I took a field trip today to my friend Carolyn's mother and grandmother's house. They both make quilts. I got to see several of their quilts and was just in awe. I only had my camera phone so the pictures I took are going to come out kinda small but I wanted to show you guys and gals.

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WOW, they do great work! That last one is very interesting with the colors she used. Tell them Great job!!

Gorgeous!

WOW! I feel compelled to run to my sewing room right NOW... :D What a beautiful collection of style, patterns and colors... GREAT job..... thanks for posting.

Oh how beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing. It makes me want to go sew too.

Hello,
I am new to the boards. tonight is my first night visiting. I just had to tell you how much fun seeing the mini show you have shared with us. I am taken with the trip around the world. What nice use of color.
I wish I had been able to see the quilting. Was it done by hand?

Absolutely
Positively
Beautiful

couldnt have said it better myself..so i didnt!

DITTO!!!

They are beautiful. I would have loved to see them close up! Thanks for sharing with us!!!

Thanks for sharing Henry. What lovely quilts.
How many patterns did you come home with? and
Did they let you raid their stash. :lol: :lol:

You are sssooo LUCKY ! :mrgreen: You do have to share more details about those awesome quilts . Thanks for sharing.
Sharon

Those are great quilts :shock: :shock: They are talented women that you should glean quilting tips from!!! Lucky you.

Mary

Thanks for sharing! That must have been quite the experience. I would have had my head spinning.... How fortunate that they permitted you to take pictures. We love pictures......

Piecefully yours,
Kay Susan

Thanks for posting these for us!

What talented ladies--thanks for the trunk show!

Thanks Henry, those were beautiful!

1st and second one and the fans and the last one were all done by hand. the others were a bit of hand and machine.

I was happy that I was able to take pictures. They didnt let me take pictures of the really old ones. There was one there that was a grandma's garden that was all done by hand and it was GORGEOUS and it was made 70 years ago by her grandmother. I understood why she didn't want a picture taken of it. I didn't get to get pictures of some of the other ones because my phone battery died. But there were some hand woven wool ones that were done as crazy quilts and the stitching was phenomenal!!! I was in AWE.
Two of the quilts that were done crazy style took a year a piece to make and stitch together.

They also invited me to come back anytime and even said I should come down sometime and quilt with them! :)

I was in quilting heaven today.

That was made from men's shirts.

the fan, trip and diamonds were made from old dresses that grandmother and mother had worn during the 50's to the 80's.

the 4th picture is a pillow cover that was separate from the quilt that was on the bed. I thought what a marvelous idea!

Beautiful quilts. Thanks for sharing your "field trip" Henry!

no problem :)

Cool! Your own private quilt show! Very nice quilts!

it was fun!

Loved the mini show, Henry. Thanks for sharing.

What a treat for you to get to see these treasures. Thanks for sharing.
(I try to carry my camera everywhere I go...you just never know when you might need it)

Wow those are some smart ladies oh such beautiful works. :) :-) :D :mrgreen:

Wow, you must have thought you were in Quilt Heaven!! :D They are all so beautiful, thank you again for sharing them with all of us.

no problem :)

I was in quilt heaven. I am just glad I could get what pictures I could. I plan to go back down there in a few weeks and do a little quilting with them :):)

Thank you for sharing. I love both the patterns and the color choices.

Beautiful quilts. Thanks for sharing.

Henry--thanks for sharing. The quilts are all stunning, but I was really wowed by the trip around the world!! Amazing work. What a treat that would be to quilt with them!

I am going Monday!!! YAY!!!! :):):)

What a fantastic field trip. I can certainly see why were in awe. But you'll get there too, you already do nice quilts.