  3. What a beautiful exhibit! I think I liked the collection of quail the best. The “Opportunity Quilt” is lovely but…what’s an “opportunity quilt”?

    • Opportunity Quilt is a raffle quilt. California does not allow us to call it a raffle. I know, isn’t that quail quilt cool?

  5. Thank you for sharing these photos! They are just beautiful.
    Had thought about driving up from Benicia and now I wish I attended.