Yesterday, I kidnapped two of my friends and we headed up to Burlington for the Vermont Quilt Festival. My friends aren't quilters, but they are still lovely people. They do a lot of other fiber arts, so they do appreciate quilting and seemed to enjoy the show! Hannah's attention was caught by the embroidery machines and she doodled with a Gammil. They took home some Tsukineko inks and stencils - Hannah has some plans to update some jean shorts. I found some geeky fabrics for bow ties and a beautiful Indian scarf, ok, and I also got some Tsukineko goodies!
Oh, yeah, and there was a quilt show! A few highlights for me:
I love how Angela made the pieced sky, and the colors are perfect.
The teachers at VQF had some of their work displayed and this piece, with the BLACK-ON-BLACK quilting made my jaw drop!
Katie Pasquini Masopust's interpretation of a painting into fabric is a wonderful explosion of color. There are so many little pieces in there that make this all work!
This next piece is by Georgia Spalding Pierce, who sadly seems to not have a website. I would love to see more of her work. I love this style of art and she does a fantastic job putting it into fabric.
The above piece is by Jodi Scaltreto who is doing amazing thread paintings. That dog looks like he is going to come right out of that quilt!
Mara's quilt got a blue ribbon and TWO special awards!!
Megan Farkas hand appliqued and hand quilted this gorgeous scene based on a woodblock print by Kikukawa Eizan.
After we left the show we went to Dobra Tea in downtown Burlington, then walked around for a bit. Burlington has always been a favorite place to hang out, lots of good restaurants and interesting stores. The chain stores haven't overtaken Church Street yet!
This was not at VQF. This is Eyes which I said I would show you this week. It's still in it's awkward stage. I really like the background, which was not entirely captured in the photo, but there's a nice green patina happening, with some gold highlights.
