DISCONNECTED PIECERS QUILT SHOW

I had no idea how many juried quilts shows are in Florida.

Disconnected Piecers Quilters

"Gathering of Quilts 2020"

BEST OF SHOW

Pattern, Metro Rings by Sew Kinda Wonderful

Maker, Lynn Cartwright

(she was also the shows featured artist)

"Beyond my Imagination"

Pattern, La Vie Est Belle by Jacqueline DeJonge

Maker, Nancy Ouimette

"Show Me The Way"

Pattern, Vintage Compass, Judy Niemeyer

Maker, Mary Hupka

"Atomic Starburst"

Pattern, Violet Craft

Maker, Karen Matzke

"Sassy Little Bee"

Pattern by Kid Giddy

Maker, Jettie Minucci

"Orbits and Angles"

Pattern, Let's Go Out Tonight, Kate Mitchel

Maker, April Blood

"Butterfly Garden"

Pattern, Rising Star by Lauren Palmer

Maker, Pauline Charron

"Bicycle"

Pattern, not mentioned

Maker, Kathleen Podolak

'Around the Block'

Medallion style quilt in GROUP category

Each lady added a row around the center block.

Makers, Jettie Minucci, Karen Matzke, Jodi Jejna,

Liz Black, Donna Tompkins, Linda Donnelly

"Fireworks"

Fireworks pattern by Thimble Blossoms

Maker, Lynn Cartwright

72 pieces in each block

'Dancing Umbrellas'

Pattern by Laundry Basket Quilts

Maker, Jane Becker

'Tim's Sea Turtles"

One Block Wonder pattern with a turtle panel

Maker, Arleen Gaffey

'Nutcrackers'

Designs by Eileen B Sullivan

Maker, Lynn Cartwright

"Great Blue Heron"

Tony Whitney Design

Maker, Jody Jenjna

And while in a LQS I saw this herron

machine embroidered on a blue jean jacket!

I need someone to do this for me!

WHAT’S OLD IS NEW AGAIN

I attended the SW Florida Quilt Guild Show recently.

Although when I would meet local quilters

and mention "modern" quilts...eyebrows would raise.

I hoped to see some modern style quilts at the show!

I was surprised to find a modern category in this juried show.

Here are some of the quilts that caught my eye!

 BEST OF SHOW

‘Mexican Pottery’

Linda Englebrecht

Not modern but very colorful and the excellent workmanship. 

‘Cascading Sparkles’

Shattered, by Mill House Quilts patterns

Joyce Grande, Maker

This was a beauty..with lots of HST making it feel modern!

’Double Crossed’

Karla Alexander’s pattern

Lyn Bruner, Maker

This was my Viewers Choice Vote! 

♥️♥️♥️

This was not in the Modern category.

It sure looks modern to me?

It was in the Large Pieced category.

Look at this quilting ! 

‘Tangled’

Red Pepper Quilts pattern

Joyce Grande, Maker

All solid fabrics in this one but

the quilting gives it texture.

‘Debbie Goes Modern’

Angela Walters pattern (Name n/a)

Debbie Webster, Maker

Nice design and great quilting.

Fabrics were a bit softer tone than my taste but

I thought the taupe background was a great choice

‘Metro Scope’

Sew Kinda Wonderful pattern

Ellen Whittier, Maker

Curves are always interesting and 

the pattern is modern and uses a the Quick Curve ruler.

Label indicated this was pieced and quilted

by a (category) ’New Quilter’ 

‘Silk Rainbow’

Debby Mandy pattern 

Linda Englebrecht, Maker

This was a fabulous modern design with silk fabrics.

Beautiful quilting as well.

‘A Formal Affair’

Pattern maker not listed

Pat Halston, Maker

I need this in a Scarlet and Gray 

for a "Block O" quilt!

‘Simplicity’

Japanese Knots pattern

Marilyn Blackstone, Maker

This would have screamed modern

If she had not added the blue print for outside border?

That is just distracting...to me.

‘Green and Black Twisted Triangles’

Nancy Mahoney pattern

Jean Kurholz, Maker

Lots of HST and quite a bit of batik fabric.

I am not a fan of batiks (been there, done that)

but this mix of modern and traditional works.

‘Cathedral Stars’

Bonnie Hunter pattern

Joan Lang, Maker

Traditional design but I admire maker piecing

all these blocks. 

She has an eye for color placement. 

‘QAYG Reversible’

Drunkards Path blocks

Lyn Bruner, Maker

This is the first "quilt as you go" quilt

I have seen with a slightly modern feel.

‘Les Amis’

Shelly Cavanna pattern

Pat Goldberg, Maker

The colors drew me to this Traditional design 

Black is unexpected and makes the quilt pop! 

A quilt show in Florida requires a fun sea creature quilt.

There were several, but this was my favorite.

I loved this whimsical feel of this one.

Prairie Points, ric rac, buttons and yo-yos

are very traditional techniques...from days gone by. 

‘Under Current’

Ocean Frolic pattern

Monica Cordeau, Maker 

A close up look at the yo-yo bodies!  

Sew dimensional ♥️

Where was the last quilt show you attended?

I have another one that will be posted soon.

Sew many quilt shows, sew little time!

AIRING OF THE QUILTS - VENICE FL

I have been to the SW FLORIDA MQG show many times.

Quilts hung on clotheslines, in a beach park, with the Gulf waters

ebbing and flowing behind them.

NOT this year...IT RAINED!

The quilts were laid on tables and we had to

sift thru them to get glimpses.

It felt sew bad for the makers and the guild

who worked for a year to get this show together.

If you know me, you know I managed to snap some photos.

This quilts was based on a Charley Harper heron.

"Herondippity"

I love all things Charley Harper!

Great quilting here!

I believe a "solid challenge"

Solid challenge.

Fun houses in a wedge pattern design.

Solids again, but this quilting was amazing!

More solids with an interesting diagonal design.

Another solid design...I see a fish here?

The quilting on this was fabulous!

These maybe modern flowers and

the straight line quilting was well done.

Solids here but the tiny strips used

to build out the squares were about an inch wide.

Another solid design with tiny horizontal and vertical

straight line quilting.

Traditional block, made modern Challenge!

This is a churn dash block!

A Modern version of the Traditional Log Cabin block.

The next few quilts have amazing quilting designs.

Sorry I couldn't tag all makers, it was just to hard to collect that info since quilts were piled on top one another.  
I hope you enjoyed what I did capture.
BUT...
If you would like to see this show hung on the clothes lines...

click here  You won't be disappointed!