2016 Los Angeles Quilt Show

The Los Angeles Quilt Show is in its infancy, this is the third year it's been held.  It takes place in San Pedro at a wonderful space called CRAFTED!  The past two years my daughter Sharon has gone with me.  This year my daughter Carrie and granddaughter Erin were visiting from NC, so they were able to go with us.  The lone male is grandson Oden, who didn't want to be left out of the fun.

Warning there are way too many photos, but hey, it's quilts!  First I'm showing off my two quilts, which if you read this blog, you've read a lot about them.

First is my Rocket Ship quilt.  It was part of the Northcott Chip Pack Challenge.  I'm really proud of this design.

Next, is my two-sided quilt, made for the Riley Black Challenge.  I really love how the hanging sleeve blends right in.

Now for some of the other fabulous quilts!

This is a simple but lively quilt.  Love the use of colors.  It was made by Gayle Bennett, using the Belle Wave pattern by Faith Jones of Fresh Lemon Quilts.

This one is called "Flights of Fun", by Amber Jordan.  She was inspired by the Disneyland art of Mary Blair.  Amber is a new quilter.  Bravo!

Art from Ashes is by Carol Churchill.   This is a political statement born from the loss of antiquities in the Middle East.  "Civilization cannot exist without art and art cannot exist without civilization."

Colorful Strips 'n Curves by Lauri Mutalipassi.  She took her inspiration from the book Strips 'n Curves by Louisa L. Smith.  

This quilt by Kristin M. Burke was inspired by Josef Albers' "Homage to the Square".   She used hand-dyed fabric.

La Pinata by Yolanda Barrozo was inspired by childhood memories.  This is the first time she's used foundation paper-piecing.

Gwami's Quilt by Mary Montgomery is an homage to her great-great-grandmother  Rhoda Ann Goodrich.  No two combinations of blue and white prints are repeated n the quilt.

I love two-sided quilts.  This one, Glyph made by Christine Castano, is fabulous.  She made it to celebrate her stepson's degree in Art Education.  She used over 100 fabrics to depict the school colors and his various interest.

Amish Goes Batik by Diane Wing, is a wedding gift for her nephew Patrick and his bride Laura.

Kersey Girls present Valery Johnson "Flowers Everywhere"

I-10 East San Bernardino by Andre' Morand, is another great two-sided quilt.

Fire Island Hosta by Marie Watterlond.  The pattern is by Julie Niemeyer and Marie did most of the piecing in a workshop with Julie!  The exquisite quilting is by Georganna Hawley.

I hope you enjoyed this tour of the quilts at the Los Angeles Quilt Show.  The show isn't limited to quilts, other fiber arts are accepted.  Look at this great chair and footstool called Tropical Madness by Kelly Reid.  I wouldn't mind taking those home.

The Los Angeles Quilt Show has almost doubled in size in the last three years, but there's still a lot of room for more entries.

May your bobbins always be full,

Please vote

My "Rocket Ship" quilt was chosen to be among the 10 finalist in the Northcott Chip Pack Challenge. The winner will be chosen by popular vote, so please go vote! http://woobox.com/wk88q2

May your bobbins always be full,

Northcott's Chip Pack Challenge

Once I got started, it was hard to stop.

I keep making sets of blocks and figuring out where they'd go.

I was pretty happy with what was going on but still needed more blocks.

Now, to figure out what to so with the middle part.

I took some scraps from the previous blocks and got creative.

Then I sewed the "moon" in place.

Now, it was time for the rocket ship.

I used Bob's old handcuffs to make the circles, I couldn't find a protractor.

This is the quilt top all put together and below are the scraps of Pansy that were left, not much.

Two shots of the finished quilt.  (The quilting is hard to see.)  This 30" x 30" quilt took me a total of 10 days, start to finish.  I submitted it to Northcott, today.

Instead of binding the quilt, I faced it.  That was a first for me.

I'd spotted several quilts at Quiltcon with facing and thought I'd try it.

May your bobbins always be full,

Northcott's Chip Pack Challenge

On my day off at Quiltcon2016, I wandered around the show floor and visited vendors.  When I was volunteering I didn't have time to do that.  At the Northcott booth, a woman asked if I'd be interested in their Chip Pack Challenge.  I said,"Sure", and she gave me five 5" squares of Colorworks Solids Pansy.

The rules are pretty rigid and all the other fabrics are very light neutrals so this could be a real challenge for me.  I'm going to see how I do and the finished 30" x 30" quilt, may or may not involve a rocket ship.

May your bobbins always be full,