West Sound Quilters Quilt Show

Several of our Ladies belong to the West Sound Quilt Guild. Their annual quilt show was held last week at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. Rita J. and Gen had quilts in it this year. They both worked at the show as well. I was impressed with the quality of the show. Below are Rita and Gen's quilts.

 

  Gen's Autumn Splendor

Rita J.'s The First Christmas

Rita J.'s Merry Christmas One and All

Gen's Let's Have Tea

This is Gen's as well. (I didn't get the name of this one.)  

Also in the show was Rita's Welcome to the Pacific Northwest which was posted here on September 13 (take another look). It was made for Rita's daughter Elke and son-in-law Nick. She got a blue ribbon on this one!Congratulations to both Rita and Gen for their beautiful quilts! 

Decorating With Quilts

I was at Kandice's house recently and she let me take pictures of some of the quilts she had out. I think it is fun to have our quilts on our walls and furniture. What do you think?

The pretty arrangement above is on a landing off the stairs.

Her family room is warmed by this quilt.

Isn't her yo yo valence great?

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Below is a quilt Melanie has hanging in her living room over the piano. It is a reminder of their family's trip to Thailand a few years ago.

 My daughter Valerie decided to decorate her office cube with an Asian theme. She found the photo on the right and we made the quilt on the left from it. She liked the way the quilt looked in her living room so much that she decided to hang it there instead of her office. It adds a nice touch.

Some of us have the small wall calendar quilts below hanging in our homes. This was a Relief Society Enrichment project a couple of years ago. Karen J. was the leader of the project who put kits together in GH First Ward.The designs are from Nancy Halvorsen.

Retreat Block Quilts

As you know, it has been our custom at retreat to each make a block for the Lady who won the previous set of blocks. She then decides on a design for the set of  blocks which will be won by the next winner. 

Here are two quilts that I know were made from retreat blocks. Are there anymore quilts out there made from retreat blocks? If so, send them in!!

The first shown is a quilt made by Rita J. from the blocks she won in 2002. It is flannel, soft and cozy.The label says the block design came from Lily.

The second quilt is one I did from blocks I won in 2006. Karen J. suggested the pattern, since she was the previous winner. I call it Pansy Quilt.






The blocks below were being worked on at a retreat awhile back. They are pinned to the "design wall" quilt at the cabin. Whose are they, and did they make it into a quilt?

More Show and Tell

 

We love show and tell. Sara, Gen and Marty show blocks that I think we made for Annie S. This goes back awhile! Below are some other beauties, some recent and some from the past....

 

 This is Sara's new niece on a quilt Sara made for her. So sweet!

 

 Laura with a quilt she was working on at a retreat in May 2008. Tell us about it Laura! Very pretty.

 

Kandice recently finished this pretty little quilt.

Kandice with a bag at the May 2008 retreat.

 

Lilly shows a quilt she was working on at the same retreat. I asked her about it recently and she said, " I am sorry to tell you I haven't done any more on that particular quilt. I started it many years ago with a group I belonged to in Woodinville. The blocks were made from friends in this group. Maybe I can get the  group in Gig harbor to make a few for me. They are four inch blocks.

I have to show and tell you about Snapple...Rita's daughter's dog who joined the Monday quilters singing "Happy Birthday" to Donna recently. Snapple likes to hang out over the edge of the sofa to watch the action.

Karen with the quilt on the right for her daughter at the Monday group Recently. Very nice!

 
Debbie with a gift quilt she was making at the May 2008 retreat.

More Round Robin Quilts From the Past

Gradually I'm receiving more photos of our finished round robin quilts. Thanks for sending them!

 Remember the one above?  Kandice's purses, each one representing a different month. They were fun to make. Double click to see the details.

 

Above is Sara's Gardening quilt. When she sent this to me she said, ". .this is the one where I asked for anything in a garden theme except no Utah type bee hives...everyone thought they were so clever and each made a beehive...I had the last laugh (maybe) and included them all in my quilt.  Included are a few close ups...this was all about the embellishments.

Below is Sara's Around the Block round robin in progress. ............AND it made it to the bed.

 About this one she said, "I'm sending a few closeups of the light alternating blocks where we hand quilted "red" things: watermelon, poinsettia and red sweater with heart buttons and a red tag, among others like apples, strawberries, etc."

For Sara's other round robin quilt, she said, "I went with a tree theme. The background is one of my family's favorite trees." Sara always puts a creative twist on her designs!