The Exhibits at International Quilt Festival

Here are the dolls from the Gypsy Challenge.  They have not been judged yet, so the names and titles are not visible.

The quilts are magnificent.

This is the Best of Show: "Eternal Beauty" by Sherry Reynolds.  I heard her say she worked on it for 5 years!

"When Everyone's Heart Blooms" by Masako Sanada

"I Spy a Mouse" by Cristina Bono

"An Old Woman with Joyous Face" by Marina Landi

"Blue Anemone" by Andrea Brokenshire 

More beautiful quilts (I apologize for not having the artists' names and titles).

See all this year's winning quilts here.

Houston International Quilt Festival 2011

Another Quilt Festival has come and gone. The doll exhibits looked wonderful this year with new signs indicating the different exhibit categories, and a third tier for display area.

I was fortunate to have a doll in each of the four parts of the exhibit.

This was my piece for the invitational portion:

Maiden Mother Matriarch

My Material Girls entry:

Marina and Starla

TAODA Storybook Doll:

A is for Apples

Gypsy Challenge:

Henry's Masque

My purchases this year were lots of greens and autumn colors.

Silks and wools, trims and beads

  I'm thinking of the Green Man and Forest Dwellers......