International Quilt Festival Special Exhibit

My favorite antique quilt exhibit curated by Leah Zieber. 

In no specific order. 

Love the quilted motifs.

I love this quilting in the border.

We were able to get in on Leah's talk. 

Cheater backing? Yes please!

Michelle Yeo was listening to Leah's talk too, but I didn't recognize her. Laurie told me who it was! 

I've been selling some of her amazing fabric (And you've been purchasing!) and I've preordered 2 of her lines for 2025! 

You can go HERE and search YEO to see the beautiful Michelle Yeo fabric I have listed. 

I hope your week is going great. 

 

2024 Swap Quilts Linky Party

Here is my sweet quilt from Beth! I love it so much! Thanks again!

We will share quilts you received. 

Please try and take a straight on photo so we can see them better online. 

If you cannot figure out how to add your received quilt feel free to send me a photo at humblequilts@gmail.com and I'll post it.

Thank you to everyone who sewed and swapped!

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Uptown July Blocks and MORE!

My July blocks of Uptown are complete. I like to lay out all of the completed blocks, but my sewing room is a creative disaster right now! Which is good, but I like to work in a clean room!

I thought I'd share the quilts I've made that Gay at Sentimental Stitches has patterned from antique quilts she owns. She does such a great job and so accurate! 

Here's the link to her shop where you can find all of these and MORE!- HERE

1857 Album block

I eliminated some blocks to keep the size in check.

Benjamin Biggs wedding quilt. I believe this was a collaboration between Brenda Papadakis and Gay. 

Again, I didn't want a giant quilt, so stuck with 9 blocks. I'm a huge fan of red and green but decided to mix it up a bit. 

Beyond the Cherry Tree quilt

I made all of the blocks and hand quilted this 100ishx100ish quilt. 

Gay's Sally Post quilt

I LOVE the setting! I opted to copy the original. This one and Cherry Tree are my fav's.

Just Takes 2 red and white commemorative quilt. This was a quilt Brenda and Gay designed, not a reproduction or antique. 

Here's mine. I didn't particularly love it and gave it away with a bunch of quilts to fire survivors in Paradise, CA. Read about that HERE. 

Seriously, I got all choked up reading about that again. So much has happened in that 4 years!

When tragedy strikes we quilters know how to move into action. We don't ask a person's religion, sexual orientation, political standing, health records (or lack thereof), or any other thing that keeps us divided! We jump into action without judgement, with bold love in our hearts for those who are hurting. Can we all try to love more and judge less? 

Okay, that's all. I love you quilter friends and hope you all have an amazing weekend! I'm going to the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show! Whoop! Whoop!

 

IQF Traditional Quilts

Here are several of my traditional favorites from the IQF Show 2018 in Houston.

Click on any photo tag to get a close up of the maker and quilt info.

 The toile was so beautiful.

I applaud anybody who executes a Sue Garmen quilt in the entirety!

 And another Sue Garmen pattern.

 This blog post HERE of Barbara Brackman's was about the best explanation of Quilts de Legende in English.

 One of my favorites. It's crazy, busy, intricate, traditional... amazing! All in one quilt!

 This was probably one of my favorites too. That quilting speaks to me!

I actually thought all of these were supposed to be completely by hand. Maybe they've changed the rules. 

This is not part of the Quilts de legend, but such a pretty sampler!! 

I hope you all weren't tired of seeing the lovely quilts in Houston!

Take care and have a fantastic Monday!