Last week, the day after our challenge group’s reveal party, I ended up with a last minute day off from work. A quick call to Candy (who was also at her leisure that day) and we were on our way to Grand Rapids for the AQS show 🙂
We enjoyed all the sights the show had to offer and even found some inspiration for potential future challenge themes. In fact, inspiration is the best thing I take away from these shows. To see the impressive work that others are doing sets my mind racing with ideas and a desire to get right back to the sewing studio.
I wanted to share these two quilts from the show, in particular. They’re quite different from each other but play so well together.
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| Ice Crystals by Kathi Everett |
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| Shades by Pat La Pierre |
I love the hexies appliqued onto the surface design of Kathi Everett’s piece and the color play is swoon-worthy. Pat LaPierre’s quilt features cutouts and layered shapes that emphasize the push/pull of negative and positive areas… and the color gradations!
Every show has it’s gems, different for each viewer. I hope you enjoyed these two I mined last week in Michigan!
