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AQS Daytona Beach, 2023

March 9, 2023

NOTES: I’m back in town and my store is open again! I only carry items I am passionate about. The most popular items are the Set Up Tips for Free Motion Quilting card, the Line Tamer ruler and the Supreme Slider. I still have stock on the Supreme Slider but once they are gone, they are gone forever. It is the best slider on the market and they are closing shop.

Glorious sunrise at the beach.

I have so much to share with you! I have visited THREE quilt shows in the last 2 weeks and taught at both AQS Daytona Beach and the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show. I was in the East Coast time for 6 days, then 2 days back home to Pacific Standard Time, then 5 days back to EST. My body is confused!

This is a picture heavy post of AQS Daytona Beach. I am not sure how I will handle posting the other 2 shows (the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show and my local guild, the Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild). I may post one per week or put them both up next week. Fortunately I am home for awhile.

I never get tired of the sand patterns.

Please know that if I have posted a quilt in a previous blog, I won’t post again. There were many spectacular quilts not included here that I have posted previously. Also, I did not take photos of the Cherrywood Challenge. Just me, but I get overwhelmed and my brain floods when there are that many quilts in a small space, all next to each other.

I had a fabulous time teaching with all but one class full. I love to teach! It fills my soul. I received so many stellar comments on my classes, it’s almost embarrassing. And I forgot to take photos. Again. But I was having such a good time teaching that I forgot!

Yup, ate at Bubba Gumps twice! super fresh seafood and excellent service.

Scroll to the end of the photos to see snaps of people I met and/or hung out with. It was such a hardship to be in Florida in February😊

I am just posting photos with attribution to the maker and quilter. I am just too far behind to comment on each, although I could not help but make a brief comment on a few. There is a very good reason each caught my eye and if I had more hours to my day, I would share with the beauty I saw in each. Enjoy:

Memories of a Maiko; Melissa Sobotka

All painted! Exquisite detail and emotion.

Fandangle, Jan Frazer
Creating Magic, Sue de Vanny
Color Connection; Heather Akerberg

Might have been a Judge’s Choice if I had the privilege, just so original, colorful and happy!

Whitework Sampler, Gail H. Smith
Merry Christmas II; Aki Sakai

The detail on this quilt is a gobsmack, amazing and happy details.

Detail; Merry Christmas II; Aki Sakai
Baltimore Summer, Debra Ramsey

I am only showing two of the many spectacular Baltimore Album quilts from an exhibit. I particularly like how the maker outlined each shape in black hand embroidery.

Detail, Baltimore Summer, Debra Ramsey
Baltimore Summer, Debra Ramsey
Detail, Baltimore Summer, Debra Ramsey

Look at that scale!

Blue, Tsui Hua Chen
Pieces of the Past, Sherry Jagels
Pieces of the Past, Sherry Jagels
Sherbert on a Cloudy Day; Dee Legvold
Detail; Sherbert on a Cloudy Day; Dee Legvold
Whitework Sampler, Gail H. Smith

Beautiful, delicate, so lovely.

30 Celebratory Sawtooth Stars!; Alice Smith, Marnies Chapter
Ruby; Christine Wickert

Divine applique with gorgeous loft.

Nurture Happiness; Harumi Asada
Detail, Nurture Happiness; Harumi Asada

Oh the happy details of this one!

Pathfinder; Kyra Reps

She must have so much fun doing all those dots! She uses the Appliquick method by the way.

A Rose for Sue – A Tribute; Joanne Sorrentino

Sooooo pretty!

Harvest Moon; Shin-hee Chin

I have long admired her work. This is all done by hand, layer upon layer. It was wonderful to see it in person.

Detail, Harvest Moon; Shin-hee Chin
Wintertime in the City; Sarah Entsminger

This sparkled with the variety of hand dyed fabrics.

Blaze; Ruby Horansky
Louis; Marriane Knopps
Touchdown; Karen Hull Sienk
Plant Pot; Tania Tanti
Porcelaine de Chiffons; Sheryl Phipps
When Will It Bee Spring?; Amy Lippitt

There were gorgeous silks in this quilt and it was one of my favs.

Butterflies, Bees, & AlphabeTrees; Janet Stone
Detail; Butterflies, Bees, & AlphabeTrees; Janet Stone
My quilt, Beyond All That.

I got to visit her while at the show. The title refers to pushing beyond our challenges and troubles. No matter how grim the moment might feel, there is something “beyond all that”.

Makers of the Sew Q Laser, a quality add on laser for precision piecing.

This is the coolest dog gone notion!  It has a sturdy mount that will work on any machine and it projects a thin laser line for piecing. If there was a Shark Tank for quilters, they would be stars! Sew Q Laser.

AQS put us up at the Hilton – nice!
My view
Hanging out with Catherine Redford
My new found SAQA friends, Sue Redhead and Normajean Brevik
Had to pet some BERNINAs and visit Kathy
Packing up and there is still sand in my shoes, sigh.

It was a wonderful visit! The show is smaller and friendly with top notch quilts, all in Florida in February. What’s not to like?

The last time I taught at Daytona Beach was in late Feb….2020. Oh what drama as I landed in Sacramento to an empty airport, the atmosphere filled with fear. We are indeed, “beyond all that”.

I’ll be linking up with:

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

Filed Under: Quilts and Art Quilts

Comments

  1. Laceflower says

    March 10, 2023 at 8:57 am

    Thanks for taking us on the highlight tour.

    • Jenny Lyon says

      March 11, 2023 at 10:20 am

      Oh it was my pleasure!

  2. Margret L says

    March 11, 2023 at 9:56 am

    The AQS Quilt Show in Daytona was spectacular. Weather was beautiful. Bubba Gump Restaurant has great food and like you said-service is excellent.
    We live on the other side of the coast and traffic wasn’t too nice, had to go past Disney.

    • Jenny Lyon says

      March 11, 2023 at 10:20 am

      And didn’t feel great to be back at show? I was not familiar with bubba gump’s and thought it would be just another chain restaurant. The bellhop at the Hyatt said it was excellent so I gave it a try and was impressed! Glad you were able to make it to the show!

  3. Margaret says

    March 11, 2023 at 2:09 pm

    Thanks for the online ‘trunk show’ of beautiful work! I was captivated by “Harvest Moon” — the handwork is so complex, so intriguing! And the other two absracts — “Wintertime in the City” and “Blaze” — encourage me because they’re not unlike the turn my work has taken since Covid. I hope you’ll get a bit of time to rest now — if CA uses Daylight Savings Time, which is overnight March 12th, that won’t help your body any! Hugs!

    • Jenny Lyon says

      March 11, 2023 at 2:19 pm

      Oh so glad you enjoyed the show and found it useful also! Yeah, not looking forward to daylight savings time. My body is not sure what time it is.

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