AQS Grand Rapids Guild Challenge Favorites

I have enjoyed the Guild Challenge Contest quilts at the AQS shows I have seen. Participating guilds each have a theme.

I loved the Famous Female Faces quilts from Journeys Thru Art of Martin City, FL.

Pebbles by Kathy Rentz

Diana by Pam Post

Lucy by Karen Marchetti

Carmen Miranda by Marian McCoin

 

The Oakland County Quilt Guild challenge included this charmer:

Ice Cream at the Detroit Zoo by Cyndi Anderson

West Michigan Quilt Guild's theme was No Matter Where You Roam, Your Heart Still Hangs At Home.

Blanket of Leaves by Nancy Roelfsma

 

Fiber Art Friends of Eureka, CA based quilts on A Day At Woodley Island.

It Could Have Happened by Jody Rusconi

 

 Unbounded Imagination was the Des Moines Area Quilters Guild theme.

Green Luna Moth by Lynn Randall

Out of the Box Design Group of Jupiter, FL had the theme of Flowers: Always and All Ways

Sunkissed by Theresa Olson

 

Flower Seed Packets was the theme for Happy Heart Quilters of Louisville, KY

Heart & Sow by Carla DeSpain

Checker Seed by Godron L. Vogt

Springhill Seed Co by Karen Laundroche

Favorite Quilts from AQS Grand Rapids 2015

The award winning quilts are shared by the  American Quilt Society, but there are many other wonderful quilts at their shows.

We especially enjoyed the DeVos Center as a venue for quilts. We could get quite close and far away, which enables the viewer to see a quilt at its best.

Here are some bed sized quilts that I especially liked.

I was drawn to this quilt every time I saw it. I Like Circles is by Roberta Amstadt of Traverse City, MI.

Shower of Roses by Donna Derstadt of Libertyville, IL is a Susan Garman pattern.

Chieko Shiraishi of Saitama-shi, Japan appliqued a handmade Irish crochet lave on the pattern of antique lace to create this amazing Irish Crochet Lace quilt.

I am a sucker for pictorial quilts. There were many amazing ones at this show.

Blue Season by Jan Berg-Rezmer of Gladwin, MI is based on a photo in Michigan

Fancy Flamingos by Beverly Curtis of Muskegon MI

The Finish Line by Bonnie Marshall Creel of Big Bear Lake, CA

Spanish Arches by Lenore Crawford of Midland, MI

Larger Than Life by Carol Kolf of Sheridan, WY uses amazing thread painting

Sunset Sentinel by Cathy Geier of Waukesha, WI

Daisagi-Great Egret by Chris Eichner of Franklin, NC

Judy DenHerder of Zephyrhills, FL made Big Red, a Michigan landmark

Peaceful Evening by Beth Schillig of Columbus, OH