Asheville Quilt Guild Show

The Asheville Quilt Guild held their annual show this year at a new location....the agricultural center right across from the airport. It's a much bigger facility and able to house the entire show and vendors under one roof! A welcome of beautiful fall flowers greeted us at the entrance.

Quite frankly I didn't know what to expect...In years past, the show has been held at the NC Arboretum which is beautiful, warm and inviting....so this was quite a change....And change can be good...and this was spectacular!
I felt like I was at a "mini" Houston show....The vendors were wonderful (and a lot more of them)....
The quilts were hung so you could really get around and see them up close and personal or from a distance...great for picture taking. Barbara Swineas beautiful piece (below) was one of my favorite...her piecing skills are the best I've seen...the uniqueness of the placement of the squares is wonderful...
And the beautiful large stitches added so much.
Linda Cantrell's...A Day in the Life of a Diner...was another one of her "humorous" quilts...which she is very well known for....What an imagination Linda has...she never ceases to amaze me or keep me laughing.
And a detail...this was the "12 midnight" seating with Ladies of the evening in the booth.
Pat Kerko did the most beautiful silk quilt....looked like a dupioni to me, brilliant colors and machine embroidered. Her color choices were just amazing.....I love silk and fell in love with this piece.
Jane Cole's quilts are always wonderful and add so much to a show......
Jane Weaver did this beautiful kaleidoscope quilt with lots and lots of metallic threads...so hard to work with and she did a great job.
A detail where you can see the threadwork.
Veronica Von Zwehl did this very unique piece.
Anita Heady known for her strip piecing and beautiful dyed fabrics created the piece below.
And one of Lynne Harrills wonderful pieces....
There are so many more...I do hope you'll get a chance to stop by today...Congratulations to Barbara Pate (chairman of show) and all the guild members who worked so hard to pull this together...It is a wonderful show.

I'm heading off to John Campbell for the week to assist my friend Sandy Bonsib with her workshop....so have a great week....