Highlights of the 2024 Pacific International Quilt Festival

The Pacific International Quilt Festival is one of the top shows in the country. This year was especially busy because of Ladies in Hats, a quilt we helped to finish and enter in the show. Here are a few of the outstanding quilts we admired.

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Cat and Mouse, 40" x 36",  by Katherine Donaldson

Winner of Best Wall Quilt, Cat and Mouse was a celebration of the Year of the Tiger.  Katherine Donadlson says that this quilt was inspired by a neighbor's drawing of a tiger.  The mouse was added to soften the tiger's effect and to provide a friend.  The technique was fabric collage, combined with longarm machine quilting. 

Royal Treasure, 83 x 83", by Marilyn Badger (Utah)

Winner of Best of Show, this original design is another in Marilyn Badger's series of doily quilts using hand dyed vintage doilies by Wendy Richardson and fabrics by Paula Nadelstern and Cherrywood.  Machine pieced, machine appliqued and longarm machine quilted.  Due to crowds we were unable to photograph the full width of the quilt, but it certainly has tremendous visual impact.

Granny Squares, 44 x 45", by Melinda Gerber (California)

Melinda Gerber says, "Each week for close to a year I crafted a block using an EPP of my own design I titled Marigold.  [The block pattern] is composed of twelve honeycombs and four squares. Although all 49 blocks are the same structure, by using whole or partial motifs or pattern matching, it gives each blocks its own flavor and, in many cases, obscures the interior shapes used."

Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2024 Pacific International Quilt Festival.