Quilt Show

I went to my first quilt show yesterday. It was sponsored by the Cocheco Quilters Guild, Dover, NH. Their 2012 Quilt Show, Scraps to Treasures, was amazing.

There were so many gorgeous quilts in every size – small, lap, wall, full, queen and every type of craft made with quilted materials, my head was spinning.

I consider myself crafty – I paint, sew, garden, do some cross stitch, and love to create something out of nothing. But, the quilts I saw yesteerday were made by real artists.

The piecing together of fabric for the tops was done with the eye of an artist and the hands of a skilled seamstress. One quilt had over 5,000 pieces with every seam perfectly matched.

Once the quilt tops were finished, some were beautifully hand quilted while others were simply but wonderfully quilted on sewing machines.

But, the majority of the finished quilts were professionally quilted by machine quilting artists who are amazingly skilled in their own field. The beautiful machine quilting patterns on display constituted an art exhibit of its own.

It was a wonderful couple of hours, and I was inspired beyond my wildest dreams.

I hope you enjoy the photos and the small sample of the wide array of beautiful quilts exhibited at the Cocheco Quilters Guild 2012 show.

Beautiful World – a small quilt depicting a simple rural lifestyle.

In Case She Forgets…in recognition of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Striking quilt with hand stitched horse panels made by the quilter’s grandmother and named King’s Horses.

Quilt depicting life on a country farm

Quilt displaying beautiful Maple leaves

American Flag

Splendid Poppies was gorgeous and striking.

This dog was so realistic, you felt you could see into his soul.

A quilt to recognize the ‘silver’ efforts of an athlete in 2012.

Quilt containing beautiful wool flowers.

Cone Flowers and Dragonfly in lower corner of beautiful quilt.

A Tisket A Tasket Quilt in wonderful soft colors accented with small buttons.