The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

The San Francisco Quilt Guild Show – 2023

My third quilt show in a row! I took a break and caught the San Francisco Quilt Guild Show on my way to Manteca to teach. They have not had a show since 2019.  The show featured 2 artists, Joe Cunningham and Barb Strick, as well as an Exhibit of yellow quilts from Rodrick Kirakofe’s collection. The Event Center of St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco was an impressive venue that felt like an art gallery more than a quilt show. It was very well done.

It’s always tricky to leave a parked car anywhere in San Francisco. I was teaching the next day so my car was packed with quilting goodies. Even though my SUV has a cover that completely covers the back, I had a little angst. The venue itself was lovely and the parking appeared to be safe. I walked in the door and asked the guild members there if my car was safe and they said well, um, not sure, maybe…. As a result, I blasted through the show and I know I probably missed some sections. Sorry!

Here we go, what caught my eye. There was an entire section that I photographed that I must have bumped something on my phone and the photos were all fuzzy. I’ve only written a few comments – I’m running as fast as I can these days:

Symmetry/Asymmetry, Sumilu Cue, Christine Reiter, Andrea Engebretsen, Jason Horsey, Beverly Mayfield-Sunshine, Mary Spadaro

One of the coolest Round Robin quilts I’ve seen.

Blanc Et Noir, John Maxwell, Julia McLeod, Mary Spadaro, Alex Byrne, Laraine Salmon, Beverly Mayfield
Eleanor Goes Mod: An Homage to Eleanor Dugan, Dani Lawler, quilted by Sue Fox
Psychedelic Log Cabin, Cassandra Mettling-Davis, quilted by Angie Woolman
Golden Gate, Sarah Cain, quilted by Jennifer Smith
Embarcadero, Sarah Cain
Not a Log Cabin, Claudia Shearer
Ennisbrook Triptych, Sam Mcllraith
Ode to Tigers, Cathey Kennedy, John Maxwell, Julie McLeod, Mary Spadaro, Mary Whalen, Alex Byrne, Carolyn Bower
Next Door, Lee Schulstad Williams
Modern Simplicity, Dana Miller
Inspiration: Bento!, Christine Reiter, quilted by Sue Fox
One Of These Squares Is Not Like The Other (Francis’ Quilt), Laureen Neilly
Super Spreader, Susan P Manson
Red #2, Mariana Schwartz
Butterfly Magic, Jeanne Malysiak, quilted by Sue Fox
Savanna Triptych, Lolly Schiffman, quilted by Angie Woolman
Coffee & Cream, Lorraine Woodruff-Long
After the Rain, Michelle Wyman
Circular Logic, Sara Guyol
Undulation, Barbara Strick
Swimming Pool on Lomita #3, Barbara Strick, quilted by Laura Lee Fritz
Dapper Denim Flightsuit; Alex Byrne
Colleen’s Quilt, Laureen Neilly
Japanese Inspiration #13, Janet McDonald
Ochre Mandalas, Judith Epstein-Williams
Fete, Letitia Chung
Hana Matsuri (Flower Fest), Mariko Duenwald

This piece included many dimensional flowers which I loved!

Crosses, Found in Alabama

This was one of my favorites from the show. I am currently being drawn to more traditional quilts with something intriguing about them.

“Laying it on Thick”, James Hunting Hove; from Roderick Kiracofe’s “Yellow” exhibit.

Oh I loved all those fluffy yellow yarn bits hanging from this tied quilt!

Cigar Ribbons, Collection of Julie Silber, from Roderick Kiracofe’s “Yellow” exhibit.

This one was way cooler than my photo shows. Love. That. Yellow!

Memorial quilt by Bonny Brodd Morley who has passed.
One More Border; Andrea Segura Smith; quilted by Becky Allemand
Log Cabins This Way and That; Fern Royce
Homage to Taupe; Cher delaMere
Les Oiseaux d’une Plume; Caroline T Cory; quilted by Sue Fox
The beautiful corridor in which Joe Cunningham’s quilts were displayed.
Michigan Winter; Joe Cunningham
Untitled; Joe Cunningham
Bicameral Lover’s Knot; Joe Cunningham

I’m so glad I got to see this show. I had a great day teaching at the Manteca Quilters guild and as is my current trend, I forgot to take a class photo. The class was packed, a welcome sight. What a vibrant guild with a wide variety of interests and all seemed to be open to new ideas; that makes it so much fun to teach!

Next week I should be back to my “regular programming”.

I’ll be linking up with:

Nina-Marie’s Off the Wall Friday

Comments

  1. Thanks for sharing from SF guild. Some were so beautiful! Glad your parking was safe…

  2. Jenny: Thank you! so much! for your photos from the San Francisco show. It hadn’t crossed my radar yet. This would have been a great show to see live! I’m sorry that some of your shots weren’t shareable. Take care of yourself as you scurry about sharing your quilting joy and talents.