Ashe County Quilt Show, Part 2

Continuing my coverage of the Ashe County Piecemakers Quilt Guild show last weekend in West Jefferson, NC, today I will show some of the larger size quilts.

Jacobean Royalty, JoAnn Nichols.  Made from a modified pattern.  A big award winner!

Path of Past Quilts, Peg Hofstetter.

Autumn Cabin, Linda Harris.

Village of Plaid, Margie Miller.  Very cozy!

Star Light, Star Bright, Charlene Wilson.  I am a sucker for blue and white quilts! 

This one has incredible points in each of the stars.  Lots of piecing!

Log Cabin and Stars, Kit Mason.  Lovely soft palette!

Simply Puzzling, Jo Seagle

'Ole Faithful, Carolyn Patton

Blowing Rock Library Raffle Quilt, Beth Stone, Debby Church, Charlene Wilson

This quilt is just beautiful, with a combination of piecing and applique in traditional country colors.

Mazie's Couture, JoAnn Nichols.   This quilt is made from scraps of dress fabrics and trims she made for her daughter. 

Red White Blue, Claudette Jacobs.  This lovely quilt was made to celebrate her American citizenship.  Congratulations, Claudette!

Next time I will feature some of the wall-hangings and smaller quilts.

Ashe County Quilt Show, Part 1

Today I will start sharing some photos I took at the Ashe County Piecemaker's Guild Quiltfest last weekend in West Jefferson, NC. 

I kept seeing quilts that referenced Barn Quilts, and eventually figured out that this was a theme category this year.  Barn quilts are very popular in this area, especially after a promotion by the Ashe County Arts Council.

One quilter, Peg Hofstetter,  painted quilts on the barns on a printed fabric.

This is the entire quilt, called I Spy Barns With Quilts.

Another lady embroidered quilts on the barns on a flannel print.

Here is the whole quilt.  It is called, Happy Trails:  A Barn Quilt Trail to Granny's House, by Sandi Smith.

This lovely art quilt features a mountain barn, but alas, no barn quilt. It is When the Cows Come Home, by Jannett Caldwell.   The pieced blocks on the inner border are known as "Hole in the Barn Door," quite appropriate!

Here is a close-up of the barn.

This was probably my favorite of the quilts featuring barns.  Bright Wintry Day, by Chris Eichner.

The tree is fantastic!

This quilt really sums up the fall season on the farm.  It's called Turkey Trot, by Jo Seagle.

And this is a lovely quilt also featuring pumpkins and fall colors.  It's appropriately titled Colors of Fall, by Alica Potter.

Naturally, quilters from this area love to create quilts featuring mountains.  This one is Mountain Landscape, by Barbara Barkley, an original design.

 Here is a detail.

Another is Purple Mountain Majesty, by Sandy Leafe. 

These landscape quilts were displayed in one of the vendor booths. Wow!  Love them!

That's it for today.  Check back next time for more quilts from the show.

Fall Harvest

We were back in the North Carolina mountains last weekend.  It was cold and kind of gray weatherwise, but everywhere I looked there was lots of color.  Welch's Produce Stand was an inviting stop along Highway 88.

We had to get some of those scrumptious tomatoes.

They are selling tree bark birdhouses...

and bunches of bittersweet along with the fruits and veggies.

There were many orange pumpkins visible on the vine in the fields, and at least one pumpkin stand is in full swing.

I liked these fat but flat pumpkins.

Saturday was my father's 88th birthday.  He has had a very rough year with some health issues, but he was feeling good this weekend.  All seven of his children were on hand to help celebrate. Katy and I are the only girls, but we sure have our share of handsome brothers.

Of course there were lots of other Turners on hand, including the newest great-grandchild, Nadia, with my niece Rachel.

I also have some quilty reporting to do about the weekend.  The Ashe County Piecemakers Quilt Guild held their annual show at Jefferson Station, and I thoroughly enjoyed my visit there.  They had lots of mums and antiques to decorate the venue, although it is already an art gallery of huge murals by local artists and even students.

I will have lots of quilt photos in future posts.  I ran into a fellow member of the Carolina Longarm Association, Judy Whitehead, who was working her booth with hand-dyed fabrics and scarves.

There is tons of space at Jefferson Station, and the Vendor Mall was enormous.

Here is a sign that I liked at the show, a gentle reminder not to touch the quilts without the plastic glove. Sunbonnet Sue and her gang are in chains!

I did not buy much at the Vendor Mall since I had very limited time.  I got a few pieces of felted wool, and a poster with some of my favorite things: blue skies, mountains, quilt barns, and cows.  I'll post a picture when I get it dry-mounted or framed.

I'll go ahead and show you the raffle quilt from the show.  I really loved the blend of colors and the glowing fabrics.

Here is a close-up.

I will leave you with one last Fall inspiration:  this fall leaf quilt by Michele Hays.  The label says it is her first quilt.  I see it scored a ribbon!

Yes, fall is coming soon.  Please come back to visit for more quilts from the Ashe County show.