quilt show

Posted by Chris (South Jersey, United States) on 26 March 2008 in Art & Design.

This week my wife is at the Spring Blossom Quilt show at the Continental Inn in Lancaster Pennsylvania. She is selling quilt patterns, pins, and notecards that she has created - for many of her products all of the profits are donated to charity.

Although I certainly do not have her creative gift, I do help out where I can (which means I helped her transport her products and set up her booth!).

If you get a chance, you can visit her web site to view her products.

I hope that I can become a better photographer with the examples here on Am3 and by getting your feedback on my images.

I may not be able to reply to each of your comments - but they mean a lot to me and I thank you!

Please visit my wife's blog - The Noble Wife

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Comments (7)

Betty from United States

Nice shot.

26 Mar 2008 9:54am

@Betty: Thanks!

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

Quilting by hand can be a true art form.

26 Mar 2008 10:47am

@Viewfinder: Well, I hate to tell you but she doesn't quilt by hand - she either machine quilts or pays someone else to do the quilting for her. She spends so much time just designing, cutting and sewing together the pieces of the quilt I can't imagine her doing the quilting as well!

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Each one a work of art, really beautiful, Mrs Chris is a very talented lady.

26 Mar 2008 12:20pm

@MaryB: Thank you - I agree!!

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Those are lovely!

26 Mar 2008 5:15pm

@Laurie: Thanks!!

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

They are lovely quilts, she has a real creative talent. My partner makes quilts from my photos. We print the images onto textiles, its great fun (well, the photo & printing bit for me, the quilting bit for her). Have you ever tried combining these two interests?

26 Mar 2008 8:54pm

@Richard_Irwin: Thanks - no we have not tried that (yet!). I do enjoy taking pictures of her work but never thought of putting my images on a quilt - what would happen if I put a photo of a quilt on a quilt!

Tracey from Baltimore, United States

Wow Chris! Besides photography, my other passion is quilting! And I live only about 45 minutes from Lancaster. I wish I would've known about it sooner! Great pic by the way. The colors are fantastic.

26 Mar 2008 10:10pm

@Tracey: The show goes on until Sunday - so you still have time. Thanks!!

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

These are really creative and I can imagine the satisfaction not only of completing something like this but then raising funds for charity off the sales.

27 Mar 2008 1:39am

@Ronnie 2¢: She does enjoy selling them but we are not sure how well she will do this year - first day was a bit slow (maybe the concerns about the economy are showing).

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