Pacific Int’l Quilt Festival, 2023, Part 1
I have been attending the Pacific Int’l Quilt Show almost every year since 2006, yet I get excited about it every time!
This year had a wrinkle. I had just come back from a 5 day event and was also prepping for Houston. About an hour into the show I began to feel overwhelmed. I knew I needed to take my loss and start the 3 1/2 hour drive home. I needed to listen to my body. As a result, I drove 3 1/2 hrs, stayed for under 2 hrs and then drove home. I know I missed entire sections of the show. But I did get a lot of great photos!
I am feeling a bit overwhelmed still and when it came time to pare down my photos for a single post, I just couldn’t do it. So you’ll get 2 posts full of fabulous! Part 2 here.
Here we go, in no particular order, with occasional comment:
Remembrance; Judith Phelps
Detail, Remembrance; Judith Phelps
1909 Rous Zindandel Ancient Vine; Diane E Mitchell
Multitasking; Kathleen Bovee
IRIS II; Velda Newman
I can’t quote the size, but guessing, 30′ x 10′? Hand. Quilted! It was a coup just to get a shot without anyone in it.
Call Me Audrey; Patricia Jordan Rutan
So elegant.
Sea Life; Sandra Cronauer-Mitra
Those edges!
Log Cabin Nostalgia; Mariko Duenwald
Beautiful details.
Sashiko Quilt; Pattie Klimek
Contraption; Karen Foster
Magic Beans #2: Eden; Jan Soules
My fav of Jan’s so far!
Curvalicious; Darla Parks and Roxanna Herder
Childhood Memories; Noemi Simonelli
Fractured Cat; Therese L. May
Therese continues to innovate. She was part of the very beginning of the art quilt movement in the 80’s!
P is for Poppy and Periwinkle; Kathie Kerler
So charming in person.
Cabin Sunrise; Chris Batten
Love that Baptist fan motif.
Sharp Dressed Man; Julia McLeod
One of the quilts that I might have chosen if I had a “Judge’s Choice”.
I Fell Up; Andrea Barrett
Irish Wool Garden; Inger C. Blood
Show stopping texture.
Cleopatra’s Treasure; Marilyn Badger
You have to see this in person – the detail, the color!
Sunken Citadel; Karen Eckmeier
Symmetry/Asymmetry; Sumilu Cue with Christine Reiter, Andrea Engebretson, Jason (last name not in my photo), Beverly Mayfield-Sunshine, Mary Spadaro; quilted by Sue Fox
Project Sue-Prise; Catherine C Sherman
La Vie En Rose; Judith Craddock
Bathroom Tile Improv #1; Randa Mulford
Stages of Life; Sandy Curran
Guatemalan Exploration; Kathrin Brown
Supraspinatus’ Swan Song; Margaret E Solomon Gunn
Another that I hope you see in person someday. The edge treatment alone is phenomenal. BTW, supraspinatus is a shoulder tendon, something Margaret recently had surgery on.
Whimsical Yo-Yo Village; Marilyn Barrett Spiegel; quilted by Lin Squires
Unoccupied Spaces; Deborah Ryan
Main Street Tonopah; Leann J Hileman
Mesmerized; Joan Costello
Peony, In a Field of Her Own; Jane H Haworth
Gratitude; Jan Reed
Spring Joy; Jan Courtney Millner
Gingko Leaves; Kathy McCormick
Reflections III; Karen H Sienk
Oh that color.
Poppies on the Tiles; Cara Lamb
Tile quilt! There are so few of them.
Canyon #3; Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
Heavenly Bamboo; Stephanie Nordlin
I’ll be posting part 2 shortly; both will be linked at:
Oh Jenny! Thank you, thank you for sharing! I’ve never been to the show but oh my! I’m keeping your email so I can keep reviewing the photos……and, wise woman you are to listen to your body and mind!!!
You are welcome Nadine! Enjoy those quilts.
Thank you so much Jenny. I had cataract surgery just before the show started and couldn’t make it this year which made me so sad. I’ve been to almost every show since it started. What incredible work these people have done.
Yes! But good for you that you have new vision! Maybe you can make it next year.