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Monday, November 5, 2012

International Quilt Festival – Houston 2012, Part 2


I took many photos of the marvelous quilts at International Quilt Festival 2012  – Houston last week, and will be sharing them with you in batches this week. Some are ribbon winners, and others are not, but these are the ones I loved best … and it is a big honor to just get a quilt into this show. This year, generous sponsors gave prizes totaling more than $90,000. Enjoy!

Silk by Hollis Chatelain$5,000 Superior Threads Master Award for Thread Artistry
sponsored by Superior Threads
Silk (detail) by Hollis Chatelain$5,000 Superior Threads Master Award for Thread Artistry
sponsored by Superior Threads

Imagining India by Pat Holly
Second Place – Innovative Applique
Sponsored by EZ Quilting by Simplicity Creative Group

Monday Morning by Frances Holliday Alford & Mara Novak

The Jennings Homestead by Suzanne Mouton Riggio
& 26 members of Milwaukee Art Quilters

Honorable Mention – Group
Sponsored by APQS Quilting Systems
ElaTED by Ted Storm
$7,500 Founders Award
sponsored by International Quilt Festival

ElaTED (detail) by Ted Storm
$7,500 Founders Award
sponsored by International Quilt Festival
Hot Africa by Janneke de Vries-Bodzinga
$7,500 World of Beauty Award
sponsored by eQuilter.com
Hot Africa (detail) by Janneke de Vries-Bodzinga
$7,500 World of Beauty Award
sponsored by eQuilter.com
First Day of Summer
by Sonia Bardella

Viva Quilt by Noriko Nozawa

Viva Quilt (detail) by Noriko Nozawa

Panta Rhei-Al is Flowing by Anita Welty

I Got Lost
by Masanobu Miyuama

Tea Fairy House
by Jamie Fingal

Hoot Are You, Hoot Hoot
by Sherry Glidden

Third Place – Art/Miniature
Sponsored by Quilting Arts Magazine

My Inner Raven by Cat Larrea
First Place – Art/Miniature
Sponsored by Quilting Arts Magazine

Fifteen
by Camilla Watson

Color My World… With Quilts!
by Sharon Schlotzhauer
Second Place – Art/Miniature
Sponsored by Quilting Arts Magazine
Rustys New Teddy Bear by Tonya Littmann
$250 Judge’s Choice (John Flynn)
Sponsored by Jackie’s Anamas Quilts

Berne House Quilt
by members of the Bernese Quilters, Switzerland

 2012 IQA Raffle Quilt
Yellow Rose of Texas
by Martha A. Nordstrand & Stevii Graves
Quilted by Meredith Gretzinger-Rotlisberger

Vitamin C by Helena Scheffer and Marion Perrault

Hidden Treasures by David Taylor
Third Place – Art-Pictorial
Sponsored by AccuQuilt


My Gentle Giant – “Ben by Patt Blair
$5000 Pfaff Master Award for Machine Artistry
Sponsored by Pfaff Sewing Machines

Fiesta Mexico by Karen Kay Buckley & Renae Haddadin
$5000 Maywood Studio Master Award for Innovative Artistry
Sponsored by Maywood Studio
Fiesta Mexico (detail) by Karen Kay Buckley & Renae Haddadin$5000 Maywood Studio Master Award for Innovative Artistry
Sponsored by Maywood Studio
Prairie Fire by Ruth Powers
$5000 Fairfield Master Award for Contemporary Artistry
Sponsored by Fairfield Processing Corporation

Créme de la Créme by Bonnie Keller$5,000 Robert S. Cohan Master Award for Traditional Artistry
sponsored by RJR Fabrics
Créme de la Créme (detail) by Bonnie Keller
$5,000 Robert S. Cohan Master Award for Traditional Artistry
sponsored by RJR Fabrics

Friday, November 2, 2012

International Quilt Festival

It is rather surreal to be here having fun at International Quilt Festival while so many of my fellow Americans are suffering after the wrath of hurricane Sandy. My thoughts are with those of you who have been affected. I lived and worked in the NYC-NJ area for several years after I graduated from college, and my heart breaks to see what has happened there. I will be making a contribution to the American Red Cross, and urge you to consider doing the same.

That said, here are photos from International Quilt Festival in Houston.

I took a great class with the queen of Baltimore Album, Elly Sienkiewicz:


Had a great Mexican dinner with some old friends, and some new ones (that's Kelly Jackson of I Have a Notion showing off her dinner, and ribbon-winning Ruth Powers in the background):


It was fun to hear the big winners talk about their quilts at the Winner's Circle luncheon:





By Wednesday, the vendors had all set up their booths:


I have a piece in the "Rituals" exhibition:


The wonderful Karen Bresenhan, Founder and Director Emeritus of International Quilt Festival:


My friends Liz and DeLane are having a blast at their first Festival:


Victoria Findlay Wolfe with her brand new book!


Somehow, I always run into Maggie Winfield at Festival -- but she's hard to miss!


Look at her great collaged shoes!


Jan Girod and Kristen Girod Rodriguez of Fiber on a Whim:


Lynne Koolish demonstrates how to use materials in C&T's new Artful Fiber pack:


Liz Kettle has a book hot off the presses!



Cynthia England demonstrates how she stitches together her spectacular creations:



I volunteered at the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative, which raises money for research:



Susan Lentz with some of her Decision Portraits on display:


Liz and DeLane in their fascinators for Quiltapalooza:








Pat Sloan delivers a huge suitcase of Aurifil thread to one lucky winner.


Bonnie McCaffery prepares to shoot The Quilt Quine, a longarm quilter from Scotland who made this Quilted Yurt.






Bonnie McCaffery interviews Leslie Tucker Jenison and Jamie Fingal about the "Rituals" exhibition they curated. They are standing in front of their pieces.


I've taken many photos of the quilts that I will share with you once I get home!

Location:Houston, Texas