Photos of Quilts from International Quilt Festival 2016 | Inside Quilters Newsletter

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International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas, is such a special time. I go to Quilt Market which immediately precedes Quilt Festival. All of the exhibits are in place so I get to see all the spectacular quilts but I don’t know which quilts are prize winners until after I get home.

Quilt Market and Festival are held at the George R. Brown Convention Center so there is plenty of room. And that’s a good thing. This year there were over 40 different exhibits. One of the exhibits was a celebration of the Dear Jane quilts.

Here are four of the quilts from that exhibit.

Share Jane, coordinated by Kim Caskey and Jeltje van Essen and quilted by Kim Caskey of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Baby Jane Blue by Elizabeth Rothe of San Martin, California, and quilted by Valerie Langue

Rainbow Jane by Charlotte Hay of Missoula, Montana

Black, White and Bright All Over Jane by Dena Brannen of Reston, Virginia

Then I photographed a handful of quilts from other exhibits.

Old Denim Square had actual parts of jeans like pockets, snaps and zippers incorporated in the quilt.

Old Denim Square by Noriko Nozawa of Chiba City, Chiba, Japan

The colors in African Village were so bright and so vivid.

African Village by Janneke De Vries-Bodzinga of Kolllumerzwaag, Friesland, The Netherlands

Tickled Pink was wonderful. I just stared and stared.

Tickled Pink by Susan Carlson of Harpswell, Maine

And check out Sunshine. The little squares looked to be about 1” x 1”. It has 80,402 pieces.

Sunshine by Judy Wolff, of Lincoln, Texas, and quilted by Linda Maass Schonhoeft

Erin also has tiny pieces but they are irregular shapes that create a mosaic-type of portrait quilt.

Erin by Heidi Proffetty of Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Insanity was based on an antique quilt from the early 1800s. There are 130 2-inch LeMoyne stars.

Insanity by Kristin Vierra of Lincoln, Nebraska

Suwon Hwasung (Suwon Castle) reminded me of a pencil or ink drawing. It is hand dyed and machine quilted.

Suwon Hwasung by Mikyung Jang of Seodaemoon-Gu, Seoul, South Korea

And Nancy’s Closet is one of my favorites. Senior designer in our office Kathryn Wright created it. It’s a beautiful quilt made with flying geese units that Kath received in an office block exchange. If you’d like to make a quilt like this one, the pattern is available in the July/August 2016 issue of Quiltmaker or as a digital download.