I had a lovely day last Friday. I drove down to Hampton,
Virginia (about a 3 hour drive) to go to the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival. It
was good to see my friend, Alice. She is doing well and it was fun to
see a show with her – just like old times!
If you are ever in the southern U.S. and looking for a quick
bite to eat, stop at a Chick-fil-A. I had a yummy chicken biscuit sandwich
around 9:00 am and it held me until I ate dinner at 5:00 pm. The service at
Chick-fil-A is the best. It is fast food, but they often stop at your table to
offer extra napkins or to get you a refill on your drink. On Friday the gal
didn’t just hand me my tray of food – she walked it over to a table for me. Be
forewarned – they are closed on Sundays.
But I digress. Here are some photos of my favorite quilts
from the show.
Unfortunately, I missed getting the maker of the above quilt.
The above quilt got my vote for “viewers choice”. Feathered
stars! Am I just noticing these more because I want to make one? If you’ve been
reading The Jubilee Quilt Project blog, you know I plan to make a feathered star
as the medallion for my jubilee quilt. I wish I had taken more photos of this quilt.
Hope you enjoyed the show. It was a good day even though I
drove through a thunderstorm on my way home (in February?!!!). There were more
art quilts than I expected and I think more floor space was allotted to vendors
than to quilts. Not complaining! Here is what I purchased –
a wool pincushion
kit, marking tools, hand quilting thread and needles, honeycomb papers and just
7 fat quarters (I didn’t even look at bundles or yardage) and a book. The book is
Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses by Linda Franz of inklingo. I
didn’t even know I wanted this book! I’ve visited the inklingo website before
and found it a little confusing. I’ll have to give it another try. Lucy Boston was a novelist, first published when she was in her
sixties. She sewed and gardened into her nineties. What an inspiration! I haven’t
finished going through the whole book, but from what I can tell it gives
instructions for making Lucy’s Patchwork of the Crosses quilt using three different
methods and how to design your own quilt using the two shapes – the honeycomb
and a square. To find out more about Lucy Boston go to www.greenknowe.co.uk
I’m interested in the English paper piecing because I think
it is the most portable quilting project I’ve ever done. What is your opinion
on this?
