Arizona Quilt Show in Mesa

Nice quilt show to attend - ample free parking, close to home via the freeway, good quilts and vendors. I purchased a few items for the long arming gang at home as well as a few things for myself.

Here are some of the many quilts to view at the show.  Of course I picked the ones I liked the best.  You will see mostly art quilts, although there were many bed quilts as well.

Spirit of Sedona
A photo was divided into 6 equal vertical pieces, each section was pieced by an individual person, then the top was sewn together.  It is gorgeous!!  Even more beautiful than the photo depicts!!

Up close detail of fir tree on far right.

Small confetti-like pieces in the second panel under the orange mesa rocks.

Fibres added for texture in the second panel.  

Life Lessons:  Playing with Blocks can be Perilous by Linda Engstrom
As grief therapy during her mother's final illness this artist used leftover fabric
and assembled it in to 'balancing' blocks with scribble quilting.

I Love New York by Georgia Heller
I loved the wind, clouds and ghost images of the twin towers in this quilt.

Meet Me at the Fork by Theresa Shaw who was raised in Winnipeg,

Birds, Butterflies, and Beads by Evelyn Link
This abstract piece resembles a kimono to me.  I liked the way she used beads to join the pieces on the diagonal.  

Memories of Summer by Trudy Cowan
This quilt depicts summer lake memories from Lake Muskoka, Ontario.
I am very sorry that the photo does not do this wall art justice.  It was stunning!!

Arizona Blue Sky by Lori Hennig
This quilt depicts stars wind, clouds, raindrops, haboob dust.
I love the trapunto work and quilting in the sky. 

Scouting the Canyon Lands by Theresa Shaw
The artist used boy scout uniforms along with other fabrics in this quilt.

Not a City by Betty Hahn
This is a digital image on silk that has stitching on it to depict a city.
The original photograph was the demise of the artists computer when her grandson's magnet 'killed' it.
Way to turn an unhappy event into a thing of beauty!!

Painted Beauty by Barbara Janson
Once again the photo does not do this piece of art justice.  Incredibly well executed and full of texture.

Up close of Painted Beauty to show textured thread work.

Winter Chickadee by Diane Hansen

Close up of quilting.

Close up of feathers and textures on the bird due to quilting.