AQS Quilt Week - New England

Last Friday Hubby and I traveled from our home on Long Island to Hartford, CT to check out the American Quilter's Society's quilt show. Oh my there were so many beautiful quilts to see. I will show you some in this post and some more next week. I took so many, many photos. Yes, this post is long and photo heavy.

This is the Best In Show quilt called The Sample Book Quilt by Pat Holly of Ann Arbor, MI.

Look at the tiny details of each block! Those green leaves can't be more than half an inch long.

This quilt won for Best Hand Workmanship. It is called Happy Days by Aki Sakai of Tokyo, Japan. Zoom in to see the amazing details. Wow!

Hubby got in the photo of Best Wall quilt. It is The Man Lost in His Memories by Marina Landi & Fabia Diniz of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

This quilt won Best Original Design. It is called Photographers by Hiroko Miyama & Masanobu Miyama of Nagano, Japan.

The details of the little dog and bird just blew me away.

What was quite interesting was the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Quilt Project. 

This project consists of 52 individual quilted panels that form the river when placed side by side. It was crafted to ensure that the water flows seamlessly from one quilt panel to the next as you can see below.

Even though modern quilts are usually not to my taste, this one called Overprint appealed to my love of symmetry and geometry. 

It was made by Betsy Vinegrad of Short Hills, NJ.

You know that I love Log Cabin quilts, so Cabin in the Sun made me smile. This quilt was made by Danielle Boucher of Salem, MA. What a unique idea!

There was also an exhibit called Healing Hearts & Honoring History: The QOVF Semiquincentennial Tribute. Here are just a few of the 25 quilts on display.

You can see that many quilters used the same central panel yet the quilts are quite different.

There were some without that panel also. I just love this quilt below.

The eagle below was magnificent!

There are many, many more quilts to show you, but I will stop here for now. Hubby has always thought that the quilts that I make are show worthy and maybe they are for a local show, but now he understands that these quilts are masterpieces.

I am 3/4 of the way done with quilting my granddaughter's I-Spy quilt. 

There are no folds in the backing this time. I pinned it more densely and adjusted as I went along when the fabric wasn't taut enough. I expect to be searching for binding fabric next week. I am hoping I have something suitable in my stash. 

The buildings of Cinnamon House are almost done. I am working on the chimneys now. 

One short sock is completed and one more is on the needles. 

I feel like a sock expert now! I find this knitting to be very relaxing and satisfying.

Since we were already halfway there, we continued on from Hartford to Boston to visit our daughter and her family and help out some while her husband was away for work. We enjoyed some quality family time at a local Mini-golf course.

 

When we returned home there were some more daffodils and tulips in bloom around our house and yard.

If you are still here after this long post, I hope you enjoyed it.

I will be joining Frederique at the Quilting Patch on Saturday and Kathy for some Slow Sunday Stitching. Take some time to relax with a cup of tea or coffee and pop on over to their sites to see what other bloggers are stitching.

Thanks for stopping by!