Sweet Home Quilt Co.

More pictures of the beautiful quilts from the Festival of Quilts Show and the members of the Heart of Georgia Quilt Guild.

Cottage and Flowers by Joyce Jones
(hand appliqued and hand quilted!)

Toots’s Flower Garden by Alice Smith
A Piece ‘O Cake pattern, Alice started this quilt in Utah in 1987, worked on it in Hawaii, Korea, Florida and New Hampshire, and finally finished it in Georgia! I wish you could see the machine quilting done by Alice on her Bernina – it was simply amazing!

Hidden Star (miniature) by Kathy Darley

Buttons Blooms and Baskets by Alice Smith

Stretched Chains by Page O’Neill

Miss Lily’s Baskets by Sandy Gilreath
(an original design)

Hartwell Commons by Sandy Gilreath
Quilt features silk ribbon embroidery, free motion quilting, and applique. This quilt has been selected as a semi-finalist in the AQS Show & Contest in Paducah, April 2012.

How Does My Garden Grow by Jeannine Burton
This quilt was fabulous with machine embroidered applique flowers and crystal “bling” all over it!

Raj, Rob Roy, and Ralph (Rooster series) by Beth McGinn

Blue Flame by Carol West

Pansy Baskets by Sumie Martin

Exotic Flowers by Joyce Jones
(hand appliqued and hand quilted)

Mill Wheel by Laurene Wooten
(hand pieced and hand quilted)

Angeline’s Garden Quilt by Angeline Walker
(Angie’s first applique quilt!!!)

Friends and Flowers, You Can Never Have Enough by Sheila Bender
(hand appliqued)

As I mentioned earlier, talent abounds in this guild. Many members had 7, 8, 9, and even 10 quilts entered in this show! And you can see that they really, really love applique and do some absolutely amazing work! I am always awestruck and inspired while viewing the masterpieces created by this guild!

There were a couple of special exhibits that I’ll share with you in a separate post so that I can share the stories, too. In the meantime, if you have an opportunity to attend a guild quilt show and view the local talent, please do so in support of the quilters who put so much time and effort into their work. But remember, don’t touch the quilts or you could end up like these hapless folks…

Melisa

I had so much fun this weekend vending at the Heart of Georgia Guild’s Festival of Quilts Show in Macon. I am always honored to be asked back, and the ladies of the guild are so sweet and wonderful to the vendors that it really isn’t like working at all!

This is our booth (sorry the picture is so dark!) I usually put up my drapes but decided to leave those off this year and I was glad I did…it opened things up and I didn’t feel as closed off from reverything as I usually do! Had a great time visiting with Jean and Kathy who were doing demonstrations right next to me!

There is no shortage of talent in the Heart of Georgia Quilt Guild, and it is very evident in the quilts entered into the show. Warning! Many photos to follow…it was just too hard to narrow them down too much! I’ll do a second post with more pictures later this week. Enjoy!

Piece and Plenty by Susan Crook

This was my view for two days as this quilt hung right in front of my booth. Susan does amazing applique, and her color and fabric choices mimic my taste perfectly!

Baltimore’s Country Cousins by Linda Strickland

An amazingly beautiful quilt made by a quilter who proclaims to not like applique!

Paper Pieced Christmas Quilt by Page O’Neill

Christmas Quilt by Page O’Neill

Page actually made two of these quilts…for bunk beds!

Yikes! Stripes! #2 by Alice Smith

Wholecloth by Miriam Shurling (and a close up)

This quilt was purchased at an auction already sandwiched and ready to quilt. Miram finished it with hand quilting.

In the Garden by Mary Ramsdell

Irish Chain with trapunto roses…beautiful, spring colors!

Feathered Pineapple (wholecloth) by Faye Schnable

This was a pre-printed wholecloth design altered by the maker and longarm machine quilted. Trapunto is done using wool batting. (Wholecloth quilts are so difficult to photograph – there is no way to do it justice!)

It’s Never Too Late to Plant a Friendship Garden by Kathleen Melikian

Southern Heritage by Faye Schnable

A Tribute to Gerald Walker by Angeline Walker

They’re Coming to Take Me Away! Ha, Ha! by Beth McGinn

Aptly named…look at the gazillion pieces in this quilt and all those points!

That’s all for now…I’ll post more later!

Melisa