Something About Nothing

I really enjoyed the special exhibits on display at HMQS this year.  My friend, Kaye Evans, teaches a Kaffe Club class every year and they exhibited their quilts.  This year the class focused on Dresden plates.  Cheryl and Ron Garn pieced this stunning oversized king sized quilt  Another stunning exhibit was from a group called "Quilts on the Wall."  The art quilts are all painted and explore the theme of Shadows.  The only thing I didn't like about the exhibit was that it didn't have the artists names next to each quilt.  I found this quilt especially striking.  I think that perhaps it was done with some discharging.  I'd love to know how it was created and by whom! There is a very active group of art quilters in Utah County which also had a lovely exhibit.  A number of the members belong to the Utah Surface Design Group, of which I am a member.  I recognized a number of my friends pieces:  Kathleen Ba...

 This weekend was the Home Machine Quilt Show in Sandy, Utah.  Practically my backyard.  I entered a quilt in the show:  SWR - "Sylvia Was Right"  I started the quilt while at the Pie Plates Retreat. The blue was created using Color Magnet with a thermofax screen and turquoise dye.  The purples are the leftovers from an ice dyed pieced that I then over printed with a thermofax screen of onion skin cells and human brain cells for the Science challenge of The Printed Fabric Bee. When I started to piece I planned on using the two pieces of fabric I had dyed along with white for an accent. My friend, Sylvia, decided to give me a challenge by throwing some scraps of peach at me.  I complained like a big baby and told her I didn't want to use.  I used it, and she was right, thus the name SWR. I'm sorry this photo is a bit blurry but it gives you an idea of the wonky, free form piecing I used to create this piece.   I didn't win a rib...

I had a great time at the Home Machine Quilt Show last week.   The quilts and lectures were inspiring  and the booths were a lot of fun to check out! Here is the Best in Show quilt:  A couple other big prize winners: No prize but I loved this one. I mean what geek doesn't love a Doctor Who Tardis Quilt!  There were a lot of great quilts made by my friends: Lisa Brothman   Anne Munoz   Marie Eldredge     Emily Herrick  and 3rd place winner in the "Utah's Own" category, Karlee Porter . Congratulations Karlee! And my quilt: Fractured Pi  I love looking at group projects like this one from the Mt. Harrison Quilt Guild of the Wilson Theater in Rupert, ID.  The picture was divided into 40 blocks for 40 people and then put together into one fabulous quilt. "Along the Trail " by The Colorado Springs Fiber Artists was a group challenge to represent how they viewed the ...

The ripping is finished and the quilting done. After much contemplation I decided give the name a little bit of an unusual name because it was started and almost finished on Pi Day (3/14) at the Super Spring Pie Plates Retreat . Now, may I present: Fractured Pi I still need to put on a binding and label before it can be called finished. I have entered the quilt in the HMQS show in Salt Lake City.  Stop by the show in person if you happen to be in town.  There will be a lot of beautiful quilts, classes and places to buy great fabrics and threads.   I will be demonstrating how to do photo transfers with TAP  on Friday, May 10th from 2-4 p.m. I really like this close up shot. I like the design so much that after looking at the photo I honestly contemplated cutting the quilt down to just a 12"x12" middle!