Holland Tulip Time Quilt Show 2019

Last week I took a jaunt to Holland (Michigan) and enjoyed the quilt show they host during Tulip Time. Come along on a virtual tour.

The first few quilts featured flowers prominently.

They're Not Your Poppies by Karen de la Durantaye

Sundays with Auntie Rose by Karen de la Durantaye

And, of course, what would Tulip Time be without tulips?!

Abounding Tulips designed by Marilyn Fisher
top by Delaney Ann Prins; quilted by Janet Haines

The traditional style quilting was wonderful on this one:

Detail of Abounding Tulips

There were several impressive applique quilts:

Happy Scrappy Glorious Album designed by Kim McLean and
Barbara Schippa; top by Barbara Schippa
quilted by Janet Haines

Flower Pots designed by Kim McLean
top by Kathleen Myers; quilted by Darla Parks

Lolli Dot designed by Kim McLean
top made and adapted by Nora Slikkers
quilted by Karen Kielmeyer

The blocks in the following quilt were pieced but all of those lines were appliqued.

Ties That Bind by Ellie Bremer

The quilt has about 31 yards of 1/4" wide bias strips, each of them stitched down on both edges!

Detail of Ties That Bind

As I go to more shows and read more online, I recognize more patterns and designs. Do any of you recognize the following?

Farm Girl Sampler designed by Lori Holt
made by Sue Fabiano

These are blocks from the Farm Girl Vintage by Lori Holt. My sister and I did a quilt-along of these blocks in 2016. (Click here for posts about that project.)

The following is a "One Block Wonder" quilt.

Aurora Borealis - one block wonder design
Made by Janet Judson

I was really intrigued with these when I first saw them, but I doubt I will make one at this point. The blocks are hexagons made up of six identical wedges. They're all cut from the same fabric. Each hexagon is unique because it is cut from a different part of the fabric, but all the colours are consistent. Once the blocks are sewn, you  have just as much work to decide how to arrange the blocks as there are so many options.

The following is a small quilt I have the pattern for and still hope to make. The first picture shows you the scale of the pieces (tiny).

Here is the full quilt. It's about 24" square.

Diamond Log Cabin designed by Little Bits
top by Mary Raak; quilted by Char Koppernal

It's paper foundation pieced, which is a technique I like, but every time I try to start this, I get stuck on which fabrics to use and how to arrange the colours. The one above looks like it was done very close to the original pattern sample, if my memory is correct.

Following is a quilt that catches my eye every time - you don't have to wonder why!

Elmer the Elephant designed by Violet Craft
Made by Greg Hugel

This one is done in a wider variety of colours than others I've seen.

Speaking of elephants, this is a cute one!

Ellie designed by "bj designs & patterns"
Made by Arla Beukema

And hanging right below it was this endearing goat.

We Could All Use a Goat (a.k.a. Frasier)
by Karen de la Durantaye

It was an original design done in foundation paper piecing. I was surprised to see that the black is not applied bias strips, but is all done in the paper piecing.

Detail of We Could All Use a Goat

There were a good number of modern style quilts:

Winter Birds designed by Nancy Halvorsen
Made by Myra Morrison

Two of them had distinctive 3D effects,

Heart of Hearts designed by Ellie Brown
top by Barbara Vanden Bosch
quilted by Living Threads Ministries

like these fluttering hearts:

Detail of Heart of Hearts

and puffy flower petals:

Flower Burst design inspired by online picture
made by Living threads volunteers
quilted by Living Threads Ministries

Labyrinth by Barbara Schippa

You are My Sunshine by Dawn Veltema

Potters Wheel designed by Briar Hill Designs
Made by Sarabeth Carr

There was an aisle of Christmas/holiday quilts:

This collection was from a shared class:

The common feature was this "bricked" background made from only two fabrics.

Tree Shadow by Kathy Ryzenga
from a technique taught by Gloria Loughman

It looks like one fabric is cut apart but arranged so the its original pattern is maintained.

These three quilts were made by a mother, daughter, and granddaughter. They worked on them together once a week over a school year.

Design: Jenny Haskins Heritage Quilt

There were made from silks, lace, and other fancy fabrics. They shared some blocks but others were unique as far as I could tell.

The following quilt was inspired by and made from her wedding dress (once her daughter decided not to wear it):

Wedding Dress Recycled designed by Cheryl Scott
top by Cheryl Scott; quilted by Deloa Jones

Her favourite part was the lace panels so that is what she featured in the design.

Medallion designed by Edyta Sitar
Made by Nancy Einfeld

There were many more lovely quilts, but I'm not going to post them all.

After the show, I shopped at a quilt shop in Holland that I hadn't visited before. It was a nice shop but I didn't make any purchases that day.