Eye candy

The Mennonite Central Committee quilt show ran this weekend -- I had my newly-completed Ecumenical Squares in it (left) and I'm posting some of the others I admired. I like the use of the bold prints in the lime green one at right here.

This one was a beauty -- it combined old Dresden Plate blocks with pieces of embroidery in a new quilt. The maker designed it for her sister-in-law's wedding, and used the sister-in-law's grandmother's patches. It was a great combo of old and new.


This beauty is 110 years old, and the owner put on a new black velvet border. A few of the silks have worn through, but otherwise it is in beautiful condition. The maker never put a backing on it, so we could peek at the embroidery stitches on the foundations underneath. You can see a bit of my Silk Amish Strings (no. 21) just at the left. I spent much of my weekend volunteering at the event, and we had many appreciative lookers.