Saturday, November 9, 2013

International Quilt Festival Collection

The International Quilt Festival in Houston always includes a few antique quilts from the Festival Quilt Collection - this year I found three. 
There's always a quilt at the top of the escalator on the second floor.  This year it was an applique quilt on a sweet printed background.  You can get 'up close and personal' with this quilt.






















 The second quilt is the backdrop for countless photo ops.  There's a large banner above the quilt identifying the quilt event and year for documentation that you attended the show (a fun idea and you get your picture taken with a gorgeous antique quilt!).  Here's this year's souvenir (sorry, thought I had cropped off the banner, but you get the idea) -

 
 
 The third (alas, the last) quilt is a collaboration of two generations of quiltmakers.  The top was pieced circa 1885 - 1895 (artist unknown).   Tiny triangles were used to depict the texture of the pineapple fruit.  Vicki Mangum dyed contemporary cheddar fabric to match the fabric from the original top.  Two small borders of cheddar and muslin were added in 2003 and the quilt was machine-quilted by Kathy Colvin.




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7 comments:

  1. julieQNovember 9, 2013 at 2:33 PM

    I saw and enjoyed all those quilts too...what did you think of the old pineapple quilt with the modern quilting??

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  2. Janet O.November 9, 2013 at 2:36 PM

    I am blown away by the HSTs in those pineapples!

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  3. Linda in NCNovember 9, 2013 at 4:00 PM

    Thanks for sharing the photos for those of us not lucky enough to see the quilts in person. Isn't that a great story on the pineapple quilt?! It's not languishing in a closet any longer. Interesting choice to have it machine quilted, but it is lovely.

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  4. JanetNovember 9, 2013 at 5:35 PM

    Oh WOW! These are gorgeous!! I love the quilting in the second quilt. The quilting in the wreaths is unexpected and I love it. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful and inspiring pictures.

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  5. LoriNovember 10, 2013 at 10:55 AM

    Three wonderful quilts to see up close and personal!
    The pineapple blocks are wonderful and the 2nd maker did a nice job of the setting and quilting.

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  6. reganNovember 10, 2013 at 3:17 PM

    Thanks for sharing these, Vicki! I just love those orange rings and red points in the first one, fantastic border in the 2nd, and those pineapples are awesome in the 3rd. I feel an applique quilt on my horizon! :o)

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  7. BarbNovember 10, 2013 at 5:19 PM

    what beauties !
    I have a pattern for the pineapple quilt - never had the guts to try it.

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