Celestial Showers
86" by 86"
Celestial showers of
stars. of amber and gold, with cloud formations
and wind currents. Drafted a broken star and used a collection of batik
fabrics
to make
the star. The background is a batik also. Drew the feather designs
and my
husband said it made him think of swirling clouds and wind currents
with the
stars in the sky. Free motion machine quilted with a Bernina
machine, echo feathers, echo quilting around the feathers,
circles, sashiko, and
stippling.
I used a Hobbs wool batting and YLI silk thread on front and back for
the quilting.
Piping was added before the binding was applied.
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XVIII Hampton,
VA 2007
Traditional Quilts--Best Machine Workmanship Award
American Quilting Society Quilt Show Paducah,
KY 2007
Juried into the show
Minnesota Quilters Annual Show Minneapolis, MN 2007
Large Traditional Second Place
Rockome Garden Quilt Celebration 2007 Arcola, IL
Pieced/Applique/Mixed Techniques Machine Quilted
Third Place
Quilts: A World of Beauty Houston, TX 2007
Merit Machine Quilting Honorable Mention
Road to California Quilters' Conference & Showcase
Ontario, CA 2008
Traditional Large Pieced Third Place
National Quilters Association Columbus, Ohio
2008
Bed Quilt Pieced First Place
Best Machine Quilting Stationary Machine
Quilt Expo 2008 Madison, WI
Machine Quilted Bed Size -Pieced First Place
Quilt Odyssey 2009 Hershey, PA
Best Traditional Quilt
Dallas Quilt Celebration 2010 Dallas, TX
Judge's Choice--Jane Hall Large
Pieced--Honorable Mention