Quiltfest -- Genesee Valley Quilt Club Show for 2024 - Part 1

This was a spectacular show so there will be several posts showcasing the many of the quilts.  I deeply apologise if I have gotten any of the names wrong and also the fact that I missed the names on a couple of the quilts.  I could have taken many many more pictures as there were many other outstanding quilts but by the end, I was suffering from camera fatigue!  I also managed to delete a few with my new computer with its picture software which I didn't have totally under control.

This and the next quilt were by Amy Lippitt.  Of course, I am drawn to colorful quilts.

This quilt was done by Antonia Kurt-Hering.

This quilt was by Audrey Pantas.

This quit was by Barbara Konengold.  A friend, who was helping with the judging, said the judges had a terrible time picking the winners of the ribbons as the quilts were so spectacular -- especially the applique ones.

This is by .Barbara Miller.

This quilt was done by Betsey Speer..

These next three absolutely spectacular quilts were done by Carol Manning and I think they were about my favorites in the show.  This one was probably my very favorite!!  The precision and color were just gorgeous.

 

This and all the following quilts were done by Chris Wickert, a prize winning member of our Club who was a featured quitter.  Many of her quilts have won major prizes in national quilt shows.  You can see why!

Finishing Up Some Tops

Finally got the inside of this quilt sewn together.  I will be adding a couple of borders after I do the quilting.  As I no longer have any batting here, it will wait until I head south.  I am pretty pleased with the result.  I found that I really didn't like surrounding the blocks with anything other than white but compromsed on the border.

I actually tried a configuration with half square triangles like I have done previously but again, didn't likee the colored fabrics abutting the "posies".  So I tried this configuration which was okay but didn't increase the overall size of the quilt anymore than surrounding each of the blocks with white sashing which is what I finally decided to do.

Here you can see all 64 blocks completed and basically how I decided to go with for a solution as I really like the individual blocks.

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All the blocks properly sashed.  Like the other quilt, I will first put a white border and then probably some green and maybe a dark purple.  It is currently 38 x 48.

 

I have a ton of 4 1/2  in x 2 1/2 strips cut.  There will probably be several more of these neonatal quilts done before I can use them all up!!  I don't have nearly enough of the 6 1/2 strips cut so that will be next.  

I still have some more blocks to deal with as well  - more stack and whacks.

Back to Stack and Whacks!

I brought a bunch of unmade blocks back from the south figuring I would work on them here -- actually two good sized boxes full!  I have l looked everywhere but can't find a picture of the fabric from which these blocks came.  My first though was to alternate these three color borders along with a couple of other fabrics I had.  These borders are all from my hand dyes,

I didn't like how the above looked so decided I would just border with the light  purple and green and make all the blocks in the middle white.  I had 30 blocks altogether so the arrangement will be 5 x 6 and each block finishes at 8 inches.  I haven't decided what borders to add and won't finish the whole thing until I get back to the beach where my big roll of batting lives!

They aren't sewn together yet but this is how the center will look.  I will be adding probably 3 borders but will have to do some auditioning first.  I will cut the pieces and put them with the top.  I have found for me, it is much better to add the borders after I have quilted the top.

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I still had a piece of fabric large enough for 4 repeats so I cut these blocks much smaller -- 2 1/2 in instead of  4 1/4.  I now have 64 of these to sew up and then more decisions about how to use them!  I like the smaller blocks better and I have loads of the light purple and light green fabric left.  I am thinking of arranging them with half square triangles.  We shall see!

In the meantime, have finally gotten all my quilts and garments ready for our quilt show this coming weekend,  There will be lots of pictures after that!!!

 

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GVQC May Meeting

 

This and the following quilts are only a few of the 35 comfort quilts that were turned in -- I had four of the neonatal quilts in the lineup!

 

This and the following quilts were all part of a presentation on the Language of Flowers by Linda Hunter from Lockport New York.  She had a number of vintage quilts.  This was not all the quilts she showed.

This was done by the Egpytian tentmakers and was stunning!

It is all appliqued on canvas.

The following are a few of the show and tell quilts.  For some reason, the people carrying them only held them up  on the left side of the stage and then folded them up rather than carrying them across the stage so I didn't get picture of many of them.  This one was done by Ruth Ohol and I am sorried I didn't get a better picture. as it was gorgeous as all her work is!!

This is an example of a stack and whack that will be taught at our Fall Migration workshop in October.

This was made by one of our few male quilters in the club.

Each month we have a raffle quilt and this was this month's.  Sadly I didn't win it as it was beautiful!

This is the incredibly gorgeous raffle quilt for this year.  It won an Honorable Mention at the Paducah Quilt Show.  Tickets are still available and will also be sold at our show which is next weekend starting on Friday May 17 and continung through March 19 at the Rcchester Institute of Technology Field House.  There will be 64 vendors and hundreds of beautiful quilts from all over!

Back in New York, Unpacked and Trying To Get Some Tops Finished!

 

I cut up a bunch of fabric when I was down South for stack and whack blocks which I would put together up here.  One of our quilt club members is collecting 24 x 36 inch sized quilts for the Neonatal unit at the local hospital so I figured I had enough leftover batting to make a few.  

I had a ton of these blocks.  I have over 50 more blocks to finish so may make those into a bigger quilt top which I will take back with me.  The guild in the South provides backing which the one  up here does not and I spent enough on the fabric to not want to spend a lot more on batting!  I think this one is prettier in person than in the photo.  I don't have the photo editting software on this computer that i had on my old computer.

I somehow managed to turn this image but you can see it.  Another stack and whack posie set of blocks.  Only had a couple of left after making this one,.

This and the next quilt were made from blocks like the ones in the previous blog.  I still have a couple of bags of strips to make more!

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I have a whole box full of 5 in squares which means there will be some quilts utilizing those before too long!!

A New Computer and Miscellaneous Baby Quilts

Quite a learning curve with my new computer which has a very sensitive mouse pad so I am forever closing down everything!  I also no longer have Picasa which is how I editted my pictures and the one that comes with Google now doesn't do all the things that I used to be able to do.  I had to buy an SD card holder as well so I could transfer pics from my camera to the computer.  This and the next one are two of four baby quilts utilizing this super easy pattern.  The other two just require binding.  I have two more that need some more machine quiting and are different patterns using up some of my random four patches.

This was inspired by quilts seen on Scrap Quilt Enthusiasts on Facebook.  The original one was by a woman named Duckworth so people have taken to calling this a Duckworth quilt.  It is basically a wonky log cabin using scraps of all sizes but pretty much sticking with a consistent color although all different variations.  I show 49 blocks here but I have finished over 100 now.  The blocks are each 6 1/2 in square unfinished.  It took me a while to find a rhythm and a way to do multiple blocks efficiently so that no two are alike..  I will keep going to use up the scraps but just found I have multiple bags of blue scraps that are a little wider.  I packed up my 2 in brown scraps and will make a brown one when I return north.  I have two boxes filled with squares and "kits" to make several tops this summer.

I had all my hand dyed solids spread out sin several large boxes and got sick of looking for what I wanted and so utilized the bookcase in our guest room to store them (husband hasn't notived yet!).  I also wanted to determine what colors I was short on as I haven't done any dyeing this winter as husband took over my garage work table for his tools!  I do need greens and oranges as you can see! 

I am heading north soon so may be short on posts again for awhile.