Quilt Expo time again

I spent yesterday in Madison at Quilt Expo.  This is the show that is put on by Nancy Zieman and the Sewing  with Nancy show as a fundraiser for Wisconsin Public Television.  At the entry there was a table full of post-its available to write a note to Nancy.  What a nice idea!  She has been the driver behind this show since its inception and she is usually buzzing around and often stops to talk with people and sign autographs or take photos.  She was missed yesterday.

The quilts as usual were very beautiful and varied from some simple to the very complex.   The best of show was won by Claudia Clark Meyers and Marilyn Badger.  They are such a phenomenal duo.  Two quilters from the guild in Green Bay had quilts in the show.  One even won a red ribbon and cash prize.

I took a few photos to share.  I also found a few things that made their way home with me.  I had 3 friends with me and my ears were ringing when I got home from all the constant chatter.  What a fun day!

I saw at least 4 Dear Jane quilts.  This was the most unique having the blocks on point and all in B&W with red accents.

The name of this one is One Cake, Two Cake, Red Cake, Blue Cake.  The edges are colorful loops.

 Laurie Ceesay is a hairdresser and all of her quilts are about the hair.

This quilt is a game that quizzes you on the states.  It includes the capitals, flags, birds, mottos, flowers, and other factoids.  It is quilted as a maze with the start point at the tip of Washington.  The border has all the state flowers, flags and birds.  All the answers to the quiz are printed upside down below the map.  So fun and such a great teaching tool.  

 Wisconsin features Cheese, the Badgers, Frank Lloyd Wright, Harry Houdini and water slides.   Wisconsin Dells claims to be the water park capital of the world.

 Indiana shows the Indy 500, Larry Bird, and Dr. Seuss.  

I could have looked at this quilt all day.

Quilt Expo

Yesterday was the opening of Quilt Expo at Madison, WI.  We loaded up the car and headed south for a day of laughter and beautiful quilts and shopping.  I took lots of photos of some of my favorites.  Hope you enjoy them.  Credit is given for the quilts that I remembered to take photos of the accompanying ID's.

 Closeup of rusching in flower centers and tiny crystals inside the circles

 BEST OF SHOW - Red Feathers by Claudia Myers and quilted by Marilyn Badger

 Closeup of Marilyn's quilting

 The space wasn't big enough to stand back and view this quilt.  Orange was big this year.

More Orange.  

 Benedict Cumberbatch deserves a quilt this big.

 I love this shade of blue.  Kind of periwinkle.

 One of my all time favorite quilts from an old time Marie Webster pattern.

Beautiful quilting

 ORANGE!!!  Gorgeous compasses and flowers

 I'm a sucker for irises

 1000 Points from me for Cuteness.  Love this quilt.

 Another fabulous quilt.  I want to make one of these.

 I think she used Texture Magic to get a crinkly 3D effect on the centers.

 Loads of little strips joined together with some fussy cut flowers at the bottom.

 This was everybody's fave.  The buildings were printed on fabric.  The stone bridges were cut from stone fabric.  Everything else appeared to be thread painted.  The people were threadworked on a separate piece of cloth and then cut out and applied to the quilt.  The horse tack was stitched leather that was applied.  There is even a tiny metal horseshoe attached. The fur muffs and collars were needle punched to give them more depth.  I wish I could have gotten some closeups, but there were people clustered around constantly.  You can see more about this quilt and Nancy's many other award winning quilts on her website.  She is one talented lady.