The Quilt Show

A busy, going kind of day. I wanted to post some photos of the quilts from the Wickenberg, Arizona quilt show. One of the groups helping with this show is the quilting group at the Escapees North Ranch park in Congress, AZ. My friend Caryl has a park model at North Ranch and is very active in the quilting gang.

Hoffman Fabric Company issues a Hoffman Challenge yearly--a fabric is chosen by Hoffman and the quilter then has to use that fabric in the design of her/his quilt. Hoffman awards prizes for various categories then these winner quilts go into a traveling road show for the year. The guild in this area of Arizona was fortunate to have the Hoffman Challenge road show.

This quilt was made using the challenge fabric noted in the next photo--can you see where this very talented artist used the paisley green fabric? The quilts were breathtaking but my photos weren't--I would have loved to post them all on the blog.

Hoffman Challenge fabric for 2009

This is a historic quilt pattern called a Nosegay or Bridal Bouquet

This quilt was stunning

Next weekend we are going to a quilt show in Yuma.