Wednesday, March 4, 2020

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!!!

7 comments:

  1. What a wonderful day and some beautiful quilts! Thanks so much for taking us along and not making me get up so early :) I'm also very impressed with your purchasing restraint. ~Jeanne

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  2. Thank you! That was just what I needed tonight. A fun quilt show. What a variety of quilts there were. I think I need to find a quilt show to go to sometime soon.

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  3. Thank you for sharing some truly SPECTACULAR quilts! So much inspiring eye candy!! However, I admit that my favorite photo is the very first one because it looks like you are wearing an elaborate headdress xD

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  4. Thank you SEW much for all these wonderful photos. My head is spinning with inspiration and delight. I can only imagine how you ladies must have felt at the end of the day. Spectacular quilts! What a show! Great parade of pictures. Thank you. ;^)

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  5. Wow, amazing quilts!! Thank you so much for sharing all of them with us and I love that you got the info on most of the quilts! I love to see what is behind the creation of quilts!

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  6. Wow, that was an amazing show! Thanks for sharing all the pics.

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  7. Wow! Wonderful Wednesday indeed!

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