MARCH

March is a busy month at Keepsake Cottage.  The month starts with Sew Expo, we don't have a booth, but many people come to the shop on their way to or from Expo.  Then, the Quilters Anonymous Quilt Show followed the next week by the Tri County Quilt Tour.  The Tour ended yesterday.  I am taking a day off, and thought I would share some photo's from the Quilt Show last weekend.

 There were 2 featured artist's at the show.  One Traditional quilter, Bunny Johanson, and one very artistic quilter, Maureen Roy.  This shows the diversity of the membership in this guild.  The quilt above is hand appliqued and hand quilted.  Bunny told me it is the largest quilt she has ever made.  I couldn't get back far enough to get the whole quilt in the photo.  It was a beauty!

This is one of Maureen's original creations.  It was a show stopper!

 This Beautiful quilt was made by a friend, Joan Dawson.  She is so talented,  I just like to stand near her, and watch what she is picking out!  This is mostly wool.  The bias stems are cotton, and a few pieces of the applique are cotton.  She dyed most of the wool herself.  Some of it with Kool Aide!

 This amazing piece was made by Donna Eines.  She has been winning ribbons at QA and all of the local fairs for years.  It is hand appliqued and hand quilted.  I took a few photo's so you could see her work up close.

 This is the true meaning of stippling!!

Her choice of fabrics for the leaves was all over the green color spectrum.  Just amazing!

 This was the quilt that was hanging across from our booth!  8,160  1 inch triangles.  Hand pieced and hand quilted.  It was had to get a picture of it, because there was always a crowd in front of it! 

 This is a close up.  The fabrics were from the 30's, 40's and 50's.  The quilter made this over the last couple of years. Amazing!

This is the back of a quilt made by Judy Irish.  She is a pretty incredible machine quilter.  This quilt was hung so you could enjoy both sides.  She has a Koi pond, can you tell?

There are many more pictures to show you.  So, stay tuned!  J