#43 Right Hand of Friendship
I decided to use the Foundation Paper Piece method for this block, although it would have been easy enough to do using traditional piecing!
These past several days Brisbane has been host to the annual Queensland Quilt Show! It is a big day out as I live over 2 hours away from Brisbane and had to get up at 0400 (or 0500 daylight saving time). This year four of us ventured north and had a great day.
I also met up with a fellow blogger Teresa from All Things Vintage, you can visit her here http://allthingsvintage-teresa.blogspot.com/ it was wonderful to finally meet, she is a very creative lady who makes the most gorgeous teddy bears!!! I got a bit distracted and didn't get my camera out to get a pic of all of us, too busy talking LOL!!!! But after all the excitement settled I did get photos of some of the beautiful quilts that were on show. There were a lot of art quilts this year, the talent of these quilters/artists is just amazing.
There were also several Oriental themed quilts as well!
There was a whole display of these beautiful Shibori miniatures! The beautiful subtle colours of this Indigo dye technique gives a wonderful vintage feel to these unique pieces!
Just love the beautiful Sashiko embroidery stitching in this piece!!!
This Chinese inspired quilt was so intricate in its designs too, incredible work!!!
Love this little Willow Pattern as well! I can imagine the number of hours it would have taken to create this little masterpiece!
Next post I will show you some gorgeous mini scenic quilts and some traditional quilts!
I hope you have enjoyed seeing some of what the Queensland Quilters had to offer this year!
Hope you find time to do some stitching during your busy week!
Take it easy,
Merilyn
8 comments:
Wonderful trip out with some friends and attending a quilt show, no less!
Fabulous quilts for sure. Although I can appreciate the amount of work that the quilters have put into it, art quilts are just not my thing. I think I am this old gal preferring things from the past! :)
Hello Merilyn, I too will the CW blocks each week...enjoyed the photos of the display of quilts...I have a fondness for the indigo blues and the sashiko stitching....Regards, O'faigh
thank you for sharing the quilt photos I love seeing what quilts people are making all over the world. Just beautiful.
love your blocks, I wish I would have started making them from the beginning.
kathie
I hadn't thought about that - the CW BOW is nearing the end. You have done a great job keeping up. I'm always impressed by your beautiful blocks. Do you think you will put them together soon after?
Looks like that show was worth the drive. That mariners compass truly vibrates! Love the willow pattern quilt - very soothing with all the blues. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for taking us with you to the show. It is always a pleasure to see so many wonderful pieces of work in one place. And it is always a bonus to meet some new friends.
Thank you for sharing these innovative quilts. I am off to the Houston show the first week of November to see what they have to inspire.
WOW, what a beautiful assortment of quilts. THanks for taking us along to the show - looks like it was great fun.
Love your block too!
The Brisbane show had some beautiful quilts displayed I see. Love looking at quilt show photos. Thanks for sharing with your readers.
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