We had a super-duper, full-house quilt guild meeting today. The head count was 121 members and visitors. Our meeting facility, the Homewood Senior Center, is getting a little crowded. Still, it's great to see so many people interested in quilting these days. My friend from book club, Mary Undeustch, was among the new members present.
The photo at left shows Patty Harant, our guest speaker today. Patty is a quilt and fabric designer from Pennsylvania who specializes in applique and reproduction designs. She was an interesting speaker, and she brought lots of amazing quilts for us to see. I'll share some of them with you here.
The first is Patty's Wickersham Quilt, which she copied from an antique quilt that she discovered in a museum vault. Patty painstakingly traced all the patterns
, including the quilting, by hand. Then, with the help of several other quilters, she made this quilt you see in this photo.
The next quilt is Patty's interpretation of a fractur, which is a Pennsylvania German style of illumination or illustration.
You can find patterns for many of Patty's designs on her website. You'll also see more of her quilts there.
Below are a three more of Patty's quilts.
I also have photos of some of our own members' show-and-tell. I'll show you them tomorrow.
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On 09/17/2007, Sister Cage said ...
I love the Wickersham and "My True Love Gave To Me" quilts. They're all amazing, but those two are most striking, to me.
On 09/18/2007, Georgina said ...
WOW!!!Those quilts are gorgeous! But best of all, I think is the time you spend having fun with your guild friends.
On 09/28/2007, Jenny H said ...
What amazing quilts! I can't imagine being able to make any that detailed. Most of the quilts I've made so far are just large squares :)
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