Chadron Quilt Show

I took photos of my favorites - Below is my friend Carol, with her stunning Pineapple Quilt.  She won 2nd place in her category.  It's in batiks, -- and absolutely beautiful.  Of particular interest is the border which was made of "O" pineapple blocks that originally, were to be included in the center of the quilt.  Carol decided to cut them in quarters and make a border of them.  We are all amazed at how the border turned out!  It undulates around the quilt perfectly, even at the corners! 

This belongs to Lari, another friend - the stars are so warm and cozy, made even better by Carol's (above) quilting.  This is another addition to my stack of future quilts I want to make. 

 The theme of the show was "Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend."  This was a scrap quilt that was unusual -- I LOVED it's unusualness!  Wonderful use of her scraps, and made differently than I've made.

Here's a close-up of the simple block. 

Here is another similar scrappy string quilt  - I LOVE it as well!  The background on this one is pale blue.  It may have been made by the same person - not sure. 

 

I brought 2 quilts, neither of which deserved attention, but I wanted to add them to the mix.  We never know when a quilt will inspire the next person.  

This was a lovely 3-day show - with demos, Trunk Show, and Vendors.  Chadron is a small college town in the Nebraska Panhandle- they always have a very nice show. 

I just love looking at it!

This is "My Log Cabin in the Forest" .... reminding me of when I lived near Smoky Mountains, and rode my bike thru Cades Cove, loving the trees, hills, vines and leaves, and enjoying views of old cabins, some with falling down fences around them, foliage climbing up and thru the rails.  Do you see the "fence" around the log cabin buildings? 

I was airing it out before taking it to a Quilt Show, and remembered how much I LOVE looking at it over the deck rail.  This quilt is square, about 86" x 86". 

"Bank One - 3700" DONE, a split 9-patch

 

Finally done - I started this in November 2015, and it kept growing.  I said I wanted to use purple and orange, knowing the combination was unusual, but I knew it would work.  There are slightly less that 3700 pieces, but it was not difficult construction, as the entire process was streamlined.  And because the pieces are small, I could blend many scraps.  "Bank One" was embroidered on a lovely blue shirt given to me - see all the beautiful glowing blue color?  -- that shirt fabric was too good to discard. 

My husband looked and looked at the finished quilt and then HORROR came over his face when he realized there are some "odd" layouts to this quilt.   He said I messed up!!!   I laughed because that is exactly what I had planned.  At first it looks like an ordinary layout, but I wanted to "trick" the viewer exactly the way I tricked DH! 

 I did straight line walking foot MQ'ing in the darks and swirly motifs in the lights.  The border is pieced, and MQ'ed with "innies and outies" all around.  It's 304 blocks, 68" x 79" , and I put that info on the label. 

Thanks Jackie Robinson for her DVD and engineering plan!