Final Selections from PIQF

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Plaid Portico

Here are the rest of the PIQF quilts. Some great ones in this batch!

Off to QuiltCon now so will have coverage of the quilts in the exhibitions there for the next month or so. Stay tuned!

Sorta Sonia by Cathy Miranker

Off the Floor #1 by Gael O’Donnell

Hypnotic Eye by Melissa Dunworth

Circle the Wagons by Gael O’ Donnell

Churn Dash 2: Complementary by Martha Peterson

#4001 Mod Pods by Allyson Allen

A Koru Fan by Juliet Fitness

A Town of Twilight by Atsuko Matsubara

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Diana Roberts

Crazy Time (The Clocks Quilt) by Alethea Ballard

The Doors by Geneva Foote Carroll

Bifrost Bridges by Linzi Upton

Autumn is Here by Nery Sharir

Bonfire by Bernadette Mayr

Computerized by Pamela Christner

Deco by Lee Vause

Fifties Fusion by Robyn Croft

Fire and Ice by Elma van Heerden

Friendship Networks by Ines Heil

Geometric Transparency by Cheryl Isbell

Gradation by Kathleen Burford

Greens in My Garden by Joan Dyer

Linen Crossings by Irelle Beatie

Mechanical Engineering 101 by Mari Soshi

Minton by Juliet Briant

My Barcelona by Gail Solomon

Occasional 6 by Frauke Schramm

Orange Is The New Purple by Claire Sherman

Parisian Garden by Annette Morgan

Pro und Kontra by Martina Hilgert-Vervoort

Pushing the Envelope by Ruthi Eldar

Radiance I by Susan Garrity

Redwood Cathedral by Lyra Bobo

RT15: Lircles by Susan Garrity

Swirl by Bernadette Mayr

Tango by Brigitte Gelf

The Bright Path by Ilana Rapoport

Tumbling Hexagons by Anabeth Dollins

The Globe-Hayabusa Shot by Kimiko Ukai

PIQF–The Modern Quilt Competition

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Plaid Portico

The Plaid Portico is finally back and first off this year we will have long overdue coverage of the Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara, CA. We’ll start with a 1st installment of the Modern Quilt Competition, with this year’s theme of “Mid-Century Mod”. After that, there will be selections from the Wall category and the World Quilt Competition.

Modern Yin Yang by Karen Maple

Love in the Digital Age by Kristin Shields

Ode to Vega by Jane Merkel

Jazz by Evelyn Wickham

Pojagi Mod by Claudia Shearer

Splintered Rainbows by Susan Ritter & Vivian Lemoine

Sarasota Sunset #3 by Carole Lyles Shaw

Sawing the Sky by Karen Maple

Marsala Migration by Nicki Mierzejewski

Links of Color by Margrit Schwanck

Journey by Mary Menzer

Keep It Simple by Jodi Robinson

Grandpa’s Model Twenty #1 by Jodi Robinson

Hardly Strictly Stella by Cathy Miranker, quilted by Claudia Shearer

Estrella da Laim by Leslie Peacock, quilted by Debbie Stanton

Confined by Nancy Ota

Color Crystals by Vicki Ruebel

Cocktails and Coffee by Joy Shilling, quilted by Stitches of Joy Quilting

Anni Albers’ Orange Chair by Martha Peterson

A Different Drummer by Mary Menzer

QuiltCon2015: Piecing category, part 2

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Plaid Portico

Continuing, with the awards winners at the bottom, we have part 2 of the Piecing category from QuiltCon 2015, sponsored by Aurifil.

After this, we still have the Negative Space category, the Applique category, the Michael Miller Challenge and special exhibitions. In other words, much more to come!