Sue as well as I made our means downwards to Salem to for the Oregon State Fair yesterday. The twenty-four hours started out cool, but warmed nicely until nosotros were inwards brilliant sunshine yesteryear the fourth dimension nosotros headed for home. We headed commencement to the quilts...
I'm afraid I didn't practice a real skillful chore taking pictures of the identifying notes for the quilters inwards this grouping I'm most to exhibit you. In about cases, they were hung high overhead, as well as thus I couldn't read them anyway. Nevertheless, I experience compelled to apologize to the quiltmakers for my failure to recognize their efforts beyond posting them hither equally about of my favorites from the fair.
This commencement 1 was form of a dissimilar accept on an I Spy quilt. The petty I Spy pieces were made inwards the cast of blocks resembling instant Poloroid photographs. It's a clever idea.
This 1 was made inwards answer to a challenge at my erstwhile guild. The topic of the challenge was "Home is Where the Heart Is."
This adjacent 1 was interesting to me because of the leafage blocks. I won a lay upwards of these blocks inwards the Block Lotto several years ago. Mine went to my friend Marei because I was close sure enough I would never practice anything amongst them. I liked what this quilter did.
Here's the storey behind them.
There were several Violet Craft patterns on display.
And the cats were well-represented.
This block wouldn't last difficult to reproduce.
Pretty.
Sue as well as I both loved this one. We belike spent to a greater extent than fourth dimension inwards forepart of this 1 than whatever of the others. I didn't honour which ribbons it received, but champaign a commencement position as well as a segmentation win. That mightiness last a best of exhibit ribbon equally well.
Here are about of the details.
This one's for you, Padsworth.
This is a whole textile quilt, most king-sized. I was impressed that it was quilted on a domestic sewing machine.
In about cases, I merely loved the quilting. These are complimentary motion quilted sunflowers.
Dia de los muertos.
Here's an interesting accept on a binding. I looked at it for a few minutes. It appears to last made inwards 2 pieces. Now I want I'd looked at the back.
Oh, as well as whose quilt is this? We'd looked at all the quilts as well as were downwards to the final alcove. I yet hadn't seen my own, as well as I was getting a petty panicky. They were dorsum inwards the farthest corners, as well as I didn't run into them at first.
Here are the Quilting Snowladies.
I enjoyed watching these women looking at each private block. I don't know if they were reading the caption or looking for the cats.
From there, nosotros looked at the canning. There's something most seeing the canning at the fair that uninspires me. Seeing all those half-eaten jars amongst petty stickers for ribbons...I don't know...each twelvemonth I intend I'll larn inwards something adjacent year. Then I run into those hapless petty jars, as well as I alter my mind.
We did savour the floppy-eared bunnies.
And the rastafarian goats.
Look at these two...it's skillful to lead maintain a friend.
When nosotros got dorsum to my house, I showed Sue our bench. She hadn't seen it inwards the flesh before. Of course, a selfie was a requirement.
Definitely skillful to lead maintain a friend.
So, later on Sue left, it was tempting to tin something. But as well as then I view most boiling as well as cutting as well as slicing as well as dicing, as well as I grew tired without fifty-fifty starting. Instead, I lay downwards for a long nap. I lead maintain no regrets. Today, I'll last dorsum at it. Hoping to larn at to the lowest degree 3 batches done because tomorrow (cue Jaws music) tomatoes arrive.