The Columbus Star Quilter's Guild meeting earlier this month was a feast for the eyes. There wonderful quilts completed by guild members. Here are just a few of the gems brought in this month as we near the end of our UFO Challenge.
OK...blogger is acting up and I can't get this picture turned the right way. I can't even delete it so I can edit it elsewhere and start over. But you can see Sara's beautiful Christmas trees on this small quilt. It will grace her home along with the angel quilt she completed and exhibited earlier this year.
Rosemary with another of the quilts she completed. She had at least 2 more and she's been on this kick for several months. She's really taken the challenge to heart. She did say that although the quilts incorporate the simple 9 patch block, they all are quite different with the variety of colors and layouts that are used. And Rosemary quilted them all quilted beautifully.
Lois' birthday is on Hallowe'en and she made this fun quilt as a present to herself. I love the monster's eyes and the happy Jack O' Lantern.
OK...blogger is acting up and I can't get this picture turned the right way. I can't even delete it so I can edit it elsewhere and start over. But you can see Sara's beautiful Christmas trees on this small quilt. It will grace her home along with the angel quilt she completed and exhibited earlier this year.
Rosemary showing one of the quilts she completed.
Rosemary with another of the quilts she completed. She had at least 2 more and she's been on this kick for several months. She's really taken the challenge to heart. She did say that although the quilts incorporate the simple 9 patch block, they all are quite different with the variety of colors and layouts that are used. And Rosemary quilted them all quilted beautifully.
Joan completed her New York Beauty quilt, quilted by ME! This was a fun quilt to work on as Joan liked the spiky quilting around the spikes and the swirls in the sunbursts.
Lois' birthday is on Hallowe'en and she made this fun quilt as a present to herself. I love the monster's eyes and the happy Jack O' Lantern.We then had our program, given by recently named Master Quilter Mary Buvia. This award is made by the National Quilt Association to recognize those who have produced a masterpiece work - "work which reflects a consummate level of skill in quiltmaking."
Mary's work certainly exemplifies the best in all aspects of quilting - planning, piecing, applique, quilting and a variety of other techniques. She brought plenty of examples that were passed around so we could see up close the detailed nature of her work.
We also were able to see several of her larger works. She discussed her process starting at the idea stage, talking about how she drafts the patterns, enlarging them to get to a full size pattern. Then, and only then, she shops for the fabric that will be used in the quilt. What, no stash?! 
I love the joyful nature of her quilting designs on this 4th of July pillow. She also uses metallic threads and other decorative items to add sparkle to her quilts.
We were also fortunate to have a machine quilting class with Mary the following day. She was full of tips, valuable information about needles, threads and quilting techniques. I came away with several new pieces of information that will serve me well both with my domestic as well as my longarm machine. Stay tuned - her "Loading Dock" quilt has been selected for one of the top 3 prizes at the Houston Quilt Show coming up in November. I've seen that quilt up close and it is tremendous.
Cheers!
Margaret
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