COUNTRY LOG CABIN: International Quilt Festival

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

MORE WONDERFUL QUILTS!

Here are some more quilts from the International Festival of Quilts in Houston, TX. I just wish I had taken my better camera, but at least you can get a pretty good idea of some of the quilts that I liked best. There were so many and my battery ran down. In fact my phone went totally dead. Lesson learned - bring better camera.

Log Cabin Quilt - hand quilted.

Friends of Baltimore - Amazing!!

Texas Gold - one of my favorites!

The description of these next two quilts was too blurry to read unfortunately, so I don't know their names.

This was intriguing - the fabric was folded in each square to make roses.

Milady - another of my favorites!

My First Trip to Baltimore

Nite Owl

This quilt won an award

This quilt was all pieced with what looked like 1/2" pieces!!

Placemat quilt which was part of a special exhibit.

Another award winning quilt

Gorgeous!!

It would have taken days to really study all the quilts to see how they were made, etc. and I only had a few hours, but it was a wonderful few hours! I hope you enjoyed a glimpse of the festival.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL IN HOUSTON

I had always wanted to go to the International Quilt Festival in Houston, but it never seemed to work out, but THIS YEAR, I decided to make it happen. I signed up for a bus (same day) trip for this weekend. I left the house about 5:45 AM and got home at 9:15 PM. We arrived at the convention center about 10:10 AM and had until 4:00 PM to see everything.

I got the pink bag along with my ticket and a show pin along with the price I paid for the bus ride. The first few pictures are the things I bought from vendors.

Some fabrics from Primitive Gatherings.

A Buggy Barn Calendar, new quilting gloves and a pattern.

Thera-Glove (support hose for your hands). Maybe these will help with the tingling and numbness.

OK. Now on to the quilts! First of all, the "BEST OF SHOW" Quilt. I don't know if you can read the description in the picture under the quilt, but it was based on a picture taken at the Dallas Arboretum last December. We saw this boat when we went there with some friends!

I hope you enjoy seeing some of the quilts that I liked best. I didn't always take a picture of the description because I couldn't always get a good view of it. Sorry about that.