The Shopping

Fabric Shack finds - this does not include the SEVEN yards of blanket cloth that found its way into my carry on - somehow!

Maxie checking out my jelly roll, fat quarters, and some great yardage.  I love basketweave fabrics!

More basketweave, some fat quarters from Fabric Shack, and more yardage.  The robots are for the Munchkin, as are the "shark" goldfish.

I wanted to play with some wool work- and this seemed a good way to get started

Shirtings, some great rusts, and the ruler I bought for my class -and beyond!

Doesn't everyone need peanut and monkey fabrics?!????!!

So did you really think I could get through an entire weekend of 300+ vendors AND a trip to the Fabric Shack (WITH a tent sale no less) and not buy anything???

The South Carolina contingent even brought everyone some goodies!!!

Pictures of actual people to follow when I get emailed copies of them (hint hint hint)

The Show

I cannot even begin to sort out the photos on the quilts - there are too many and I took them for so many different reasons.  Some I was able to get the shot of the information card with the quilter's name -and some I was not - so I apologize to anyone whose quilt is shown here that I am unable to name them.

The ones I am showing here are mostly pairs of a broad shot and an up-close of something unique that caught my attention - either texture, content, or something I want to try and was figuring out how to do.

The beadwork on this for the sunflower seeds was incredible.

This is sideways - but I love how this one combined the sun printing of the leaves with the piecework of the overall quilt.

Had to have a turtle.  More info to follow on this one at another time.

This was an oriental design.  I have seen these blocks in a book I have on Japanese style quilt blocks and have them on my list to try.

The book I have uses striped fabric for these - which I don't have much of - but the piecing of the strips is GENIUS!!!  (I already made one of these last night!)

Oh Look - A Squirrel (sorry it is sideways)

Sideways -but the texture and use of fonts and colors in this was inspired.

Of course it was awesome that it had "Queen" in it... no bee though!

Tessellating MOM!  WOW!  I am so going to try this one - for a pillow in my studio.

 

These were INCREDIBLE artists!!!  Some were quilts that I would like to try some day - some were things I would not try but admire -and some just made me go ????????? - but regardless of my reaction to each of them, the skill and artistry on every single quilt was unbelievable!