Kathie Kerler

Kathie Kerler - Fiber Artist, NQA Certified Judge, and Writer

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Liquor is Quicker at the Quilt Show!

Northwest Quilters added a surprising vendor to their show this year: Eastside Distilling, which creates and sells small batch spirits–rum, bourbon, and vodka–using local ingredients. When I asked one of the salesmen how they happened to be at the quilt show, he said he wasn’t sure but added what a great idea it had been. Eastside had to be the most popular vendor yesterday based on my observations. If you go to the show, they have samples for tasting. I recommend the Marionberry Bourbon.

Getting back to the show itself–I judged on Thursday along with Helene Knott and Majorie Post, although I would call it “judging-light.” We offered no written evaluations and were asked to award only first place in each category. I’m recommending if the guild judges the entries again next year that second and third places be given, as well. I feel one of the purposes of quilts shows is to recognize as many quilts as possible, especially when an entry has been a close second or third.

A shot of Eastside Distillery’s booth, recipes included.

Eastside Distillery

Eastside Distillery

Hanging and set-up on Thursday

Hanging and set-up on Thursday

The guild received numerous donations of vintage quilts, fabrics, and tools for sale with proceeds going to fund guild activities.

Sales for Bid and Buy and Silent Auction

Sales for Bid and Buy and Silent Auction

Bid and Buy Booth

Bid and Buy Booth

Silent Auction

Silent Auction

Here are some of the first place winning quilts along with a few others I found visually intriguing. Cosmic Curves was first in the Mixed Technique category. The quilt combines curved piecing with hand-painted fabric for the stars. I think Tony Haas, the maker, has done a great job with the air-brushing. Colleen Barnhardt is the quilter.

Cosmic Curves by Tony Haas

Cosmic Curves by Tony Haas

Detail of airbrushed star

Detail of airbrushed star

Star two

Detail

Kazumi Peterson, maker and quilter

Kazumi Peterson, maker and quilter. First Place–Pieced Small

What a visually textural quilt with well-balanced quilting designs created by Collen Barnhardt.

Reach for the Stars by Colleen Barnhardt, quilter and maker. First Place--Modern

Reach for the Stars by Colleen Barnhardt, quilter and maker. First Place–Modern

While the quilt below was not a first place finisher, I thought the quilting created strong movement and visual interest.

Triple Play by Christine Jiun Yi, quilter and maker. An original design.

Triple Play by Christine Jiun Yi, quilter and maker. An original design.

First Place–Large contained beautiful quilting, while the placement of color and value created exceptional movement, especially when viewed from a distance.

Ocean Waves Francais by Patricia Blanchard, maker with Colleen Barnhardt, quilter

Ocean Waves Francais by Patricia Blanchard, maker and Colleen Barnhardt, quilter

Quilting Detail

Quilting Detail

Quilting Detail

Quilting Detail

I very much liked the graphic nature of this quilt created through color choices.

Italian Memories by Helen Hayes

Italian Memories by Helen Hayes

I did not find the name of this quilt, but it’s a good example of how to create luminosity with a sense of vibration.

Carol Brown, maker. Carol Parks, quilter

Carol Brown, maker. Carol Parks, quilter

The somewhat simple piecing on this quilt is elevated by the variety of circular quilting designs. I studied each one for the creative detail. Kazumi’s quilting reminds me of a DVD I recently viewed by Claudia Pfeil who demonstrates many circular design fills.

Ripples by Mona Woo

Ripples by Mona Woo, maker. Quilter is Kazumi Peterson of K. Peterson Quilting

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Comments

  1. Kazumi Peterson says

    June 27, 2016 at 8:21 pm

    Just wanted to let you know I quilted the Ripples quilt. Mona woo pieced the top. Kazumi Peterson of K . Peterson Quilting.

    Reply
    • KathieKerler says

      June 27, 2016 at 8:51 pm

      Thanks. I’ve made the correction. As I said in my post, I was very taken with the wide variety of quilting designs. Great placement to move the eye over the quilt surface.

      Reply
  2. Tracy McKearney says

    June 28, 2016 at 3:44 am

    A fun and beautiful post : ) Happy Quilting!

    Reply
    • KathieKerler says

      June 28, 2016 at 11:28 am

      Tracy, thanks very much. I checked out your interview on Innova’s blog. I very much like your skeleton quilt “Mr. Chillingsworth”.

      Reply

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