Quilt Show

I'm not a quilter, but at Jocebeane's suggestion, I headed over to our local quilt show this afternoon to look at the quilts on display and peruse the vendor section.  This year's theme was meant to be modern, but I have to admit, I tend to like the more traditional styles.  I was very amazed at the quilting and embroidery equipment on display -- unbelievable machinery!  Here are pictures of a few of the
quilts on display at the show.  I think they were all machine quilted, but I couldn't swear to it.

This is an applique quilt -- very intricate in design and in the quilting:

This is a small quilt of some of our national parks:

This is one of the modern ones I liked:

My very favorite quilts were actually from a vendor selling antique quilts and textiles -- they had the most beautiful things!  I especially loved the crazy quilts.  The quilting here was all hand-done and exquisite.

 

The above is actual 18th-century French toile!  Beautiful!  They had some other 18th-century French textiles as well as some English cloth made for the early 19th-century American market.

 

 Just above is the red English fabric as part of a quilt design.  I was so impressed with the quality and condition of the items in this booth!  They buy primarily in New England but also occasionally travel to France on buying trips.  So much fun to see all this!