My favorite quilts (from BCQG's show this weekend)

It's All Me by Sherri Peltier.  Looks like she cut out figures from fabric, collaged them, and then quilted it.  Love the dogs.

Detail from It's All Me (above).  I love the unfinished edges.

My friend, Jan Hirth, made this one.  It's from a pattern but Jan does beautiful work and has a great color sense.  It's called "Loose Leaf Earl Grey."

Detail from Jan's quilt.

"Dresden Update" - also by Jan Hirth.  Love the wild border fabric combinations she choose.  See detail below.

"Ready or Not?" by Jean Impey - from a class taught by Sarah Sharp.  Combines the double wedding ring block with an engagement diamond.

President's quilt for Jean Impey.  She asked for a vintage Halloween themed quilt.  My block is two candy corns on a taupe background.  See if you can find it.

President's quilt for Sandy Corbin.  She asked for tropical flowers (but collects giraffes).  My block was a bird of paradise--you'll never find it...to the left of the base of the giraffe's neck.

Card table cover by Maggie Ezell.  She said she ran over the card table in the garage and needed to make a cover to use it.  The design is all thread work.  The cards are just for show (not part of the quilt).

Loved the colorwork--can't read the name of the quilt or maker.

Alimentari by Sheryl Smith-Bailey.  Sheryl is a retired engineer (electrical, I think); also, a wonderful artist.

Shelly's Bunny by Grace Errea.  Grace is a talented artist and makes enormously complex works with raw edge applique.

Samba Zinnia also by Grace Errea

Grandma Becky's Quilt by Becky McDaniel.  From a pattern--there were three others there from her friendship group--but her choice of fabrics was wonderfully retro.

"Thoroughly Crazy and a bit Modern" by Lyn Mann.  All machine embroidery.

Chrissy Down Under by Pat Pardeon.  From a pattern but I love the mice with surfboards!  Pat has lived in Australia--her husband is a professor at UCI and they have taken sabbaticals there.  She says that Australians love to abbreviate words and Chrissy is short for Christmas.

 And there you have it.  None from me this year.