Carolina Longarm Quilt Show-Part 3

Okay, the grandkids have gone home...ready to wrap up the Carolina Longarm Association's quilt show, Romance is in the Air, held last weekend in Clemmons, NC.

I will not be posting every quilt or all the winning entries, but here are some more quilts for you.

In Part 1, I showed you Ann Hull's Baskets quilt, which won a third place in the Arts/Quilts/Miniature category.  Today, I found out that she also won the Viewer's Choice in that category, but for a different quilt: Alpine Wonder.  This quilt top was made by Diane Huard and quilted by Ann.

                                        

And just for fun, the same duo entered this whimsical quilt called Bountiful Beauties in the show.

                                 

In addition to two awards in this category, Ann did rather well for herself in this show.  Her quilt, Palette of Red, won first place AND Viewer's Choice in the Overall/Pantograph-Computer Guided category.  Ann has a Gammill with a Statler Stitcher system.  Ann pieced this top at a Mystery Retreat with Dee Dalton in Banner Elk, NC.



And if four awards are not enough, Ann also earned a second place ribbon in the category Custom-Computer Guided for Civil War Quilt.  I am so proud and happy for my friend and fellow Cyberbee and Capital Quilt Guild Member!

My friend Mary Harmon is also in Cyberbee and Capital Quilters Guild, and is the President of the CLA.  She received a second place ribbon for Colorful Flying in the Overall/Pantograph-Non-Computer Guided category.

Other Capital Quilters Guild members winning awards were Angela Hugli Clark for Hopeful Homes, 2nd Place in Custom-2 Years or Less, Non-Computer Guided;

and also Third Place in the same category for Whirlygigs for Mary, for which I do not have a photo.

Another CQG member, Cheryl L. Porter, pretty much owned the Overall/Pantograph-Non-Computer Guided category.  She won First Place for Jade Garden,

Third Place for Watercolor Stained Glass

and Viewer's Choice in the same category for yet another quilt, From Bali to Boston.

Katherine Meranda of CQG had some lovely quilts in the show, including Rhythm & Blues

and Pinwheel Posies Again, a 3-D quilt.



Other CQG participants included Luann Stemler, Leslie Emma, and Donna Sontag.

One of the most talented longarm quilters in the CLA, in my opinion, is Kim Buterbaugh.  If there had been a Best of Show award, I think it may have gone to Kim for Winter Star.  This quilt won First Place in the category Custom Non-Computer Guided.

Here is a detail of some of the exquisite quilting.

I also loved this quilt by one of Kim's customers, that Kim quilted.  She was told that it did not win an award because there were blue marks that the piecer applied seven years ago when she had planned to hand-quilt.  They did not come out, which could be the case if the top had been ironed, left in a hot car, etc.  That is a shame, because this quilting is to DIE for.

I also loved the Sewingly Yours Shop Hop quilt that Kim quilted.  Here is a detail:

Another friend, Jan Struble from Durham, entered this quilt that I adore, called Feathers Around the Block.  The pattern and fabrics are by Karen Combs.

 Beautiful quilting!

One of my favorite CLA members is Theresa DeWalt.  She is a fabulous quilter.  She won several awards, including Viewer's Choice in the Custom Non-Computer Guided category for the delicious Sarah's Street, pieced by Sarah Stephens.

Here is a detail of Theresa's quilting.

Okay, I am about to run out of steam, but here are a couple more.

I loved this quilt by Elaine Brower titled Window Over Taormina.





Winnie McCrary pieced and quilted this colorful quilted called Another Trip Around the Sun, which won a second place Overall/Pantograph-Non-Computer Guided ribbon.

I believe this quilt is also by Theresa DeWalt, Autumn Splendor, Custom Non-Computer Guided.

All right, kids, I'm exhausted!  Hope you enjoyed my CLA quilt show pictures.  I am sorry I could not include all the quilts and winners, and I hope I identified everything correctly.  It was a wonderful display of quilts by some talented longarmers!

Carolina Longarm Quilt Show-Part 1

Lots of great eye candy to show you over the next several posts!  I am home tonight after spending two days helping out at the Carolina Longarm Association quilt show in Clemmons, NC.  It will still be going on tomorrow, September 18.  At the end of the show, the beautiful  quilt pictured above will be raffled off to its new owner.

The show's theme is Romance is in the Air.  Displayed on both sides of the raffle quilt were vintage satin wedding gowns.  One is from 1942 and was custom made for our member Elaine Brower's mother.  It was in beautiful condition, but has only been stored in a cedar chest all these years.

Here is the picture of the bride and groom.

On the right side of the raffle quilt was this wedding gown from 1952.

The setting was lovely.  Surrounding the quilt show were our vendors.  One, Quiltricks, was from my own guild, Capital Quilters of Raleigh.  Karen Comstock is a quilt pattern designer and had a beautiful display.  She also designed the raffle quilt.

One of my favorite booths was Hunters Woodcrafts.  I have seen them at many shows.  They make beautiful glass quilt cabinets and sell other quilt-related furnishings.

Here are some of their quilted teddy bears in chairs.

and quilts on ladders.

I purchased something I have been needing...a wooden ruler holder that hangs on the wall. 

I loved this embroidered patchwork pumpkin

and the other cozy items in this vendor's booth.

I did pretty well on refraining from purchasing too much, mainly because my visit to the eye doctor the other day ran up a huge bill for new eyeglasses.  But I did add to my stash of black and white prints from Sew Together, a fabric, yarn, and Janome shop in Advance, NC.

We had rather wide aisles between the rows of quilts, and it was not overly crowded today.

The handmade, embroidered ribbons were gorgeous

and there was a breath-taking selection of quilts.  I will show the challenge quilt display in this post.

Mine was the first one, right next to the sign.

There were eighteen made from the same or similar fabric and pattern.

Here are the first six

the second six

and the third.

And here are details of some of them.

Kathryn Meranda used variegated thread for some of her quilting.

This one by Gloria Stickney featured our state bird and flower, the cardinal and dogwood.

I loved the hummingbird design in the center of this one

and the blue thread on the daisy quilt really set this one by Sandy Zuker apart.

Even the lobby of the church had eye candy, with an art display on the walls

We finished hanging the show early on Thursday, so I stopped at the Triad Farmers Market near my sister's house.  It looks like they are ready for fall!

I bought some peaches, hoop cheese, jams, and a big pot of mums for my sister and BIL.  When I got back to their house, I visited my nephew's three goats that were borrowed to "clear the garden" in back of their house.  Here are "Darkness" and her baby, "Snowflake." 

I thought this one must be the daddy, but my sister says "Peanut" is also a nanny goat despite the beard.

I will have more quilt pics for you next time...but maybe not until after the grandkids go home on Sunday!