Gorge Quilters' Guild Show

The guild show was last week and I got to spend an afternoon at the info table and taking in the sights (and buying stuff). There were some amazing pieces, pictured below.

This creation blew me away, and won best in show so obviously the judges were impressed as well. It was made by Mary Arnold.

The door looked so real and was embellished with beads that were the nails and a metal piece for the door handle.

This one was so warm and cozy. I have always liked the bear paw square. The description for this said she made it out of her dad's Pendleton Wool shirts.

Why I might consider learning to machine quilt. Look what you can do!!!! The blue ribbon is first place for the Mixed Technique category.

and the back! as amazing as the front!

This quilt won viewer's choice! And you can't tell here but it is hand quilted! Numerous comments on the voting cards noted that they were impressed with the hand quilting.

So precise. I am never that precise. Someday. . .

An amish quilt - also hand quilted! It was nice to see more hand quilting this year.

this was made from "molas" from an island near Panama.

And these were made from Guatemalan materials - the guild took a trip to Guatemala last year. I like these and the Panamanian quilt for their use of non traditional American fabric.