We recently held our bi-annual quilt exhibition, but due to numerous family illnesses, I have not had the chance to post any pictures yet!
A couple of disclosures first:
1) I love white glove duty! Getting to lurk? Quietly following around groups of people that know a bit about quilting, or just have strong opinions on what they like is really entertaining. I loved listening to the conversations of people and getting to look at the quilts on show with new eyes.
2) The battery on my camera was nearly dead (yes I forgot to check). These photos were taken really quickly and with no flash, so they are mostly bad photos - sorry!
This is not a juried exhibition (no one is pre-judging the quilts that get hung for a "good" show). Every paid up member of the guild has the right to have a quilt shown regardless of skill level. That is great for those of us that get daunted by the guild heavy-weights! We also did not have a lot of hand work on display, which means I was a bit gutted I chickened out of putting my Mustard Madness quilt in as well as Fente Hunts.
Enough of the talky bits, these are just the quilts that spoke to me.
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| Fiona's Birthday Quilt by Vivienne Ellison |
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| Antique Afternoon Tea Delight, by Jeannette Orr |
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| Anemones, by Merle Roberts (RIP Merle) |
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| Hockey Rules, by one of our Guild's 2 junior members |
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| Dreaming of New York, by Heather Uwins-England (this one won a slew of well deserved awards) |
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| Scraps n' Shirt Tails, by the inimitable Fyvie Murray |
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| Barry's Quilt by Nancy Goggin |
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| Modern Quilt #1 by Alison Elliot (who kindly let me take the picture with her in it!) |
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| A selection of lovely small quilts |
From top left:
Te Awaiti Sunset by Adrienne Howard (started in a class with Gloria Loughman at Taupo Symposium)
Towards Houtbay by Teresa Vaughan (also started in a class with Gloria Loughman at Taupo Symposium)
A Slice of Wellington by Nanette Clough
Algal Bloom by Christine Singleton
Close ups of my fave two in the bunch:
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| Towards Houtbay |
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| A slice of Wellington |
And last but not least, our family contributions.
My portrait challenge entry:
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| I Do, by Kelly Warriner-Simpson |
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| My Pet Dog, by Short Critic #1 |
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| Fente Hunts, by Kelly Warriner-Simpson |
Hope you like my little snapshot.
Cheerio.
