We went to the Paducah Quilt Show today and the quilts were fantastic! They always have the very best. Here are some of my favorites and nature themed ones or ones I think a particular reader will like :-) Be sure to click for the slide show version to see them bigger and closer!
This was one of my favorites: Audubon's Christmas. The quilting behind the birds is fantastic. I wish you could see it up close. I took lots of close-up photos. The woman standing there is the quilter who made it, Kathy McNeil.
These barns were wonderful!
I liked the birds on this one....duck in the middle, quail top and bottom.
Again, I like the birds in the triangles of this one....beautiful!
The strange colored dogs is because this is part of a challenge using a line of fabrics. I've never seen a quilt by Nancy S. Brown that I did not like. She does fabulous animals all the time.
Another great animal quilt! I loved this one so much, you are going to have to look at all my close-ups of each animal :-) The fabric choices were wonderful. This was done by a group.
Two wonderful eagle quilts.
I like anything with flowers :-)
Colorful horses...wow!
I actually took a class with this quilter (Freida Anderson) once, but I sure didn't learn enough to make something this wonderful.
Wonderful lighthouse!
These penguins are another Nancy S. Brown. She has a quilt in this show every year and it is always fantastic, whatever she does. Ahhh.....to be this talented....sigh!
Sheep and other woolly animals.....would like to study this one closer.
I can't begin to describe the detail in this little group of houses and people. One of the very talented Japanese quilters made this for her daughter......tiny, tiny details. (Ayako Kawakami)
Beautiful!
Love the details in this one. This is only a small selection. Lots of other gorgeous quilts. I will hopefully get all my photos put into a slideshow and posted on my quilt blog eventually, but I wanted to share some of them here.
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9 comments:
Oh,my....what a show that must have been...I surely love them all. Of course I loved the barns one, loved the clematis one, and the Jack-in-th-pulpit...the kitty one...oh, I just love them everyone.
Wow! The detail in these is amazing. I keep thinking about the hours and hours of work which has gone into each of these.There are some very talented people out there.
AWESOME... It's amazing what people can do with quilts these days... I'm SO impressed... Love them all--but the ones with the birds really caught my attention... Thanks so much for sharing!
Hugs,
Betsy
Mary these are all so wonderful!!! I really like that first one with the Cardinals!!! Such variety!! There's even one that looks like 'Delicate Arch' in Arches National Park! I would LOVE to see these up close. Are all of the designs appliqued on, or is there some painting done? Is the quilting always done after the design is finished? NO, I'm not going to start quilting, but I'm just interested in how these beautiful quilts are made. Thanks for posting!!!
Thank you for sharing your pictures. I cannot begin to imagine the hours it took to put most of those quilts together let alone the actual quilting. The imagination, dedication and skill to complete quilts like that--Wow!
Absolutely amazing work Mary.
Great art--I could spend hours there also! Why not invite me next year??? Must have been thinking of me when you shot the one that looks like the arch at Arches Natl. Park........
Sister M
Thanks everyone! It was a great show! I have answered questions in emails.
Those are AMAZING. I can't imagine making a quilt like any one of those. What talented ladies.
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