Trying again......Kari Ramsay of Fresh Cut Quilts

I know I haven't blogged for awhile but thought I remembered how to do it! Something is going on with blogger vs picasa vs me......I did find out I am not the only one who can't get pics to show up....so I am uploading a different way and hope you can now see everything. Frustrating just because the post looks right and then pics disappear....anyway.....here we go again!

Our LQS hosted a Fresh Cut Quilts trunk show last week. The designer behind the patterns is Kari Ramsay from Utah. She has a new book out called Tidbits from Triangles and brought the quilts from her book to show us. It is always so much better to see a quilt in person than in a picture. She also gave a presentation from her book on how to make easy half square triangles.

I loved these colors together! Maybe because I am hoping we will see a Spring in my neck of the woods!

This quilt is a free pattern on the Henry Glass website. It features Kari's new line of fabric. The pattern is called Tidbits.

The quilt on the cover of Kari's book.

My favorite! I bought this pattern when it first debuted....now to make it!

All in all it was a fun night out with the girls!

Another Quilt Show!

Here's some more yummy quilts! Drove over to the Utah State Quilt Guild's annual festivities which were held in Midway, Utah this year. I had forgotten about it until I dropped in at our LQS and the gals said they were packing up for a booth they were having at it. I called a friend and we ran over the next day to see the booths and quilts. Of course we were half-way home when we remembered we didn't find/see the Boy Scout quilts or the local quilt guild's Row by Row quilts. :(

The quilts were amazing. Like always! Here are some of my favorites:

 

Teeny tiny pieces made up this wonderful quilt.

 

 

 

Here's a close-up of the quilting. Love the pop of the jewels!

 

A Lori Holt pattern. I have always loved her applique patterns. This one was fun with the choices of fabric that was used.

 

 

You can't see or read it but around each square are sayings that the quilter's mother use to say to her family. What an heirloom quilt this is!

 

This was such a sweet quilt, especially love how the dresden plates are placed on top of each other.

 

 

LOVE all the hexagons. The colors were beautiful in this quilt!

 

This quilt was awarded Best of Show. If you could see it in person, you would know why. So amazing and gorgeous! What would it be like to be able to piece, applique and quilt just a smidgen like this person? Make that HAND QUILTED! Words can't describe how beautiful it was.

 

 

Ah! This appliqued quilt really caught my eye!

 

Was a fun little "middle of the week----get out of town" trip!