Monday, October 26, 2009

My World

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It's back to the Houston International Quilt Festival.
I'm a fantasy lover and a dragon lover.
These quilts sang to me!



Medea Escaping by Marilyn Belford from Chenango Forks, New York
Beautiful!
But it was the critter in the bottom left corner who waved to me.




I'd like you to meet Lizzie!
At least that is what a friend of the quilt maker told me -
the dragon's name is Lizzie.
Wonderful!



Words of Wisdom by Elizabeth Dillinger of Ajax, Ontario, Canada
I fell madly in love with this wise old dragon.
Dillinger based this quilt on the amazing needle work of Teresa Wentzler.



Lastly, this is Pandora
made by Vicki David and Terry Breazeale of
Santa Rosa, California.
Inspiration for this quilt came from a stylized Elizabethan
Christmas card.

More quilts next week!

Joy!

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24 comments:

The Bodhi Chicklet said...

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful work. Once upon a time I thought I would make quilts. But sewing isn't my gift. I do appreciate them, though. But these are magnificent works of art. I can imagine you with that first dragon one (Medea) spread around your shoulders.

Alicia @ boylerpf said...

I am still amazed at the quality of these quilts...especially the first one. It looks like a painting and not out of fabric! Such talent!

Sylvia K said...

Those are totally incredible!! So very creative! It must be wonderful to have that kind of talent!! Your photos are terrific! Thanks so much, Snap, for sharing these!

Enjoy!

Sylvia

Anonymous said...

very nice pieces indeed!
[I'm a mac too and refuse to grow up:-)]

Eve said...

Those are amazing! I can't begin to imagine how much work went into those!

Sherry said...

These quilts are extraordinary Snap. The one from Ajax? That's about 20 minutes on the highway from me!! And Theresa Wentzler..her work was/is beautiful. She passed away a few years ago...I used to see her work in all of my counted cross stitch publications.

SandyCarlson said...

Those quilts are astounding!

Anonymous said...

These are amazing, and amazingly beautiful. No wonder you fell in love!

Amanda Moore said...

Gosh I can hardly believe those are quilts they are amazing!

Martha Z said...

Beautiful, creative and amazing craftmanship. I enlarged every one to better appreciate them. Thanks for sharing.

Ebie said...

OMG! Beautiful and creative and great details. Such great artists hands!

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Snap: Those are amazing quilts with so much detail. Amazing what people can do.

Gaelyn said...

Absolutely beautiful quilts. So much work and time. That first dragon really calls to me.

Photo Cache said...

these are top notch quilt. professionally made, right?

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Unknown said...

True works of art. It's amazing how much work went into this beautiful quilt.

duopastorale said...

Very impressive, and beautiful autumn shades too :)

McGillicutty said...

WOW they don't look like the quilts I imagine in my head, they're like masterpieces in fabrics!!! Thanks for sharing, and one day I might get organized enough to join in My World! xx

Kim Mailhot said...

Wow, what absolutely amazing works of art ! The drago is gorgeous but I am partial to Pandora myself - kind of queen-like here, isn't she ? ;)
Thanks for the eye candy, beautiful Snap !

Carver said...

The quilt are all absolutely amazing. I can imagine the time that must go into each one.

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Wow---what fabulous quilts, Snap... I especially like that last one --since you can see all of the quilting in it.

I'm catching up on blogs this week. Don't know how long it will take me. My word for 2010 is going to be PATIENCE --since that is the hardest thing for me to have...

Love your post about "Old" Christmases ---Raggedy and Andy, the silver Christmas tree, the gumdrop tree, etc. Brought back memories!!!

Great pictures from the zoo of the giraffe. Beautiful creature, isn't he?

Hugs,
Betsy--who is THRILLED to be home 'finally'

Maria-Thérèse ~ www.afiori.com said...

Lovely! I like dragons too. I have one little handmade lucky dragon sitting on my desk :D

Tes said...

Oh wow, I missed the quilt festival! Awesome capture, Snap! Those quilts really good! So intricate!

Arija said...

How wonderful! I would love to see lots more of these.

Barb said...

Lizzie and Queen Lizzy - couldn't be better! What a fabulous exhibit you attended!