In my third and final post on the Auckland Festival of Quilts, I'll finally show you some of the quilts I really admired.
First up is my favourite - Fabulous Feathers by Carol Newsham. It's a Kim McLean pattern from Glorious Applique, made with Kaffe Fassett fabrics (in my favourite shades) and all hand quilted. All my favourite elements in one quilt.
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| All those ribbons! |
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| look at all that hand quilting |
I just loved this - Carol has done an amazing job with all the applique and the hand quilting.
I'm not sure how this was made, but I think I need to take a class with Rosemary Rush in the near future to find out. I'd love to make something similar myself.
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| My Nearly Insane Journey by Sue Flego |
Yes, four photos of the same quilt, because it looked so different through the lens as I approached it. This stunning quilt was made by Sue Flego. Sue blogs at
Susannas Quilts and clearly has a few more intricate quilts in the pipeline.
My mum is making a Nearly Insane quilt in blue and white, so we took great interest in this one.
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| A Good Man's Quilt by Val Williams |
I love how Val has hand quilted the circles into this quilt. They unify all the scraps she was trying to use up.
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| by Gae van Holst - hand stitched, beaded and hand quilted - see below for more info |
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| Flower Power by Dawn Borovich |
This is a single fat quarter, enhanced with beading and embroidery. Dawn Borovich made it in a class with Allison Smith.
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| Best in Show - Dear Jane by Mary Hawke, quilted by Colleen Burr |
The Best in Show was a Dear Jane by Mary Hawke. It was beautiful, but I don't feel the need to put Dear Jane on my personal to do list. I know many quilters do, but at the moment I can leave this one off. I do feel seriously tempted by Kim McLean Glorious Applique patterns though (see top of this post). Who knows what I'll think in 10 years time though!
You can see a totally different selection of quilts from the Auckland Festival of Quilts on my friend Shirley's blog -
Don't Wait to Create. I love that two people can go the same show and choose very different highlights.
