Ah, I couldn't resist one more post of beautiful quilts that I saw at the Pacific Rim Quilt Festival that I went to a couple of weekends ago. Here are four more that I really, really liked.
488 Smashing Pinwheels by Gail Sims & Cheryl Uribe of Livermore, CA, USA
Look at all the amazing fabrics that Gail and Cheryl chose fro this simple pinwheel design. I love how the use of vibrant colors and multiple sizes of the pinwheel block created a gorgeous piece of quilted art. This is definitely going into the inspiration pile.
Striped Shapes by Frieda Oxenham of United Kingdom
Look at the blanket stitch applique detail:
African Refractions by Ray Starke of South Africa
Lots of texture, embroidery stitches and raw applique. (Can you tell by now that I'm attracted to vibrant colors in wild color combos?)
And here's the last one:
Sunny Girls by Pat Durbin of Eureka, CA, USA
I think it said that there were 23,100 squares of 1/2" fabric sewn using raw-edge applique. Look at this adorable face:
Even closer:
I like the spiral quilting on the lens of the sunglasses. Great technique!
There's a second reason why I had to post more pictures. I finally got my new PC computer and monitor the other day. Yay!!! My sweet husband has been helping me to configure the new machine and install all of the old programs. I also was finally able to install EQ5 and start playing with it. Wow, what an amazing program. I'm having so much fun with it.
