Here's some images from the mini-quilt show at the Women of Cloth retreat last weekend. On Saturday night, we put what we had brought to show on the dining room tables and voted on our favourites. I photographed a few of the ones I admired to share with you.
This New York Beauty by Wilma was stunning. I think it finished at queen size and it has 130 different batiks in it. In previous years, she's brought the blocks along to work on, but now it was completely finished. One of the skiers sharing the retreat space asked if it was for sale (a good eye, obviously, picking one of the best quilts there) but Wilma declined.
This tiny table square by Ann had little circles appliqued on the black -- I think the squares weren't more than 2 inches. A very fun way to use up batik scraps and perfect the hand applique skills at the same time. And I like anything with a black background.
Tina was working on her Grandmother's Flower Garden again this retreat -- the third one in a row at least, and she figures a few more years before it is completely handpieced and handquilted. Click on the photo for more details.
Karen brought her Cathedral Windows work in progress, and was collecting two inch squares from me and others to keep the charm pattern going. Karen (the same woman who helped me with my Words Fail Me quilt) and two other members of my guild are making Cathedral Windows. I admire them, but I'm not sure I could commit to a bed-sized project.
This New York Beauty by Wilma was stunning. I think it finished at queen size and it has 130 different batiks in it. In previous years, she's brought the blocks along to work on, but now it was completely finished. One of the skiers sharing the retreat space asked if it was for sale (a good eye, obviously, picking one of the best quilts there) but Wilma declined.
This tiny table square by Ann had little circles appliqued on the black -- I think the squares weren't more than 2 inches. A very fun way to use up batik scraps and perfect the hand applique skills at the same time. And I like anything with a black background.
Tina was working on her Grandmother's Flower Garden again this retreat -- the third one in a row at least, and she figures a few more years before it is completely handpieced and handquilted. Click on the photo for more details.
Karen brought her Cathedral Windows work in progress, and was collecting two inch squares from me and others to keep the charm pattern going. Karen (the same woman who helped me with my Words Fail Me quilt) and two other members of my guild are making Cathedral Windows. I admire them, but I'm not sure I could commit to a bed-sized project. 
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