State Fair Time

This year, as usual, GCQ was well represented at the State Fair. Here is a sampling of some of quilts from our members. I know that I missed some. If you had a quilt in the fair and you have a picture, send it to me and I'll make sure that it gets included here with the others.

This quilt by Lynne, our president, was one of my favorites. And even though it didn't win a ribbon, it was hung in a special place where you could see the entire quilt. There's lots of added details in this one so I hope you got a chance to see it. 

Here's a gamecock quilt by Annette with a blue ribbon on it.

 Liz's scrap quilt won a red ribbon. This is one that I wished was hung unfolded so I could see the whole pattern. Oh well.

Zohra's wall quilt won a blue ribbon.

The next two are by Clara. The first one was moved to a less unfortunate spot, thank goodness. 

The jars quilt on the left is also by Clara and the right one is one of Elizabeth's quilts. Both have blue ribbons as well as Clara's hexagon quilt above.

In the fine art section there were the following members' quilts:

Sandra finished her wall quilt in time for the fair.

Paula, one of our newer members, was also juried in.

JoAnne had two of her lovely pieces in the fair this year.

The big winner in the fine arts division was Zohra, one of our most creative members in my opinion. She was the recipient of a Fine Art Merit Award for Amateurs. Zohra has wonderful hand stitching skills as well as an interest in other media. She brings her Indian culture into her work to give a fresh and unique perspective that I always enjoy seeing. Congratulations Zohra!

        

October's Show and Tell

We'll start with two from Jean. The first is her beautiful version of our mystery quilt that was done in Day Bee. The second was a UFO, I believe.

The next two are from Dorothy. I had to get a close up of the sweet hand embroidery on this first one.

Annette showed her USC quilt from the State Fair.

Zohra showed a piece she is working on for her son.

JoAnn shared another art piece, complete with her signature beading.

Linda brought a Halloween table runner to share.

Martha brought in her first attempt at machine quilting. She should look happy -- it was wonderful!

Bonney had another beautiful batik quilt to share.

We had a visitor, Suzan, who brought in this wonderful string quilt. You do not have to bring in a quilt to visit us, but we do love it when you do!

Margaret did some shibori dyeing at the QSC Fall Retreat at White Oak and these are some of her results.

It amazes me that Sue always has one or two quilts to bring in every month it seems. This month was no exception with Sue sharing this sampler quilt.

Sandra shared her intended entry into the juried fine arts section of the State Fair. Unfortunately, she accidentally missed the maximum length by ten inches. We've all been there, haven't we ladies? As you can see from the close up, it was the show's loss.

Carol has been super busy lately. Here's her winter wallhanging with some sweet machine embroidery.

A pretty jelly roll race quilt.

And last but not least, Carol has been working on these Edyta Sitar blocks as wallhangings for her relatives. Each one is lovelier than the last. And she was lucky enough to have her granddaughter present to help her show her creations. I just LOVE these!

June General Meeting

If it's June then it's picnic time for Greater Columbia Quilters. Once again we had our potluck at Yacht Cove (thanks to Shirley). We had a quick meeting with a show and tell and then feasted on a wonderful brunch overlooking scenic Lake Murray. Afterwards we shopped for fabric that members had brought to sell from their stashes. I did get some pictures of the show and tell but was just too busy eating and shopping to get anything more. (Deb, I had great fun shopping at your "store").

Judy had two quilts, one that was paper pieced and had a three dimensional book that opens. I believe that Lynne, our president, helped Judy with some of the paper pieced designs.

Mary brought in a children's quilt.

Elizabeth brought in a finished Quilts of Valor quilt top.

Bonney brought in two quilts.

Jolene finished her jelly roll quilt.

Anita has been busy lately on some comfort quilts.

And Sandra completed her art quilt which included shibori and cyanotype.