Southern New Mexico Festival of Quilts: Quilters of Mexico

The Quilters of Mexico Exhibit was my favorite part of the Southern New Mexico of Quilts. In case you missed the last posts, you can find them here and here. 

Marco Quilt: Magic Towns of Mexico is a group quilt created by 75 people who were each assigned a town to represent.

Macro Quilt: Magic Towns of Mexico

Endemic Flora and Fauna of Mexico, a contest launched for the 9th Expo Patchwork & Quilt, was designed to be a sister collection for "Made in Australia: Flora and Fauna."

Images by Rosa Elba Quintana was "inspired by the beauty, strength, fragility and colorfulness of some Mexican endemic species."

Images by Rosa Elba Quintana

Images by Rosa Elba Quintana

The Eleukerodactilus only lives exclusively in the shrubberies of the Pedregal Reservation. Els used tyvek to represent the frog's skin.

White-Lipped Chirping Frog (Eleutkerodactilus)

White-Lipped Chirping Frog (Eleutkerodactilus)

SissiGutierrez chose to highlight the critically endangered, golden-tailed pygmy raccoon as she also has bags under her eyes and enjoys working with her hands. ( The Nathuatl name for raccoon, mapach, means "the one with hands".)

Pygmy Racoon from Cozumel by Sissi Gutierrez

Axolotl, a Fascinating Monster was paper-pieced by Maria de Lourdes Cruz Romero. It features the endangered salamander with the ability to regenerate almost any part of its body and a transparent skin during its youth. The pattern was drawn by Maria de Lourdes' daughter.

Axolotl, a Fascinating Monster by Maria de Lourdes Cruz Romero

In the Cuatrocienegas desert there are water pools caused by subterranean currents containing plants and animals that have remained unchanged for 150,000,000 years as they cannot escape the area.

The Living Fossils from Cuatrocienegas by Maria de Lourdes Cruz Romero

The Living Fossils from Cuatrocienegas by Maria de Lourdes Cruz Romero

The Living Fossils from Cuatrocienegas by Maria de Lourdes Cruz Romero

The Living Fossils from Cuatrocienegas by Maria de Lourdes Cruz Romero

Southern New Mexico Festival of Quilts: Pam Holland

I'm back with more from the Southern New Mexico Festival of Quilts. Today I'm sharing some pictures of Pam Holland's fantastic quilts. She and Sue Rasmussen were the 2017 instructors for the event, which raises money for a different children's charity each year.

Sockittome

The Cat

The Cat (Detail)

Requiem to the Elephant

Illustrative Thread Painting

Geraldine

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Southern New Mexico Festival of Quilts

In late June, I attended the Southern New Mexico Festival of Quilts in Alamogordo, NM. Today I thought I'd share a few quilts from the show. My apologies for the lack of information. There was no identification on the quilts, or in the show program. So here are my anonymous favorites, with the exception of the information I could find on the festival Facebook page.
I suspect these on-point, batik stars were paper-pieced.

I enjoyed the non-standard grid layout of this sampler.

Feathers, which was pieced by Susan Petty and quilted by Kittie Suchimming, was awarded Viewer's Choice Second Place.

Feathers by Susan Petty, Quilted by Kittie Schimming

The same computerized quilting design was repeated in varying sizes within this densely quilted beauty.

Feathers by Susan Petty, Quilted by Kittie Schimming

Jean Bolton of Mayhill took Viewers Choice First Place for her original design, Mystic Trees, which was quilted by Kittie Schimming.

Mystic Trees by Jean Bolton, Quilted by Kittie Schimming

The stained glass effect on these was very pretty.

The raffle quilt using Sue Rasmussen's Robots Gone Wild pattern was very cute.

That's all for now, but I'll be back with a special exhibit and an instructor's featured work.

Quilt Fiesta Santa Fe: Part II

I'm back with more quilt-related inspiration from Quilt Fiesta Santa Fe. If you missed my last post, check it out.
I loved the ombre effect in "When I am Old I Will Wear Purple" by Elizabeth Rickert, quilted by Sharon Cook. The pattern is by Noah Earnheart for the Missouri Star Quilt Company (although I wasn't able to locate it online).

"When I am Old I Will Wear Purple" by Elizabeth Rickert
Quilted by Sharon Cook

Kompass Inspired by Kaffe and Katja by Sarb Sarang Khalsa was a vibrant beauty.

Kompass Inspired by Kaffe and Katja by Sarb Sarang Khalsa

Star Sampler by Kathy Sublett, Quilted by Pam Millward took 1st Pieced Group and Best Machine Quilting. The My Lucky Stars pattern by the late Pam Bono in no longer available.

Star Sampler by Kathy Sublett, Quilted by Pam Millward

I found this extraordinary appliqué in the display for the guild's hand appliqué group, but no further details were provided.

Serendipity by Fran Holden and quilted by Lynn Horpedahl caught my attention, with its negative space and high contrast between bright, warm colors and the dark background.

Serendipity by Fran Holden

Quilted by Lynn Horpedahl

Back to the Garden by Nancy Arseneault earned first place for Appliqué and Best of Show using the Piece O'Cake Anniversary Quilt Pattern.

Back to the Garden by Nancy Arseneault

The unique quilting done by Linda Robinson on Melody Griego's Dandelion Messages quilt caught my attention. Melody used the Sheandoah pattern by Creative Solutions.

 Dandelion Messages by Melody Greg

Quilted by Linda Robinson

I remembered Cover Me in Stories by Carla Beene and quilted by Linda Robinson from the New Mexico State Fair. It was awarded Judge's Choice.

Cover Me in Stories by Carla Beene
Quilted by Linda Robinson

Thanks for joining me for the Quilt Fiesta Santa Fe!

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