At the Scottish Quilt Championships

Can you believe this is a miniature?  This amazingly tiny Baltimore style applique has won Best in Show at the Scottish Quilt Championships this weekend.

This is another of the miniatures.  The hexagons are about a quarter inch!

Other quilts I liked - 

Very nice use of my fan block from Japanese Quilt Inspirations and lovely colour coordination.

One of a number of European entries, this beautiful quilt is from the Czech Republic.  

More quilts later!

The Scottish Quilt Championships next weekend

We will be at the Scottish Quilt Championships from Friday to Sunday, with a demo stand and trading stall.  The photo of Glyn was taken at Harrogate - I don't seem to have one of our full stand at Edinburgh.  We must have been too busy every day to take a photo!  My workshop is at 2.15p.m. this time - Marking and Stitching Persimmon Flower Stitch sashiko.

September shows

I have several shows coming up in September, starting with the Great Northern Quilt Show from 1st - 3rd September, and finishing with the Scottish Quilt Championships from 22nd to 24th September.

We're squeezing in another trip to Norfolk for World Textile Day East at Mundford on Saturday 9th September and World Textile Day West at Saltford, near Bristol, on Saturday 30th September.  Click the links for more info.  Lots of new goodies to bring!

Scottish Quilt Championships - part 3

Here are two quilts that weren't in the competition.  The first was made from my 'Japanese Taupe Quilt Blocks' book and is quilt as you go.  Amazing!  A lot of the blocks look so like the ones I made, it gives me a real sense of deja vu!

The second quilt is an antique Log Cabin owned by Gilly Thomson of Kekfesto Cotton, the Hungarian blue print cotton store.  It has a great selection of Turkey Red prints and shirtings - makes me want to make the Turkey Red Log Cabin I've been planning for years!

Many of the dark blue fabrics are so similar to Gilly's cottons, I can see why she had to have this quilt!  It was recently shown at Festival of Quilts, in the Quilters' Guild's Traditional Group's exhibit.

Here's a photo from Festival, courtesy of Lorchen Nunn -

Quilts from the Scottish Quilt Championships - part 2

This sampler quilt must have caused more than a few visitors to do a double take, as a very similar quilt won the Great Northern Quilt Show only a few weeks before.

This is the one from Harrogate - 

It would be great to see them shown together sometime.

Quilts in the 'Modern Quilt' style are becoming more popular.  The winner of the Group category was a refreshing change from the usual kinds of winner, as 'panel' quilts seem to have dominated at many shows in recent years (which IMHO aren't proper group quilts really, when each strip is made by an individual)

 More minimalist but perfectly done quilting on this beauty.

This was another contender for my Judge's Choice award.  The silks and quilting glowed.  Very hard to photograph well!  Fabulous quilting but also stunning piecing, all in silk, from Kay Bell.
 

Hand quilting and embellishment from Frieda Oxenham.  The embellishments were a fully integrated part of the design, as usual from Frieda.  There were quite a few quilts with beads, crystals etc. but with this one, they were 50% of the design and the quilt wouldn't work without them.

This very textured blackhouse pictorial quilt was one of our favourites at the Great Northern Quilt Show and it was lovely to see it again.  Amazing use of materials.

Quilts from the Scottish Quilt Championships - part 1

Here are a few of the winners from the Scottish Quilt Championships at Edinburgh last weekend.  Sheena Norquay won overall, with this amazing wallhanging, all machine quilted of course.

 Reiko Domon's quilt won third prize in the Theme Category, Poetic Expressions.

Linzi Upton's Tartan Tattoo was just amazing!  Very hard to take decent photos of it too.

Andrea Stracke entered a beautiful North Country style wholecloth, very well designed.