Vermont Quilt Festival Favorites

This is "Pineapple Crazy" by Bonnie Hunter. There was no info included about this quilt, but you can read about Bonnie Hunter here on her Quiltville website, or here on her blog.

Don't you love a gorgeous scrap quilt? The red center squares hold it all together. The rest is just a matter of darks and lights. How easy is that? And look at those borders and corner blocks! Great job, Bonnie!

The crowd gathered around this quilt, so you had to wait in "line" to see it: "Sweet Memories" (below) by Dominique Ehrmann of Ste. Sophie, QC. She created a whimsical chocolate cake factory using a technique that she calls "extreme trapunto," enabling her to play in three dimensions in miniature. Details below.

Note the fabulous 3-D leaves below. Yayy, Dominique!

The crazy quilt below is titled "The Keys to the Castle" by Jane Masenas of Essex Junction, VT (the town where this quilt show was). This viewer was so absorbed in the quilt that I didn't have the heart to ask her to step aside; I just took her picture. Haha. Maker Jane Masenas collected cigarette silks for years on eBay to make this medieval quilt. See the little lock on the door? (Detail photos below)

Still more quilts tomorrow.

Bonnie's Bag and Mystery Prize Winner

Bonnie K. Hunter is a quilter, author, workshop leader, and blogger: Quiltville. The photo above is a tee shirt that she saw at one of her workshops. I saw it on Quiltville and had to show you.

This pretty bag was made as a gift for Bonnie by one of her friends. I see some chocolates too.

The winner of the mystery giveaway is Girltwin64 from Greenwood, Indiana. I heard yesterday that there are more Lottery winners from Indiana than any other state (per capita.) This giveaway isn't really comparable to the Lottery, but I'm just sayin.'

Here's what was in the package: (Girltwin, don't read any further or it will ruin your surprise) a mini quilt cabinet stacked with tiny quilts, a colorful pincushion with a ribbon bow, six fabric fortune cookies, and a box of Bazooka bubble gum. I made them all except the gum.

Antique Quilt from Quiltville Blog

Have you seen Bonnie K. Hunter's blog: http://www.quiltville.blogspot.com/? This cheery antique four-patch quilt was featured on her blog in early November. I really like this one. Nice and bright for this time of year, and not too serious.

"Quilter's World" Riviews Selvage Book

I was so delighted to see "Quilts from the Selvage Edge" reviewed in "Quilter's World magazine." Who knows, maybe some new selvage quilters will be born.

I'm very curious to see the new book by Bonnie K. Hunter called "Scraps and Shirttails," also shown above. She was the Featured Quilter one time on www.realwomenquilt.com, so I feel like I know her a little bit. I guess all quilters know each other a little bit because we have a lot in common to start with.

Thank you to Debbie in Jerusalem for telling me about this book review! You can see her blog at: www.debbiesfiberwork.blogspot.com. She has been experimenting with stamping designs onto fabric. Very interesting results.