Wonderful Wednesday - On the Road, Again!!

Welcome to another edition of Wonderful Wednesday!!  This week, I'm here to share my Leap Day excursion.  At oh-dark-thirty on Saturday morning, forty-three members of the Durham Orange Quilters Guild boarded a bus bound for Hampton, Virginia.  We were headed to the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival.

Here's what we saw...


Some Nimble Thimbles bee mates accompanied me on the journey:

The photo above shows a few of us just inside the doors...

... And...

We were in for a treat, as there were a whole lot of amazing quilts!  The following were part of several special exhibits and challenges:

You may notice varying degrees of success, as I attempted to take a photo of the description cards for each quilt:

Booth backdrops:

Product demonstrations:

After lunch at the Quilter's Buffet, several members of NT Nights were well fed and ready to head back into the fray:

But first...

I need to get a photo of the QOV booth for my friend Alycia:

Another special exhibit:

And some quilts from the Tidewater Quilters' Guild:

Then, a couple of quilts from the main show caught my eye, but I want to apologize to the makers, as the name cards didn't come out as clear as I thought the would:

A couple from another special exhibit:

Shopping eventually took center stage for a while:

Then, my eye was pulled from one exhibit or vendor booth to another, as I wandered the aisles and, again, the name cards were not as clear as I had hoped they would be.  Mea culpa...

Detail shots of an incredible art quilt that I had previously seen online or in a magazine...

Too bad I forgot to get a full shot of this quilt when I was standing alone in front of it!  It is SEW incredible:

The best I was able to do through the gathered crowd:

Lots of gorgeous quilts drew my attention...

Spectacular hand dyes:

This one came home with me:

In another booth, I purchased the pattern for this darling quilt:

Next, it was back to random quilts...

This shot is for Deborah, who recently finished a similar quilt:

Another mix of interesting quilts:

I was surprised to see that Ann Harwell had ventured back to earth with her quilts, as I recall visiting her studio during the making of her Nebula series:

Another surprise appeared, as I walked the central display space.  A quilt so unlike much of Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry's earlier bright and colorful work:

Her trademark "flow-y" work was revealed in the quilting:

This piece was a collaboration with her husband, Ron Gentry, whose time-lapse photography features prominently on the quilt:

Tri-Angle Twist (local challenge?) quilts:

A couple of random quilts that I found interesting:

An eye-catching booth quilt:

More quilts from local artists:

I thought you might like to see this pen holder.  It's a remarkable twist on the fabric "rope" bowl:

Welcome to the one that got away.  It's a great book, but I decided that I would save that purchase for next time:

Bundled up and ready to exit the bus, 43 exhausted quilter file off:

One SMALL clear bag of fabric was the extent of my shopping:

I hope you enjoyed a view of the show through my (cell phone) camera lens.  BEFORE the phone threatened to die.  :o((

Until next time...
Explore QUILTS!!!