Last weekend I drove down to Denver so that I could see the Denver National Quilt Festival. It's sponsored by Mancuso, the same show managers of the Pacific International Quilt Festival that I normally go to see at Santa Clara, CA in October. It's still a nice show but so much smaller than PIQF. I was able to comfortably visit all the vendors and see all the quilts in one day. Of course next time perhaps I'll go a second day so that I don't feel so rushed when viewing the last quilts.
These are some of my favorite quilts.
Not Your Grandmother's Nine Patch by Sherry Pryor ... I love the embellishments and the leaves that are connecting the nine different quiltlets.
Colorado's Northern Lights by Barb Gardner ... some of my favorite colors!
Birds in Flight by Barbara Yates Beasley ... gorgeous colors and quilted textures on this one.
Beauty of the Beasts by Barbara Yates Beasley ... lovely use of colors and prints, very graphic.
Red Ravens by Judith A Roderick ... this is painted silk that has been quilted and embellished with buttons.
Lots of fun colors and embellishments .. more art quilts than traditional although there were a few amazing traditional quilts. More to come later.
