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Saturday 10 August 2013

FOQ Inspiration


I have just spent two full-on wonderful days at the NEC and I eventually arrived home in Devon yesterday evening after a 5+ hour journey on the M5 - all 3 lanes were a slow trickle, both directions.  Sheer volume of traffic said the lady on the radio, so nothing to do except think about the beautiful work I had seen and the glorious stalls full of temptation!
First of all I want to congratulate Jo from Cowslip Workshops.  Not only was her stall a delight to the eyes:
 but her quilt was placed 3rd in the Group Quilt category:
I am just so thrilled for her - she puts so much effort and enthusiasm into Cowslip and her work, so this result - in my opinion - was well deserved.
The stalls were as always full of beautiful fabrics and so much temptation:
Here is Lynnette Anderson's stall: (thanks for letting me take a photo Lynette!):
and of course Kaffe Fassett's quilts looked amazing on The Cotton Patch stand:


here he is signing his latest book for an unknown quilter, and of course I just had to have a copy also for the sheer delight of colour and ideas on every page!
Also one of the loveliest designers is Nel Whatmore:  I bought one of her kits last year and was back again this year for some of her latest fabrics, she is such a sweetie:
This year there seemed to be far more quilts in the Art, Contemporary and Pictorial categories:  not the sort of work I would ever attempt, but I can appreciate the hundreds of hours that has gone into each and every design.
This is so clever, a different picture each way you look::












These miniatures are breath-taking:
And I loved some of the clothes:



This cuckoo clock is great:
And here is just a random selection of  the more traditional patchwork quilts which caught my eye, always my favourites:











And those of you who are regular readers of my blog will know of my love of Noah's Ark, so I have to finish off with this gorgeous quilt:
Another great Festival and it is just wonderful to see so many beautiful quilts exhibited under one roof.
I hope the above photos have given you just a small idea of what was on show:  there are so many amazingly talented quilters out there.  Congratulations to each and every one of you and thank you for sharing your work.  You are pure inspiration.
Have a great weekend everyone.

4 comments:

  1. Wow, wow!!! What a great show! I so wish I could go! I have to look up Nellie Whatmore (probably spelled that wrong). And Kaffe -- omg, if I could meet him in person, even just to get him to sign a book!!! He's one of my idols for sure! Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Thanks for this tour. This year I missed this festival, I had been there the last two years and I enjoyed it so much...
    Did you buy many things?
    I specially liked cotton patch stand with Kaffee prints....

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  3. Ha! Missed you again and we were in the same building. Jo's stand looked great and she looked very happy and relaxed.

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  4. Hi Angie - thanks for sharing as I didn't go this time and was hoping someone would take lots of pics! So much inspiration there! Your friend Jo's quilt is amazing - clever use of light and dark shades of the same colours - really effective. (The answer to your question on my blog - yes, I will make them to sell - will be putting it on the site when I get a chance.) xCathy

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