AQS Quilt Week - Grand Rapids

I've been gone; we had a wonderful trip to Iceland. When I get my pictures put together, I'll have a few maker-y things to share.


And the Saturday after we got home, I dashed up to Grand Rapids to see all the quilts at the AQS show. I knew I wasn't likely to have the energy or head space to take a class so I didn't sign up for any, but admiring quilts was well within my capacity. :)

Top of the list was this quilt by one of the hosts of the online quilt show "The Stitch TV" that I follow:

Feeling Clammy at the Irish Disco by Pamela Cobb

She wasn't able to go to GR to see her quilt hanging so followers of the show who could sent or posted selfies with the quilt.

Following are some of the ribbon winners. All of these would be worth a click to see a larger version and even zooming in.

Garden Variety Sampler by Janet Stone

For Such a Time as This by Kathy Wylie

Champagne SuperNova by Marilyn Badger

Kirara's Garden Party by Ayako Kawakammi

The details all over this quilt are unbelievable.
These are just a few of the ribbon-work flowers.

Song of Summer by Bethanne Nemesh

Uptown Rail Fence by Maria Shell

Vertigo by Elaine Wick Poplin

 Note the rings are closed circles - they are not spirals.

Colourful Dream by Lisa Belanger

Hwasung Fortress: Suwon Hwasung Version 2 by Mikyung Jang

This is a whole cloth quilt where the design is made completely with machine stitching.

The work definitely merits two close ups! It's amazing.

There were several exhibits from challenges. The first is the annual "New Quilts from an Old Favorite" put on by the National Quilt Museum. This year it was the Bow Tie block.

Putting' on the Ritz by Leslie Johnson

Silk Ties by Margaret Fetterhoff

Black Tie and Tails by Karen Grover

 I thought a second picture may be worth it to help pick out the bow tie blocks:

The Perfect Nanny by Cathy Geier

This is a detail of Maze Garden by Li-Hsiang Chen
Alice in Wonderland characters in a bowtie maze.

Papillon by Julie Wells

Abstract on Black Tie by Sandi Snow

Negotiating the Price of an Apple by Tere D'Amato

And here are some selections from the Patchers at the LakeShore (Muskegon, MI) guild challenge: "What's Your Modern?"

Triple Twilight Zone by Suzette Mattson

I've Got the Blues by Cheryl Berggren

Triad Woven by karen Durgan

Tribute to Piet Mondrian Composition C (1935)
by Sandra Engle

Rippled by Jami Harwood

Stormy Sky by Carla Zahl Jolman

Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
by Joy Lamphere

Lunar by Darla Parks

I have so many more pictures! I'll put up a second post later. I saw everything in about three hours and that was rushed enough; I'll give you a little time to take these in. :)