Just this last week, The Glass City Quilt Commission put on a show,  Kaleidoscope of Quilts 2013.  Here is a link to some of the quilts.  I focused on Hand Applique and Hand Piecing.

The link below will take you to the Flickr page.  


KALEIDOSCOPE 2013  


Here are pictures of some of the quilts. 

Hand Painted, Hand Quilted

The quilt to the right was really interesting.  The maker of this quilt hand painted the blocks and then the blocks were pieced into the quilt and the quilt was hand quilted.  Just really lovely.


The Bird Below is a close up that shows a block in more detail along with the hand quilting and the credits for this quilt.

  

In the Quilt below, each block is a Kaleidoscope made of a portrait photo.  You can see a closeup and the credits.

Credits for the Kaleidoscope Quilt

Closeup of the Kaleidoscope Quilt

Appliqué in the Shipshewana Sampler

 

Love to appliqué.  I'm following a group quilt along on Flickr.  Circle of friends: The Shipshewana Sampler
This is the only block that is appliquéd, but hey, I'm getting to like piecing too. 

I had a super hard time getting that vase straight.  It would tilt one way or the other.  So here's what I did...I squared up the block, using the vase as the focus.  Is that cheating?  Maybe.  

Whatever works.