Mid-Atlantic Quilt Show 2012

I thought I would post some of the inspiring quilts we saw at the quilt show.  (Click HERE for my picts of the 2011 Quilt Show.)  They are pretty cool.  Since my mom was in town for the show, some of these pictures are for her. She would nudge me and say "Take a picture of that one. "  There is no real rhyme or reason to these, other than they sparked an interest.

This one had pre-printed panels, but had spots at the bottom to embroider, 1st tooth, 1st steps.. it was cool.

This one was very cool, it looks very realistic and is thread painted.  Thread painting is something that we saw a lot of this year.

This was a winner, and was a crazy quilt with a defined pattern. The embroidery in it was amazing. 

This one just made me laugh, it is actually painted and then quilted.  Very cool look to it.

I think this one was thread painting too, but the topic was totally different from almost every other quilt it was fascinating.

This quilt was made by a friends mother in law. It shows her husbands deployments and a lot of his patches. She photographed his patches and then printed them on fabric. She also embroidered the path of his deployment on maps, along with the ship info.

 This is my mom's new work.  It is called Sashiko, and she bought a kit for one quilt.  I am interested to see how it turns out.

This is thread painted and just makes me smile.