After looking at all the quilts, we went exploring. These gorgeous hanging baskets were everywhere at the fair and everywhere in downtown Lynden. Of course two other “flowers” got into the picture–my Mom and my DD.
This is my Dad in John Deere heaven!
This is a Partridge. I wonder if he was looking for his pear tree?
We try to get to the Lynden Fair each year. This year, we decided to make a mini holiday of it and we booked a motel room in Bellingham. We headed south across the border on Monday and spent the entire day shopping.
On Tuesday, we headed to the fair in Lynden. First stop once we were inside the fairgrounds was the quilts.
There were a few gorgeous pieces made from 30’s reproductions.
These leaves looked real!
I think that this shade of purple must be FAB purple! This was a gorgeous Trip Around the World.
This piece was loaded with buttons and beads. It must have been heavy!
This piece was also heavily embellished.
What struck me about these next two bright pieces is that they were so perfectly flat and square!
Christmas redwork.
Redwork Santas.
I hope you enjoyed the quilt show!
I am back from the Pacific Northwest Quiltfest in Seattle. What a show! This is the third time I have been to this show and each time I leave this show, I feel so humbled in my quilting skills. The quilts at this show really represent some of the best there is in our industry today.
Unfortunately, I can not show photos of the quilts. The policy of this show is to allow photographs of the quilts for personal use only. Publication of the photos in any media is forbidden–that includes posting to my blog page as it is considered a public place.
I can show you a picture that was taken yesterday in the Merchant Mall of the show though. The two gals in the middle–Lucy in the orange and Laurie in the green–are friends we made on the bus trip that Dot (on the far right in the white) and I took to Sisters in 2005. Lucy and Laurie are both from the Kelowna guild and we saw them at the Quiltfest in 2006 as well. It is always a wonderful surprise to meet up with quilting friends!
While at the show, we learned that Quilt Canada will be in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from May 25 to 30, 2009. It is unlikely that I will make that show.
However, we did find out that Quilt Canada 2010 will be in Calgary. Marguerite is back organizing the bus trips for the Kelowna guild and they are planning to attend Calgary in 2010. Dot and I told Lucy and Laurie to keep us in mind for 2010. If Marguerite is organizing the bus tours again, all who attend are sure to have a great time! 
Calgary, here we come!
On Saturday, I am headed to Seattle with a bus load of quilters from our guild to attend the Pacific Northwest Quiltfest.
The Quilt show is in new venue: The Washington State Convention & Trade Center which is located in downtown Seattle. The main entrance is at 7th and Pike Streets.
Are any other quilters in blogland planning on attending this show?
I hope to see you there!
This was a long weekend here in Canada. Here in BC it was BC Day today. 2008 marks 150 years since the founding of the Crown Colony of British Columbia in 1858. I had Friday off from work so for me it was a very long weekend–4 days total.
This weekend was very productive quilt wise.
This first quilt is the Warm Wishes quilt I have previously shown. Here it is at the completed flimsy stage. I am back to using my garage door design wall system. I forgot to measure this quilt before folding it and adding it to the “to be quilted” pile, but as you can see, it fills the garage door opening. Anyone need a quilt to fit a garage door?
This is my Poppy 4 Patch Stacked Posies quilt finished to the flimsy stage. As I said in a previous post, the fabric left from making the blocks was way too busy for me to use as a border so I went with my favorite neutral; green. The width of the outer border is cut 6″–the width of my long ruler. Using the 6″ measurement makes for easy cutting of the border pieces. This quilt top measures 57 1/2″ x 66 1/2″.
And the third quilt that was finished to the flimsy stage this weekend is my Tiger Lily BQ2. As I stated before, I just couldn’t leave this one without borders. I had to piece the outer border in several places and I have just one tiny strip left. The border pieces were cut 4 1/4 inches wide–to maximize the use of what fabric I had left. My mother will be pleased to hear that I have a small piece of the lily fabric left. Although my mother does not quilt, she has her eye on that fabric! LOL This quilt top measures 65″ x 78 1/2″.
The wind was blowing a bit when I was trying to take a picture of this last quilt. Note the magnet in the lower left corner of the quilt holding the quilt from moving in the breeze. I love this “design wall”.
