Creative Quilters

This past Saturday I

found creativity galore at the

West Virginia Quilt Festival 2012

held at the Summersville Arena & Conference Center

in gorgeous Nicholas County.

One highlight of the Festival was meeting retired dentist,

 Dr. Don Locke, from Texas.

Look at his 51,816 piece quilt depicting da Vinci's

"The Last Supper."

Much of the fabric was hand dyed.

 Each square is half an inch.

I think Leonardo would have been impressed!

Many great vendors were at the Festival, too.

Neff''s Country Loft

was one of my favorites!

They're two shops in one --

 a country store and a quilt shop.

You can email them at neffscountryloft@sbcglobal.net

The quilters who participated in the show

were outstanding.

This art quilt was stunning!

This bluejay wallhanging with swirling leaves was just lovely.

Look below to see how the quilter quilted into the white background

the image of one of the batik leaves.

Can you see it?

Some great embroidery.

I thought I'd end with this little bluebird,

 part of a Baltimore Album Quilt.

If you give it a glance, you'll think "how sweet."

Look closer. 

 The quilter specifically chose and angled

 the fabric for the back wing.

The spiral of the fabric pattern is just right

 for the fanciful wing.  She also added

her own pen to the bird's underside

 and back feathers.

See her shading on the front wing feathers.

  It looks like she used a black micro-pen.

How inspiring!

I feel like sewing.

Amy