What a lovely day for a trip “down the road apiece” to Massachusetts where more than 180 quilts awaited our viewing pleasure! The Concord Piecemakers set up their displays in St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church in Acton, MA. The show featured wearable art, vendors, beautiful items for a silent auction, and two rooms full of quilts of all sizes. In this short review, we will share our picks for “favorite quilts.”
“Stone Portal” is a wonderful quilt by Tina van Roggen. I love her use of color and the way she creates dimension in this quilt.
“Serenity” by Janet Wilhelm looks like its name sounds: serene. Viewing this quilt was almost as good as a walk in the woods!
“Birds of a Feather” by Mary Barbaro is a quilt that I spotted from across the room and had to take a closer look. I love its whimsical nature – very fun!
“Memory Quilt” is such an unusual design, made completely of ties. The corners are beautifully-quilting, adding to this stunning quilts. The colors sing!
“Pineapples, Palms and Papayas” by Mary Zessoules is an amazing Hawaiian style quilt. It looks very unusual in the chocolate brown color chosen for it. I was drawn to the fine appliqué work, the large size of the quilt, and the amount of hand quilting that was done. See the “echo” patterns? Nice!
All of the quilts were lovely and it was difficult to chose personal favorites. I was not setting myself up here as judge and jury, just wanted to share a part of my day with you so that you could appreciate a little of the current work that is going on in New England. Quilting does not appear to be going away any time soon, and that is a good thing!
Many thanks to Barbara Weiss and Susan Lee for being co-chairs of the show. For more information about this group, please visit:
Concord Piecemakers online.
Patricia Cummings
Quilter’s Muse Publications
