What a Quilt Show!

The Pacific International Quilt Festival was in town and I went with a few friends to check it out.  Wow!  This was advertised as the largest quilt festival on the West Coast and this was no exaggeration; we quickly realized we didn't give ourselves enough time to see all the fabulous quilts that are really works of art.

                                                                         
Here is some of what we saw:

This quilt was Best of Show:

                                                                   
The lady who made this is from Wyoming and has been quilting for 6 years, has four children and sewed this on a 20 year old sewing machine - amazing!  Four children and still finding time to crank this out on an  old sewing machine.  I didn't dare ask her if she home schooled her kids.

Even the back was beautifully done:

 

I love the colors and design in this quilt:

                                                                     
A lovely begonia quilt:

                       

                                                                                                                                                     

This quilt won best machine workmanship for a traditional quilt:

         

     

       

   

             

 

Kaffe Fassett's book was featured at several of the booths:

                                                                                                                                      

A really great afternoon....