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My quild had its biannual quilt show recently. It is a judged show, and I thought I’d share some of the winners, and some of my favorites with you. Follow me past the orange cheese doodle.
Best of Show:
![fanfare 2013 best of show](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5471/10392539505_2f643304c7.jpg)
This quilt is inspired by the quilt exhibition Infinite Variety: 3 Centuries of Red & White quilts. http://www.folkartmuseum.org/... dearjane.com & sentimentalstitches.com decided that if they couldn’t make their favorite quilts from the exhibit at least they could make a sampler quilt using blocks from their favorite quilts and published them as a free BOM as Just Takes 2.
Best Hand Quilting:
![fanfare 2013 best hand quilting](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5546/10392542634_6d33a77371.jpg)
The appliqué is impeccable, but the hand quilting is exquisite.
![fanfare 2013 best hand quilting close up](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7304/10392539975_414489cd9a.jpg)
Judge’s Choice:
![fanfare 2013 judges choice](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3733/10392571076_20cc71f14c.jpg)
A selection of winning art quilts:
![fnfare 2013 art quilt award 3](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2846/10392723343_3fe0dea553.jpg)
![fanfare 2013 art quilting award puppy](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7444/10392573236_1cc0753fc0.jpg)
![fanfare 2013 art quilting award baskets](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2828/10392726413_2a0dd00d44.jpg)
Here’s a close up of the pottery. The background was quilted, then the quilted pottery was sewn onto the background.
![fanfare 2013 best art quilting basket closeup](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5540/10392573036_a141f3f357.jpg)
This feathered star is hand pieced and hand quilted. Look at how the cable turns the corner.
![fanfare 2013 hand pieced hand quilted](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5526/10392571376_f9f5b4a889.jpg)
![fanfare 2013 hand pieced hand quilted close up 1](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3707/10392539105_2eab861042.jpg)
![fanfare 2013 hand pieced hand quilted close up 2](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3727/10392571666_8dc6666b25.jpg)
Christmas wall hangings were very popular and used a variety of appliqué techniques.
![fanfare 2013 xmas 4](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2874/10392618226_34ff8524e1.jpg)
![fanfare 2013 xmas 3](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5506/10392585655_af0b2e88fc.jpg)
![fanfare 2013 xmas 2](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3704/10392586055_acc545f772.jpg)
![fanfare 2013 xmas 1](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3680/10392772333_c2e4fef090.jpg)
And my vote for Viewer’s Choice, another feathered star, this one quilted on a domestic.
![fanfare 2013 viewers choice](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7350/10393017163_58d4109de0.jpg)
![fanfare 2013 viewers choice close up](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3683/10392835814_fc63b828c6.jpg)
I hope you enjoyed the show.
And as always, what have you been working on?
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After doing quite well with scheduling for awhile, there are now lots of open dates. Would you like to write a future DK Quilt Guild diary? Please join in! Please volunteer within the comments. Thanks
The schedule:
11/17 -- winifred3
11/24 -- weck
12/01 -- trkingmomoe
12/08 -- OPEN
12/15 -- OPEN
12/22 -- OPEN
12/29 -- OPEN