More great quilts from the Festival of Quilts

Lots of photos of some of my favourite quilts at the recent Festival of Quilts.

And close up

 

And close up

 

The tiniest hexies imaginable - probably finished at 0.5"

 

My finger shows how small those hexies are!

 

I thought this quilt was very clever and beautifully executed. Called "Latinus Stupidii for Quilters" by Moira Neal, Cambridge.  It depicts shelves of plants created in various ways, all with invented Latin names. Each plant is made up of various quilting tools.

 

Close up of the rotary cutter flowers

Cactus using safety pins for the prickles

Collections of small quilts

Amazing New York Beauty quilt - all the points were perfect!

This one reminded me of strata and fault lines in Geology.

 

 

 

 

There was an exhibition of small quilts made by pairing quilters from three countries: The Netherlands, UK & Switzerland. Each pair sent four fabrics to their partner and the partner could add three more fabrics of their own.  The theme for the quilts was CLIMATE.

And the finished quilt.

 

And the finished Polar bear quilt.

 

This one was entitled 'Lost Paradise".

 

This quilt was made by 35 people showing the names of women killed by their partners or ex partners.  Very graphic and thought provoking:

And a close up

 

Finally two entries in the Quilt Creations category:

 

 

My camera started playing up at this point and I took some on my mobile phone.  I haven't downloaded those yet. Perhaps another post as some of those include photos of some of the winning quilts from each competition category.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Festival of Quilts 2017

I spent two full, busy days last Thursday and Friday at the Festival of Quilts at the NEC, Birmingham.

As always there were wonderful Competition quilts, such amazing work on display. I marvelled at the artistic skills as well as the sewing skills of the quilt makers.
I had a problem with my camera so didn't take as many pictures as usual but I will share some with you now:

 

 

Two photos of a very intricately pieced quilt. Great colours, all swirling around the quilt.

I loved this Pineapple quilt.

 

Again, wonderful piecing. I loved how the corners connected into striped squares.

 

 

The following photos were of a quilt called Some Memories, each block depicted a holiday , each one a different scene, country, year the holiday was taken.

 

This is Opua in New Zealand

 

 Another NZ scene, this time with kayaks and, like the previous one, edged with Maori patterned fabrics.

 

Interesting to see this quilt as we had NZ friends with us, and they loved spotting the NZ holiday blocks

 

Again lots of small piecing.

 

 

 

Lots more photos to share, but off to friends for a meal.  Will come back tomorrow with more pictures.