Yesterday I went to
Chilford Hall Autumn Quilt Festival, something I'd been looking forward to for some time, as I had missed the International Quilt Festival in Birmingham back in August and the
Harrogate Quilt Show back in September. It's a very small venue that can only be described as
intimate, but it had a lovely
atmosphere and well worth the visit. The vendors are always wonderful, and getting there on the first day (something I'm not normally able to do) made a huge difference to
availability of the all important
retail therapy!
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This is the view into one of three main areas the show takes place, this one housing the quilts on show in the centre and vendors surrounding them. It's a tight
squeeze :o) There was a wonderful display of quilts by Joyce
Dawe of The Contented Cat entitled 'Quilts from My Princess & the Pea Bed'. So called because she keeps her many quilts laid on a spare bed flat and not folded.
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This was my favourite quilt at the show, 'Sheba's Meadow' by Joyce
Dawe.
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Another of Joyce's quilts 'Around the Bend', which used striped fabrics in the appliques.
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'Celtic Cameos' by Joyce
Dawe.
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'
Starburst' by Joyce
Dawe, made
completely with
triangles including the background!
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'The Ever Circling Seasons' by Joyce
Dawe. There were several quilts at the show, that immediately made me think of V over at Bumble Beans and her 'Stones' quilt. This was one of them.
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'Paintbox' by Joyce
Dawe, and challenge between Joyce and her daughter Joanne resulted in this beautiful quilt.
There was a display of quilts called 'It's and Illusion' by students of
Purely Patchwork.
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'A Taste of Teal' by Mary Wilson, Edinburgh,
Midlothian.
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'Illusion' by Claire
Wenham,
Torphichen, West
Lothian.
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'Trial and Error' by
Morag Ogston,
Falkirk. Her first major quilt project.
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'It's an Illusion' by Margaret
Linkston, L
inlithgow.
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'Free at Last' by Wendy
McFarlane, Edinburgh,
Midlothian. The background fabric in this quilt was a lovely subtle soft lime green, although it's not very clear in this photo. I tried several times, but the light was terrible.
I've got more pics, to follow on from this post ....
Happy Quilting!
4 comments:
i especially like the decreasing circles
Beautiful eye candy! I'm glad you had a great time
Thanks for the pictures. Those are all really nice quilts. I'm glad you finally got to attend a festival.
Thanks for taking us with you.
I am also looking forward to hearing what you bought?
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