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Into The Wild by Martha Sivetz-Baltram
This original design pieced and appliqued quilt is truly stunning. Martha Sivetz-Baltram says that she was inspired by forests and wild animals, after touring several national parks last summer. This creation won a well-deserved blue ribbon in the Mixed Technique, Medium/Large-Solo category. She used the silhouette animals from clip art to create the animals, and placed crows (below) in the four corners of the quilt.
We couldn't resist one more closeup photo, showing the vertical line of bees that were placed between the rows of tree blocks. The piecing, applique and quilting were all done by Martha herself.
Desert Watch by Elizabeth Heurlin
Desert Watch is an original design by Elizabeth Heurlin, created with pieced flying geese, turned and machine applique, a crewel owl, and machine and hand embroidery. A quilt block in the upper right corner, with quilting that echoes the flying geese theme, depicts the desert sun. The focus point was the amazing owl, shown below.
Elizabeth says she stitched the owl around 30 years ago from an unknown crewel embroidery kit. We love the way she perched the owl on a prickly pear at the edge of the quilt! Elizabeth credits Ann Peterson for inspiring some of the design elements. This piece won a yellow (Third Place) ribbon in the Mixed Technique, Small - Solo category,
Count Basie Bear under The Desert Stars by Jane Wilcox
This original design by Jane Wilcox was inspired by the 2020 show theme, Desert Stars. Jane says, "One of the most beautiful sights at night is the Phoenix skyline illuminated by the stars and moon!"
The bear sitting near the campfire is conducting a symphony of coyotes, a familiar sound to many who live in Arizona.
The prickly pear and other cactus had three-dimensional flowers and leaves, adding depth to the surface of this art quilt.
Neighorhood Delights by Yvonne Cozart, quilted by Sue Bruner
This is such a beautiful quilt, with its bright blue background and intricate design elements! Yvonne Cozart says, "I love the creativity of combining colors and changing rules to make a unique composition. The pattern [by Wendy Williams] was originally done in the round." Yvonne also added many fun details, such as the little owl sitting on the fence, below.
This quilt was entered in the Display Only category, which means it was not professionally judged, but we and many others would have given it a blue ribbon.
I Spy Scrappy Spikes by Judy Birchett, quilted by Sharon Elsberry
One of the most delightful scrap quilts we've seen, Judy Birchett's original design was based on the traditional New York Beauty block, done in rainbow colors and an "I Spy" theme. For more color, Prairie Points were added around the outside of the quilt. The red ribbon is for Second Place in the Scrap-Duet category.
Judy says it was created with "lots of partial seams" and using her stash of scraps and juvenile novelty prints. The centers of the blocks were fussy cut to showcase these fun characters, as in the closeup photos above and below.
Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2020 Arizona Quilters Guild show.
