It finally happened. We had a really good rain and the storm was awesome. I love a good storm. The thunder and lightning were amazing - enough that it woke me up in the middle of the night. I laid in bed and listened to nature doing it's thing for quite a while. When I got up (rather late) the next morning it was to see leaden skies. It was beautiful. I had to take a picture. Even better was the fact that the wind wasn't blowing for once. I know we have all been praying for rain and it was with thanks that I listened to the beating of the rain on the ground outside. We don't live on the top floor of our building, so it was weird not hearing the rain on the roof.
I had decided to go to the Quilter's Guild Quilt Show while Grumpy went to the Warbirds Air Show Saturday. The rain was over, but the clouds were still with us. The airshow was going ahead, so he left for his adventure. Me too, only much later in the morning. I have been google mapping a lot lately, so that was my first step. I was pleasantly surprised, and impressed by the talent apparent in the ladies quilt guild. There were some gifted quilters on display as well as lots of merchandise that makes quilting a bit easier than it appears sometimes. I am posting just a few pics from my tour through the show.
This "Wedding Ring" quilt above is done Texas style. If you look at the diagonal square pieces, you will see the local flavor in the fabric prints. It was really a pretty quilt in the actual stitching too. A work of art. So was the "Irish Chain" in the first quilt below. I love stars and so took a close up shot of the star quilting in this one. I can see I have a lot to learn.
In the one above the quilter used fabrics from her and her daughter's dresses to make her squares. What a great way to preserve lots of memories. These next two reminded me of things I knew Nana would like. I love the retro fabrics of the little cowboys and western things. I even have some fabrics similar to these I bought in a Utah quilt shop a few years ago. I can't wait to do something with them now. The animal appliques in the second one below just brought Nana to mind immediately. She made such wonderful quilts for all our babies when they were born. I remember lambs, kittens, ducks, and so on in her works of art. I so wish I had taken pictures of those little blankets we used until they were threadbare.
The two below are Christmas to me. I am definitely going to try something like the stripy one. I love all the fabrics and the cabin feel I get when I look at it. The trees are fun and I liked her use of colors in the fabrics she picked.
Here's just a few more of some of my favorites:
These last three are just impossible to look at without thinking of our love of flip flops, especially Taya and her closet full of flip flops; all the many, and varied Yo's Yo's we have all made (and will continue to make I hope); and our crazy chicken ladies, Tracy and Stacie. I love chickens too, I just don't have any real ones yet. Maybe someday.
No wonder the phrase, "The fabric of our lives" was coined. Fabric is just another way we remember the events and the everyday things of our lives. The prints, solids and textures we choose to surround ourselves with says a lot about our personalities.
Maybe that's why I love fabric so much.
1 comment:
You know, quilting was like journaling way back when...Jeff's Grandma used all of her husbands worn work clothes (shirts and jeans/pants), and old church clothing, coats, everything and turned them into quilts for the family. We used to have one, it was awesome!
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