A Community of Quilts An Old Fashioned Church Pew Show

The Clawson United Methodist Church in Clawson, Michigan is holding the Community of Quilts, an Old Fashioned Church Pew show this weekend. Around 200 quilts are displayed on pews in the sanctuary and chapel.

Quilts of every kind! Quilts made by grandmothers in the last century and new Modern quilts.

Pieced quilts, appliqued quilts, embroidered quilts!

Many were machine quilted by Barb Lusk, whose medallion quilt with an eagle center is seen below. Barb is a church member and organizer of the show.

Many of my local quilts friends contributed to the show.

I contributed two quilts. One was the Biblical Block Sampler, seen below in cranberry and green. It was made by the Hillsdale Quilters--the gals I learned to quilt from-- and gifted to my husband in 1998.

The embroidered yellow roses quilt was made by my weekly quilt group friend's mother.

The other quilt I contributed was the Japanese Kimono girls. The blocks were made by the Hillsdale Quilters and given to me. I set them in this quilt and hand quilted it with traditional Sashiko patterns.

 There were Halloween quilts and witch quilts.

A display from the Remember Me Quilt Project included quilts made to remember victims of gun violence.

 There is also vendors selling their handcrafted goods.

Quilters Showcase 2018

This past Saturday I attended the 6th Annual Quilters Showcase, presented by The Stitching Well of Bay City, MI and held at the Frankenmuth Credit Union Event Center in Birch Run, MI.

200 quilts and 30 vendors kept us busy for over two hours.

Here are some of my favorite quilts from the show.

The Story: Finding Home After the War by Ginny George tells a heartbreaking family story.

In the center of the quilt is a block with this story:

Finding Home After the War
Sisters taking a wrong turn find themselves in the Korean War
The year was June, 1950
Struggling to hide in the villages and people until the times would change until the War ended in 1953
How to find their way back to the South would lead to difficult time
Many obstacles along the way, block by block, until they reached
Water to sail to safer
Ground only to find the bridges to cross
Would family be there?
Would the soldier that helped them be there?

I love color and this house quilt made me smile. Village by Joan Quinn, quilted by Judy Becker has such wonky trees and animal surprises among the houses.

This prize-winning original quilt is so adorable, and those eyes just glow with love. Eyes of Innocence by Carol Cote of Ontario was a real crowd pleaser.

My weekly quilt group loves hexies and I loved this great hexie scrap quilt. Over the Rainbow was made by Regina Smith and quilted by Sandy Kipp.

Ombre Overload by Norm Jacobs and quilted by Jack Bennett really caught my eye with the wonderful use of color.

Pat Sloan's Splendid Sampler show up at many shows, including this example by Sue Nolff, quilted by Karen's Quilting.

The most gorgeous crazy quilting is found on My Crazy Days by Ericka Joerke. Look at these details. It's crazy good!

A 1910 crazy quilt was made by Kathryn Barnes Hodge's grandfather includes pieces of his Civil War uniform.

'Ewe'-Uniquely Baltimore by Barbie Brooks, quilted by Beckie Binder, is made of wool. She embellished a pattern by Petals and Blooms. It is amazing.

Another wool quilt is this wonderful Pomegranate by Brett Johnson. The populatrity of wool quilts was reflected by all the vendors selling wool kits.

 I love Jacobean inspired design, like Delectable Pathways by Linda Britton.

I would like to share so many more quilts but I hope you enjoyed seeing these.