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dhanke 01-24-2011 09:36 AM

Wow, thanks so much for sharing. I've always wanted to go to that show, now I feel like I have. Thanks again!

Iluv2quilt 01-24-2011 09:40 AM

Wow! These are simply amazing, I loved all of them, such talent!!

RitaVil 01-24-2011 09:46 AM

Grama Lehr, I was there on Saturday also! It was an amazing show! Quite overwhelming for a beginner who is trying to just make sure her squares are even!

You took great pictures!

lighthouse 01-24-2011 09:54 AM

These quilts are BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I wish that I had a little of the talent that these quilters do. I cannot believe how realistic these quilts look :-)

dbrand4967 01-24-2011 09:56 AM

Amazing. Thank you for sharing.

Just Jane 01-24-2011 09:57 AM

Whoa! Just went through all of the photos -- took my breath away! Thank you for sharing!

RedGarnet222 01-24-2011 10:12 AM

I am in beauty and color shock!! Wow Wow Wow!!!

jljack 01-24-2011 10:38 AM

To everyone comparing their own talents to these....don't do that to yourself! I did it the first year I went, also. Then I realized that the people who enter these shows are very exceptionally gifted artists...no different from artists using other mediums, ie photography, paint, clay, etc.

I am not an artist, I am a quilter. I have good quilting skills, but not artistic talent. I don't compare my work to theirs any more. While I can appreciate their work, I don't aspire to it.

Embrace your own skill at the wonderful craft of quilting. It is indeed an acquired skill...practice, practice, practice. As you go along increasing your skill, you may turn into an artist, but don't count on it. Only a very few can turn out works of art in fabric. The rest of us can turn out beautiful quilts for our friends and family to enjoy. This is my forte...and I am happy here in it!! :-)

Jim's Gem 01-24-2011 10:54 AM


Originally Posted by jljack
To everyone comparing their own talents to these....don't do that to yourself! I did it the first year I went, also. Then I realized that the people who enter these shows are very exceptionally gifted artists...no different from artists using other mediums, ie photography, paint, clay, etc.

I am not an artist, I am a quilter. I have good quilting skills, but not artistic talent. I don't compare my work to theirs any more. While I can appreciate their work, I don't aspire to it.

Embrace your own skill at the wonderful craft of quilting. It is indeed an acquired skill...practice, practice, practice. As you go along increasing your skill, you may turn into an artist, but don't count on it. Only a very few can turn out works of art in fabric. The rest of us can turn out beautiful quilts for our friends and family to enjoy. This is my forte...and I am happy here in it!! :-)

As my friends and I say, we make quilts to be used and loved and enjoyed and eventually worn out. I don't make "works of art" I look at these quilts and enjoy the beauty in them. Most of them I would not want to put on my bed or couch for fear of "ruining" them. Don't think that your quilts arn't "good enough" Each quilt is beautiful in it's own right and what counts is the love we put into them!

Mar_ie 01-24-2011 11:33 AM

Thank you for the photos...absolutely beautiful


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