I went to a quilt show this morning in St.Catharines. I think it was my first ever so I really didn’t know what to expect. There were lots of…quilts. Maybe I’m spoiled by hanging around the workroom and admiring fantastic quilts on etsy and flickr, but it seemed to me that a lot of what I saw was out dated. Yes, the workmanship was amazing, no doubt about it, but the colour choices and fabrics themselves seemed dull and uninspired. I’m really no fan of earth tones or pastels and those dominated.
For me, the best part was the antique corner showing off beautiful work from women in the area made around 1930. The first one is a hexagon quilt, pretty much my favourite thing there. Each hex was about 1″ across, all hand pieced.
The next one is tiny silk diamonds with fancy hand embroidery. So pretty!
And my absolute best quilt of the day, tiny squares with the red and white border. This one really spoke to me, the colours, the pattern, everything about it.
Perfect.
My mom made me a quilt similar to that last one that I love!! actually it’s not even similar looking at it now…it just has squares.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bennynerd/5337531949/
Erin, that quilt looks great! But I have to warn you: I think there is an alien of some sort sitting on it.
I went to a quilt show recently. You are quite right, a lot of the new stuff is dated, with few new ideas or fabrics. Because we now have machines, do not need them as blankets any more, and do not have to do all the laborious work, it has become much more of an art form. And I did see 2 or 3 amazing ones, that I would have happily bought. I wish I had your patience. Access to the workroom must be so useful.
hahaha yeah, the pup is a special looking boy. Some cross between pitbull, french bulldog or chihuahua it would seem. Maybe part bunny.
He is freakin adorable! Mix breeds ftw!