National Juried Show 2018

Quilt Canada opened today in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The winners of the National Juried Show can be found HERE.  It's well worth a look!

Winning Quilts from Recent Shows

It's time to check out the winning quilts at this year's International Quilt Festival, Houston. The subject was 'A World of Beauty'. Check them out HERE.

• Find the winners of the Pacific International Quilt Festival HERE.
• In Chicago, the Celebration of Color Judged Show is HERE.
• World Quilt Competition Winners from New England are HERE.
• Sauder Village 2017 Quilt Show Winners HERE. 
• The $10,000 winner of the Handi Quilter Best of Show Award, the International Quilt Festival-Houston. Harmony Within by Sue McCarty of Roy, Utah. 
• In January, I posted about the Tokyo Quilt Festival. See it HERE

Grab a cup of something and enjoy!!

The Winners . . .

Here are the 2017 National Juried Show winners at Quilt Canada, Toronto, Ontario. Amazing work by fabulous quilters!

The Best of Show was won by Colette Dumont for Fleur de glace. Please visit the Canadian Quilters' Association web site and click on each quilt photo to see the quilts.
Congratulations to all the winners and everyone who had pieces accepted into the show - you are all winners.

Meadow Mystery Quilts

I was looking at some of today's mail and came across Meadow Mist Designs. For the last 10 months, they were promoting a mystery quilt contest. To their surprise, 266 quilts and quilt tops were entered! WOW!

You will need a cup of something while you view all the entries. 25 winners were randomly chosen. 

I'm not affiliated with this site but thought you might like to have a look at the quilts.  Check them out HERE.

2017 Quilts of Savannah QuiltCon - and more . . .

Aurifil has a short video and photos of quilts from QuiltCon 2017, Savannah, Georgia, in the  Piecing Category. This show was presented by The Modern Quilt Guild. The link is to their gallery of quilts - a must see!

I quite liked this second place winner, Vertigo by Elaine Poplin.

Vertigo by Elaine Poplin

Aurifil is going to have a full recap of the show tomorrow so that should be interesting!

Other 'stuff'

• Persimon Dreams Project Quilting 
• Free Canvas Tote 
• Thread Storage Box 

Enjoy!      

QuiltCon 2017 Award Winners

The award winners of Quiltcon 2017, have just been announced. Eye candy for sure!!! These quilts are fantastic.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Best in Show

bling
Pieced and quilted by Katherine Jones
Chigwell, Tasmania, Australia
Tasmanian Modern Quilt Guild
@twocatsquilts
98 x 98 inches
Piecing
"Foundation paper pieced from solid fabrics the inspiration for this quilt was a princess cut diamond."

And the Winners are . . .

On January 27, I announced a giveaway on my blog. The prize was a shimmer ornament of choice to two people who commented on that post. Today was the day to pick the two winners and they are Mertie and Jo. Congratulations ladies. An email was sent earlier today.

I use a lot of Angelina in my shimmers.  Here's my newest batch of the fibers. I buy in bulk!

Here are the coloured fibers that are used too. I've had these for awhile as they are added to the white fibers sparingly. As the saying goes: 'Less is more'.

2017 Road to California Winners

Today's Showcase of quilts - the 2017 winners of the Road to California Quilt Show. Eye candy? You bet it is!! Have fun.

Now check out these other Road to California winning quilts:

• Miniature Quilts Road to California winners (Pinterest)
• 2016 Winners 
• 2015 Winners 
• 2014 Modern Quilt Winners   

Best Modern Quilt – Lost in Space by Clare Victor, Palm Springs, CA 2014

2015 Winners in Quilts: A World of Beauty, International Quilt Association

This is the time of year that quilters flock to Houston, Texas for the International Quilt Show! I had the opportunity to go to this show a number of years ago and would love to make a return visit. This show was hugh and the best I've ever attended.

Well, last evening, the winners of this year's event, A World of Beauty, was announced. I am very pleased to see that several Canadians were among the winners. Congratulations to everyone.

Check out the winners HERE.

Enjoy!!

Quilt Canada 2015

The winners were announced today at the National Juried Quilt Show at Quilt Canada 2015, Lethbridge, Alberta. You can see the quilts HERE.  Well worth a look!

Congratulations to all the winners!

November 2nd.

October just flew by. My posts were sparse as I am getting ready for two major Christmas Craft Fairs. As I write this, I am listening to the rain with lots of thunder, accompanied by some lightning. To have this kind of weather here in November, is quite unusual. In fact, the temperature forecast for Tuesday is 21C - I'm not kidding! However, it will only be for a couple of hours and then it is suppose to drop 8 degrees.  

In between work in my studio, I have been looking at some of the quilts on exhibit at the 2014 International Quilt Festival in Houston on Facebook. However, I finally found the official site of the winners! The quilts are fantastic. I envy those who were fortunate enough to attend. I was there in 2001 and it was fantastic.
Enjoy!

2013 International Quilt Association, Houston, Texas

I just read that Elaine Quehl, Ottawa Art Quilter, just won first place for "Curtain Call 2" in the "Art-Naturescapes" category. Congratulations, Elaine!

I took a class with Elaine last year here in St. John's. Her art quilts are just marvelous! Check my past posts HERE and HERE for more on Elaine.

If you want some spectacular 'eye candy', all the 2013 winners at the Houston Quilt Show are posted HERE.

Enjoy!

Quilt Canada, NS, 2012

This is the Quilt Canada 2012, Seams Like Home, weekend, Halifax, Nova Scotia. It will probably be awhile before we see photos of the National Juried Show (NJS) quilts. However, I did find Scrapmaster, a blog from Nova Scotia. There you will find some photos of the quilts from the Mayflower Quilters. Scroll down a bit further and you will see some of the Trend-Tex Challenge entries to Quilt Canada and the Miniature Challenge.

On the Quilt Canada site you can view the winners to the Trend-Tex Challenge HERE and there is a list of the National Juried Show winners HERE (no photos yet).



Enjoy!

Golden Quilter Awards 2012 - Winners

On March 16, I posted about the Golden Quilter Awards 2012. I had forgotten all about the winners until a few minutes ago as I was surfing the web. You will find the winners and their links HERE.
Enjoy!