SOLSC Day 28
At almost all of the quilt shows we go to I have noticed that many quilters like to look to the earth an sky for inspiration. Because of this I thought I would use today’s post to highlight quilts that have flowers or stars as their theme. Let’s do flowers first.
Baskets of flowers are popular especially if a quilter is doing a Baltimore Album quilt.
The last picture kinds of leads nicely into the next quilt. Roses are also popular with quilters.
I don’t know who Sallie Ann is, but this sure is a nice tribute.
The work quilters put into their tops.
Sometimes the flowers are stylized.
More realistic flowers.
Now let’s turn our eyes to the sky and look at some stars.
One that is mostly blue.
The stars might be ancient but the quilt sure isn’t.
Tomorrow we will look at quilts that don’t really fit into any category and on Friday we will conclude with a special exhibit.
(Yes, I admit I am dragging this out to the end of the month so I don’t have to strain my brain trying to come up with topics this late in the Challenge.)
arjeha 
As usual, these are beautiful. The earth and sky offer inspiration to many artists, writers included. Do you photograph every one?
I didn’t photograph all of them, but I did get most of them.
Love the Threads of Friendship. Some others appeal to me because of the quilting . . .Or maybe it is remembering when I crawled around at the quilting and got my hair sewed in. Ouch!
“Ouch” is right. With machine quilting it is amazing how intricate the designs can be.
I can’t help but marvel at the tiny pieces of fabric that have to be cut and sen together. These quilters have vision and great organizational skills.
And some pieces are sooooo tiny it is amazing they can be sewn back together.
Just wow! I can’t imagine the time that went into each one. Wow!
Some of them do cause the jaw to drop.
I can’t imagine how it is possible to choose a favourite or a winner from the variety of quilts presented. Each one has the wow-factor.
I know that I could never be a judge.
These quilts are totally amazing – I can’t imagine the hours spent in creating, cutting and piecing them. Beautiful!
There is certainly a lot of time put in by the quilters.
The quilts are so amazing, I don’t know how judges pick. But looking at them today, I thought someone could decorate a beautiful, restful bedroom around the Turquouse Stars quilt.
I also thought that quilt looked so clean and calming.
Don’t mind at all that you’re “dragging it out.” We all love your annual quilt show and your efforts to organize them into themes for us. Each one is a gem and worthy of our time. Thanks for doing the work!
You are welcome. Tomorrow will just be a hodgepodge of quilts that really don’t fit into any one category.
I think my favorite here is the Turquoise Stars, though I also really love the up close view of the stitching patterns I can see in some of the photos. Just incredible work!
The time and patience that goes into these… I know that I don’t have either of those qualities.
I’m always amazed at the creativity of quilters and the beautiful quilts they produce. Loved your slice and hots today!
They amaze me as well.
My favorite is #212, Love Affair. So happy to see these quilts today. A rest from reading so many words.
Maybe it is a bit of cheating on my part to use more pictures and less words on a writing site. Oh well. Sometimes words are not necessary when looking at some pictures.