A few more quilts close-up and a bit of flavor of walking around Sisters. I hope you enjoyed what has become the "annual post week" here... See you next year?
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Sisters Quilt Show 2025: About Town
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Sisters Quilt Show 2025: Interesting, Unusual and Art Quilts
Monday, August 4, 2025
Sisters Quilt Show 2025: Red, White, and Blue
Sunday, August 3, 2025
Sisters Quilt Show 2025: Rainbow Pop
One of the themes I noticed at the quilt show were these high-contrast quilts with rainbowy colors.
This one isn't as bright or modern, but it has that country appeal that goes back to the era that I started getting interested in quilting. Back when the quilt magazines had newsprint pages and very few color photos, and you had to use a lot of imagination. (Just a side note-- I was really young, okay!)
This isn't quite the contrast, more creams and "low volume" in the background, but we loved the bright birds. Can you see the hummingbirds in the quilt at left?
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Sisters Quilt Show 2025: Log Cabins
It seems that this is all the blog is about now, ha!
I don't know why but something seemed to be missing from the quilt show this year. In comparing notes with another acquaintance (who was there in different places than I), we both felt the same way about it even down to taking fewer photos. And it was the 50th anniversary of the show. I just didn't feel the same overwhelming inspiration, but of course it was not the quilt's fault because every quilt is worth seeing! I thought maybe it was because accompanied by two young boys this year instead of my usual quilt-interested companions, and although they were willing, I felt a bit rushed. It got hot early and I wanted to get them through it before they melted.
"I liked it, but I did feel like a cooked noodle," the youngest told me.
I tried to up the contrast on this one-- we were there early in the morning which is a good time for strong shadows! This is very "Northwest" and I hope you can see the mountain in the middle.
We met the maker of this one which was neat because we got to hear the story about it-- she had fun animals hidden in the quilting which she challenged folks to find!
Log Cabin with Baptist Fan quilting