Showing posts with label AQS Grand Rapids 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AQS Grand Rapids 2015. Show all posts

Thursday, August 27, 2015

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


Sunday, August 23, 2015

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