More SMQ Guild's 2009 Show

The simple design with the complex arrangement of the fabric patterns and widths greatly appeals to me in this quilt made by Melissa Carter of Knoxville. The soft yellow-green and aquas are not showing up on my screen as fresh and soothing as they actually are.

Sassy City Girls

Melissa made this quilt for display at Gina's Bernina shop using "City Girl fabrics. The pattern is from American Patchwork and Quilting.

Flyaway

This quilt by Dixie Haywood of Pendleton, North Carolina won 1st Place in Pieced Wall Quilt category. "It features an off-center pineapple with flying geese swirling through it. The border carries the motion to the edge of the quilt." It is hand-quilted.

Green Piece

... and boy is it ever green ... wonderfully so. It's made by Leona Harden of New Tazawell, Tennessee. The raw edge machine applique was done on her Tin Lizzie 18, as well as the machine quilting. This original design was made for our guild's "Going Green" challenge. It was awarded 1st Place in the Going Green category as well as being honored with the Best Machine Workmanship special award.

Wild Thing

This wild quilt, awarded 2nd Place in the Group category, was submitted by Darlene Bakos. Others who contributed are Bridget Wilson Matlock and Carolyn Wimberly. This original quilt was made for SMQ's "Go Green" challenge.

Face the Music

This lively Group quilt is awarded 1st Place. It's created by the Out of Towners, four SMQ member who create fabulous quilts together ... Candace Tucker, Patty Ashworth, Tone Haugen-Cogburn, and Bridget Wilson Matlock. Each of them has "faced the music" and chose a song to represent themselves in their section along with personal photos. From the top down, Candace, "If I Could Save Time in A Bottle"; Tone, "Tennessee Waltz"; Bridget, "Amazing Grace"; and Patty, " The Heart of Rock and Roll is Still Beating".

Golden Braid

An Honorable Mention is awarded to this two-person quilt designed and constructed by Pat Schwartz of Loudon, Tennessee. She learned this pattern in a class taught by Sandra Black of Tellico Plains. It's from "French Braids" by Jane Hardy Miller. It was machine quilted by Michael Ann Staggs.

Beauty Pageant

This lovely quilt made by Marlene Brown Woodfield of LaPorte, Indiana is awarded 1st Place in the Pictorial category. She says, "An American Beauty butterfly walks across the hosta leaf runway, strutting her beautiful wings in an effort to become the winning contestant."

In My Mother's Arms

Another entry by Marlene Brown Woodfield. It was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Small Art Quilt category. She says about this one, " Cradled in my mother's arms, I was presented for baptism in the family of God. This a portrait of Ruth Ludders Brown and daughter, Marlene." I wonder if the clothing belonged to those portrayed.

Freedom Is Not Free

This powerful quilt created by Pat Kumicich of Naples, Florida is awarded 2nd Place in the Pictorial category. It also received the Innovative Design special award. Pat's description for the program booklet is simply, "My feelings about war and women who are left behind." This one moves me to tears.

Tomorrow, Sunday, is the last day of this exhibition. I'll be posting the photos I take then over the next few days.