“Red and White Miniatures” is a special exhibit at the 2016 Austin Area Quilt Guild show. These quilts did not have their creators’ names displayed.
Red and White Miniatures
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It’s Show Time!
The Austin Area Quilt Guild hosts their quilt show this weekend. This year’s theme is “Red, White, and Stars.” I went yesterday and, as usual, came away very inspired.
AAQG 2016 raffle quilt
I bought one ticket in hopes of winning the raffle quilt.
Close up of the AAQG 2016 raffle quilt
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The Best in Show quilt is always fabulous.
“Paisley Park Feathered Star” won Best in Show. Quilt top by Judy Wolff, quilting by Angela McCorkle
Detail of the Best in Show winner “Paisley Park Feathered Star”
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Besides the official judging, attendees vote on their favorite quilt. My vote went to “The Birds Dropped A Sunflower Seed” by Mary Ann Vaca-Lambert.
The Birds Dropped A Sunflower Seed by Mary Ann Vaca-Lambert
Quilt Dreams: Fiction Friday
The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photograph.
Photo copyright Sandra Crook
Quilt Dreams
She dreamed the patterns and colors; later, she sewed. Carlene never knew who the quilts were for until she finished them. The quilts celebrated many events: births, rites of passage, marriages. Occasionally they comforted someone close to the end of their life.
Earthtones in diamond shapes swirled and twirled in the quilt she’d finish today. Tonight her dream would tell her who would be the recipient, and why.
Carlene slow to awaken. It was the mirror who reminded her of her dream. This would be the last quilt she’d ever make, and it was for her, in her last days.
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To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.
Never Say Never
This is the first quilt top I ever made. I took a class at The Quilt Store (now closed) in 1991. (I’m pretty sure it was 1991.) I was just learning how to sew.
A few months ago, I took it to a professional quilter (Mary Golden in Cedar Creek) and got it quilted. Last week I put on the binding.
Yes, 25 years between making the quilt top and finishing the quilt. Never say never, right?
Not Miss Muffet’s Tuffet
Have I mentioned lately how much I like to take classes? I love taking classes. My latest was at Creations, a wonderful quilt fabric shop in Kerrville, Texas. I made a tuffet! There were 14 students and we all finished in plenty of time. I was fretting some on the second day of class, as I am a somewhat slow sewist. I also made lots of mistakes and had to do some tasks more than once. But I made it!
Tresha’s tuffet made with Australian fabrics
I had all my batik fabric strips cut and ready to go before the class started. Then I walked into Creations, saw their tuffet made with Australian fabrics and I knew I wanted to make one of those! And I did!
That means I still have all my batik fabrics already cut, ready to make another one, right? I’m thinking about it, yes, I am.
All 14 beautiful tuffets!
If I could have taken someone else’s tuffet home with me, it would have been the polka dot tuffet.
So fun!
It's a long story ... 