MIAMI VALLEY QUILT GUILD SHOW

I attended the MVQG Quilt Show on 

May 30, 2026

Oh my, what a funtastic show!

Something a little wonky!

Perhaps inspired from my

Let's Get Wonky Trunk show?

I thought this was a Modern-Traditionalist looking design.

 A combo of a wedding ring

surrounded by a unique border.

Loved the simplicity of this one

and the primary colors

This was a favorite of mine.  I loved the colors which leaned modern

with lots of blocks from a designer series.

This New York Beauty design. Was indeed a beauty!

 A wonderful sampler quilt that uses fabric selvedges!

This Red White and Blue Star Quilt was unique.

All the stars were outlined with French knots!

This bee quilt was lovely.  

Made by a grandmother for her grandaughter

a Junior Bee-keeper!

Ahhh this baby elephant stole my heart!

I enjoyed the simplicity here with the colors setting up the design.

NOT every quilt has to be ROCKET SCIENCE!

Some fabulous ART QUILTS!

The tractor took me back to the farm as a child.

Stunning landscape design in this one!

And this flower...was as beautiful as the quilting on it!

I love a good use of a log cabin scrappy block!

The twists on this one leaned to a modern vibe!

A black background really sets off the vibrant colors of this quilt.

I love that the maker took a chance on this combo of colors.

STUNNING!

Another log cabin block leaning to a modern feel

in both color choices and block layout.

This was a great way of using colors on a low volume background.

Modern-Traditionalist feel 

Many vendors added to the fun and 

subtracted money from my wallet!

I love a well-planned and put together show.

2023 A YEAR IN REVIEW

2023 another year another quilt...well ok a lot of quilts and other fiber inspired projects

I finished the Churning 14 top but didn’t ' really like it.

I donated it to charity, knowing it will find a new home.

I made this Infinite Hearts quilt for me

but my Son loved it and it now lives with him!

Charley Harper Winter Birds flew into my nest!

Immediately followed by a GROVE of Charley Harper scrappy birch trees.

As spring rolled into view...

sew did these kitchen table toppers.

This is Picnic by Cluck Cluck Sew

I love this Sassy Garden quilt

Avalon Pattern and Jane Sassaman Fabrics.

I resized The Perry County Flamingo! 

Laura Heine Collage

Wyndjammer Red 

My last quilt top is PEAKS a pattern test

for Frannie B Quilt Company 

And these two tops w/backs and bindings were just finished 

And ready for the (longarmer(s)

X & + By Zen Chic

Ruby Star Society Picnic Quilt

I made a bunch of  bags this years.

Cute Kwilty Girls baskets for retreat.

You know I love these girls if they get

something I made using my Ghastlies Craft fabric.

A quilted pillow cover for the sofa.

I only finished one speckled Hitchhiker shawl.

 Productive year but..

I also provided lots of love and care to my sweet husband who had pneumonia with complications;

Followed by an operation to insert a shunt into his head to eliminate ‘water on the brain’ and rwo years of him falls at.  And then,right afterThanksgiving he caught COVID for the first time.

I had a health issue that is resolved but it scared the bejeebies outa me,

I am OK

A couple fun things did happen…I attended a couple Kwilty Girls retreats

Visited my son 2 times at the beach !

And had a solo quilt show that featured 14 pieces of my art

 at Inniswood Gardens, Westerville OH

I am ready to say enough of this stressful year on this day known as 

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HERE COMES A JUDGE

I was asked to judge quilts at an OHIO County Fair in August.

It was such an honor and quite the challenge.

You see...there was no guidelines for judging and lots of

categories for quilted items to be judge.

I could ribbon up to 5 quilts per category.

BUT if I felt like nothing was Blue Ribbon quality,

I could ribbon whatever I felt was appropriate.

No pressure here! Really?

There were stacks ad stacks of quilts.

I think when I finished I had judged 35 quilted items.

There were antique pieced quilts, over 50 years old.

And a category for applique quilts, over 50 years old.

How does one even begin to judge these.

All antiques should be ribboned!

I found the machine quilting category to be confusing.

Both home machine and long arm machine quilting

was in the same category.   How is that possible or 

even a fair playing field. 

I looked for even stitching, good tension and no loose threads

or birds nests on all of them.

There was a Table Topper category

with 5 entries...so everyone got a ribbon.

There were a few modern quilts in the show.

Like this pumpkin design.

and this Pumpkin Quilt

and I loved this Christmas Quilt Category

a churn dash block always catches my eye.

There was even a WIP category?

Only one entry here!

I had to choose Best of Show from all the Blue Ribbons awarded.

The quilt I selected was not one that pleased my aesthestic.

I had to keep my personal preferences out of the mix.

This one was pieced beautifully, Binding and mitres were excellent.

And the long arm quilting was a great design choice for the quilt.

This would have been "Judges Choice"

had that been an option.

I loved its cheery feel

and that matchstick quilting was incredible!

I did provide some feedback about categories,

guidelines and such.

The lady who was logging all the winners into their log book told me...

You are one of the best judges we have had.

You knew exactly what you were looking for and doing!

That was so nice.

 I have been invited back for next year!