Here is the next installment of my coverage of the Arizona Quilters Guild Quilt Arizona! 2023 Quilt Show.
Katherine O’Brien remade an old quilt top, replacing 60 damaged hexagons. Hand-quilting it proved challenging because of inconsistencies of size and shape of the hexies, but she still managed to earn Third Place in the Time Span category.
In quilting parlance, a UFO is an un-finished object. This quilt top was pieced more than a century ago. Cindy Seitz-Krug fell in love with it, purchased it, assembled it with with backing and batting, and machine-quilted it (free-motion).
My daughter, who is the mother of our twin granddaughters born on Valentine’s Day, loves bees. In fact, bees are the theme of her daughters’ nursery. The walls are painted yellow, with a gray accent wall. She has lots of bee accessories for the girls.
When I saw Honeycomb, I felt ashamed, because this is exactly the kind of quilt I should have made for the babies. <Sigh.> Oh well. My quilt tops are done. I’ll post pictures after they’re quilted. They are not as nice as this.
Isn’t the machine embroidery gorgeous? (I don’t have that skill set.)
More lovely machine embroidery.
This one made me smile.
This is a copy of an historic quilt in the collection of the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. Jan Duistermars found the pattern in Block of the Month format. It took her seven years to finish the appliqué blocks and construct the top.
I liked this quilt even before I saw the title. Each block is a representation of the high and low temperatures of a day in 2021 in Sedona, Arizona. The color key is on the back. (I so wish I had taken a peek!) I love the curved lines. I would never have thought to design it this way. Very pleasing.
Come back to ARHtistic License on Saturday for the final episode of my coverage of the Show. Have you seen Part I and Part II?
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Some amazing quilts here!
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SOOO many things to talk about in this post!!! I love the idea of the “Time Span” category!! What a fun way to recognize that old tops need to be finished. I also love the machine quilting on an old top. I have several from my Mom and Grandmother that I have been hesitant to quilt by machine, but seeing this one makes me realize that they need to be finished and loved. I can’t wait to see your Grandbaby quilts!! They will be carried around, played on, pooped on and greatly loved. The “Garden in my Home” may have given me an idea for the Monarch Challenge from Cherrywood. Finally, I love the temperature quilt!! They used to be so boring but people are truly stepping up and making some amazing quilts. Thanks so much for sharing all of these…..
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Oooo, you’re entering the Monarch Challenge! I can’t wait to see what you come up with.
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So many wonderful quilts! Thanks for sharing : )
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I agree with Frances — I have a bunch of vintage tops that I am very slowly hand-quilting, because I thought machine quilting would not look right. But that 100+ UFO demonstrates that it can look amazing!
I also love A Garden in My Home — I often feel guilty for not actually gardening, but a quilt garden lasts forever and never needs to be weeded, so time spent on a quilt like that would be well-spent!
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I love your reasoning about the garden quilt. 🙂
And, yes, I agree that old quilt tops can be machine quilted, especially if it’s done so skillfully and with appropriate traditional patterns. (Not that some innovative patterns wouldn’t turn out beautifully as well.)
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Sedona Temperatures is really unique!
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