Comments on: Pacific International Quilt Festival

By: sherry reynolds

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:19:37 +0000

Hi Jake, just wanted to say thanks for the kind comments on my quilt “America, Let It Shine” the Best of Show winner. I take great pride in my work, and believe that workmanship is equally as important as the quilting/embellishment of a quilt. i’m not one to “bling” a quilt, but in the case of “America, Let it Shine” the crystals were very much an important part of the quilt. 5121 crystals stood for: 4543 words of original constitution, 312 for the star spangled banner, 31 for the pledge of allegiance and 235 for the age of america. it was my hope to create a quilt that reached out and touched people, reminding us of how beautiful america should be. the overwhelming response has touched me deeply. anyways, thanks again!
sherry reynolds

By: Kimberly Buzolich

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:01:55 +0000

Thank you including my tiger lily quilt among your favorites! Barbara McKie was my inspiration to start making photo quilts. You can see others I’ve made at http://buzolove.smugmug.com/Hobbies

By: Laura Haywood

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:56:17 +0000

Jake, I love the quilts you’ve featured in this post. Such diversity!

I spent a fair amount of time at the Cotton & Chocolate booth at Long Beach. Picked up a pattern for a hexagon table runner that is my current project. Having lots of fun with it. Think I need to make the 2-hour trip from Bakersfield to visit them soon!

By: Debbie Allred

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:07:27 +0000

Sorry, I meant Friday.

By: Debbie Allred

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:06:31 +0000

I was at PIQF on Thursday. Tried to meet up with Jake but my phone gave me big problem and it didn’t work out. I’ve loaded a few dozen of my favorites to my blog. Come on over and take a peek:
http://travelingquilter.blogspot.com/2011/10/pacific-international-quilt-festival.html

By: Lisa Sipes

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:33:17 +0000

Have you decided yet if you’ll attend the MQG meetup?
If not, I’ll hopefully bump into you in my wanders or at the party!

By: Liveacolorfullife

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:28:02 +0000

I LOVE going to PIQF (have even had two quilts there before) . It’s been too long since I have been there, though. Thanks for the quilt show!

By: Mary Ann Harpe

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:12:11 +0000

I love Mancuso Shows since I was able to go to their Williamsburg Show years ago at 7 months pregnant. I am am finally going back to one after a 10 famine. November in West Palm beach and a Mancuso show!

By: mjb

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:22:11 +0000

You can read more about the green stag quilt on Dan’s blog, here: http://pieceandpress.blogspot.com/2011/05/milestones.html

I would have loved to see it in person!

By: Angela O.

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:16:00 +0000

Great post about PIQF. I was there too and had similar feelings, but I agree with your statement “I like to think that every quilt, even if it doesn’t reach our tastes, has something to offer either in technique, execution or even revulsion. ” which shows in the over 1,000 photos I took at the festival. I also feel that those of us who slant towards modern or artistic quilts enter our quilts into these shows to cover the broad range of quilting that’s going on these days. There were WAY more modern and art quilts there this year than in years past. I did my part by having a modern quilt (from the MQG’s RK Kona solids challenge) hanging in the exhibit and so did quite a few other MQG members. We’re getting there, but in the meantime, these are some gorgeous quilts to learn from. This is, for me, a not to miss show each year. Thanks for the great post!