Quilt Arizona! The 2022 Show (2)

We could hardly wait for the 2022 Arizona Quilters Guild show, where the theme was Kaleidoscope of Quilts.  And what a fantastic show it was!  Due to the pandemic, the show was cancelled last year - so there was high anticipation for this year's event. There were many amazing quilts on display... here are some of our favorites!

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Prismatic by Maryanne Nowacki, quilted by Cindy Stohn

Second place winner for "Best Use of Theme" Marianne notes, "When I saw the booklet pattern    (Cadence Court by Sassafras Lane Designs), I just had to make it. I enjoyed the process of finding all the fabrics for it and doing the paper piecing. I see it every day hanging on the wall."

Marianne's well-chosen use of color-saturated rainbow fabrics makes her quilt really spectacular. It was professionally machine quilted and hand-guided by Cindy Stohn.

Main Street - Tonopah by LeAnn Hileman

 Best of Show and First Place winner for Pictorial Quilts, LeAnn writes about her original design, "My challenges in making Main Street Tonopah (Nevada) were twofold: first, how to depict a sunset in fabric; and second, how to depict artificial lights at twilight in fabric."
 

LeAnn's brilliant use of light and shadow is what makes her quilt such a show-stopper.  It creates a mood of the timelessness of the old west - the big, bright sky of the high desert, juxtaposed against  the faded, dark paint of the century-old buildings, which seem to have existed forever. LeAnn machine quilted and hand-guided this creation herself.

Read Me a Story by Bobbi Levy-Dodge, quilted by Jessica Dickinson

 Bobbi comments, "I enjoyed selecting the book covers from my considerable stash of fun focus fabric, then creating coordinating book titles. ( And yes, there IS a story behind the mouse/armadillo book." 

Bobbi used the quilt pattern "Book Nerd" by Angela Pintel to create her charming quilt. This reminds us of our childhood, where we spent quiet summer days in the children's room of our public library, searching for fun new books which we hadn't read yet.

Unfortunately, the titles on the spines of the books do not show up well in our photos, but Bobbi has very creatively matched the titles she selected with the motif of each fabric. Jessica Dickinson machine quilted "Read Me a Story" using computer-guided software.

My Hippy Kids by Linda Jenkins, quilted by Penny Boese

Second place winner in the Small/Medium Pieced Quilts category, Linda comments, " This pattern (Happy Together by Sew Kind of Wonderful) just spoke fun and color to me." We love the lively faces of the children on Linda's enchanting, vibrant quilt.

Linda adds, " Penny Boese just made the kids almost real with her [machine quilted, computer-guided] excellent creative quilting."

Jewel Patch by Wanda Seale, quilted by Cindy Stahl

Third place winner in the category of Small/ Medium Pieced Quilts, Wanda explains, "This is what happens when you mix colorful Kaffe Fasset fabrics with black and whites, all together in a fun pattern", ' Jewel Patch ' by Pleasant Valley Creations .

Wanda continues about her sparkling, dynamic quilt, " It was a challenge to execute, but I love it so much, that it hangs in my bedroom."  It was professionally machine quilted and hand-guided by Cindy Stahl.

Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2022 Quilt Arizona show in Mesa, Arizona.