{"id":38264,"date":"2017-09-27T07:03:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T14:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=38264"},"modified":"2017-09-24T21:41:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T04:41:55","slug":"quilting-in-the-garden-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/quilting-in-the-garden-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Quilting in the Garden 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38276\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_125530.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38276\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_125530-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Quilting in the Garden 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_125530-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_125530-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_125530-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_125530-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quilting in the Garden 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is really fun to have another quiltmaker around the corner. SIL and I went to Quilting in the Garden out in Livermore on Sunday and had a good time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/alden-lane-nursery-show-part-4-quilts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Last time<\/a> I took BART, I think, and Mrs. K picked me up and drove me to the show.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-38264 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20170924_201431-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_201431-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Circles and Bars Donation Quilt\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38267\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38267'>\n\t\t\t\tCircles and Bars Donation Quilt\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20170924_200856-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_200856-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sew Scary Halloween Quilt\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38266\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38266'>\n\t\t\t\tSew Scary Halloween Quilt\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Quilts were hanging right out front of the main nursery building, so we didn&#8217;t have to wait to get our fix.The Halloween quilt reminded me of a mixture of two friends: <a href=\"http:\/\/highfibercontent.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julie<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gerredavis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gerre<\/a>. If they made a quilt together, it would look something like that Halloween quilt<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38270\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_133452.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_133452-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Cherry Featherweight\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_133452-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_133452-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_133452-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_133452-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cherry Featherweight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While most of the quilts, in general, were much more traditional than other shows I attend, I was excited to see so many quilts. Many of them had aspects I enjoyed. There were also vendors. I bought some new rotary blades (can you believe I ran out? Shocking!) and a ticket to win a cherry red Featherweight. I absolutely don&#8217;t need it, but it was very cute.<\/p>\n<p>Edyta Sitar was the featured artist so many of the quilts on display were her quilts and used her color palette: blues and beiges. She had a booth with all of her books, patterns, thread, everything! Otherwise, I didn&#8217;t really see her wandering around chatting with people.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Sitar&#8217;s quilts have a traditional feel to them, but there is generally a twist. She uses a lot of different fabrics in the same values to add interest. She often seems to use intricate piecing or applique&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-38264 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20170924_133754sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_133754sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Edyta Sitar Quilt\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-38271\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-38271'>\n\t\t\t\tEdyta Sitar Quilt\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20170924_140838sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_140838sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Edyta Sitar Tall Basket Quilt\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-38274\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-38274'>\n\t\t\t\tEdyta Sitar Tall Basket Quilt\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20170924_133737sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_133737sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Edyta Sitar Sawtooth Star Quilt\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-38275\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-38275'>\n\t\t\t\tEdyta Sitar Sawtooth Star Quilt\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The three quilts above are three of Ms. Sitar&#8217;s quilts that I really liked. I am not fond of her colors, but I can see adding a white or charcoal background to any of them along with some brighter foreground colors. They would make wonderful quilts in my style and colors.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-38264 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20170924_131411sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_131411sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Hunter&#039;s Star \/ Confetti Star by Material Girlfriends\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-38279\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-38279'>\n\t\t\t\tHunter&#8217;s Star \/ Confetti Star by Material Girlfriends\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20170924_133549sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_133549sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Hunter&#039;s Star \/ Confetti Star by Material Girlfriends\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-38277\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-38277'>\n\t\t\t\tHunter&#8217;s Star \/ Confetti Star by Material Girlfriends\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20170924_131457sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_131457sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Hunter&#039;s Star \/ Confetti Star by Material Girlfriends\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-38278\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-38278'>\n\t\t\t\tHunter&#8217;s Star \/ Confetti Star by Material Girlfriends\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>If there was a theme, I would have to say Hunter&#8217;s Star. There were a number of Hunter&#8217;s Star quilts. SIL noticed them first as she has been making them with the die and ruler she has. They are super fun to play with in terms of colors. We saw probably half a dozen, which was amazing since I don&#8217;t think I have ever seen one at a show. Lora Zmak and Lisa Norton of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materialgirlfriends.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Material Girlfriends<\/a> had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quiltpatternsdirect.com\/blog\/materialgirlfriendspatterns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patterns<\/a> for Hunter&#8217;s Star quilts and many of their samples were clever, bright and cheerful.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38287\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_131425sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38287\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_131425sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Confetti Star by Material Girlfriends- quilting\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_131425sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_131425sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_131425sm.jpg 924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Confetti Star by Material Girlfriends- quilting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The version on the left had really fabulous quilting. Though the fabrics were all solids, the quilting made it look like the fabrics were patterned. Zoom in to look at the full effect of the quilting on the left quilt.<\/p>\n<p>The quilting really worked with the blocks and didn&#8217;t take away from the overall design. A+!<\/p>\n<p>My favorite quilt was also by Material Girlfriends. They call it Radiant Star. It is a version of the Sawtooth Star and you know I love almost all Sawtooth Stars. Remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/stars-3-donation-top\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my donation quilts<\/a> and my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/finished-star-sampler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Sampler<\/a>?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38284\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_130506sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38284\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_130506sm-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"Radiant Star by Material Girlfriends\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_130506sm-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_130506sm-768x782.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170924_130506sm.jpg 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 85vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Radiant Star by Material Girlfriends<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Radiant Star had good colors, great quilting and I loved the grid on which the blocks were placed. Look how regular the lines of blocks look horizontally, but once you look at them ont he diagonal, something new and different happens. Genius!<\/p>\n<p>I also like the way the maker arranged the blocks from light to dark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is really fun to have another quiltmaker around the corner. SIL and I went to Quilting in the Garden out in Livermore on Sunday and had a good time. Last time I took BART, I think, and Mrs. K picked me up and drove me to the show. Quilts were hanging right out front &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/quilting-in-the-garden-2017\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Quilting in the Garden 2017&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[335],"class_list":["post-38264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-434","tag-quilt-show"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}