Time Away

This week's blog is a little late in coming out. I have been out west the past few days.  My husband and I went to bless our newest granddaughter. This little sweetie is just two months old and managed to capture our hearts. I am so happy we got to go meet little Winry.

We spent the rest of the time spoiling her and her big sister, Viri.  And spoil them we did. In fact, Viri told her Mother that Grumpy will buy her everything. This sad little girl did not want her Grumpy to leave.  It was so hard to leave them behind.

While we were visiting, there was a small tri-county fair. We went and had a good time seeing the entries and going on rides.  For an area that has two quilt guilds, I was surprised that there weren't more quilts entered. I counted 11 quilts, 2 table runners, and 2 wall hangings.  We all had a favorite quilts.  Arianna's was the giraffe quilt.

I liked the start quilt, although the colors were a little subdued for my usual tastes. the colors still worked together well. I also liked the actual quilting. It was a pantograph in a very pretty star and swirl pattern. 

I also liked this Christmas quilt. This strip quilt that reminded me of a one sided log cabin had little fussy cut squares that had birds on them. The rich colors really grabbed your attention.

Perigrine pointed out this very colorful wall hanging that looked like it may have been paper pieced. The dark background and bright multi-colored rings were really awesome. I especially liked how the rings went right off the edge,

But Perigrine, Arianna and I all agreed this last quilt was the most stunning. Of course I didn't get a really good picture of it but I am including it anyway.  This medallion quilt may not have been perfectly pieced but it was very impressive.  When I say it was not perfectly pieced, I am being very judgmental.  We were inspecting the quilt to see how it was put together and what fabrics they used. We saw some very tiny matching errors. Nothing I would ever have noticed if we hadn't been trying to figure out the pattern.  I wish they had listed the pattern name on the entry description.


The last two items I saw were not in the quilting section.  These were listed in recycling.  They appeared to be small quilt tops that were never finished.  One was a crazy quilt that was put in a frame. The other was a bow tie quilt that was put in an old window frame.  I thought that this was an excellent idea for projects that didn't quite get finished or you inherit from someone else.

 I think this was an excellent idea for those non-quilters who have small quilt tops that need finished. Or even a quilter who didn't like the pattern enough to do a whole quilt.

With fair season going all over I encouraged you all to go see the quilts and get some inspiration.