Meet Sunday Garcia of Tennessee

This wonderful quilt is on display at "The Most Amazing Quilt Shop" in Cookeville, Tennessee. It's the creation of Sunday Garcia, a customer of this shop. She started quilting only a year ago, but she had prior experience sewing clothes. (Even so!) Sunday is a retired Miami police officer. Wow! She is multi-talented! (See below for close-up photos.)

Aren't these details great? Even a little bottle of suntan lotion (below) near the sunglasses!

Wonderful job, Sunday!

Sunday's Quilt, Part 2

Here are some more photos of Sunday Garcia's quilt. (See post above.) I love all the details.

Linda Wolanin's "Most Amazing"

On a recent drive along I-40 in Cookville, Tennessee, I saw a sign for "The Most Amazing Quilt Shop." Who could resist something like that? I had a nice visit with the owner Linda Wolanin. She had such a good experience buying the shop from the previous owners, she kept saying "This is so amazing!" and that became the shop's name.

This is such a delightful place, especially if you like 1930's style fabrics. I love the simple quilt above with the double pink stripes. Wouldn't it look nice with a few selvages added to the mix?

Linda said that the quilt above is called "Texas Pinwheel Star."

She has quilts displayed on little beds. A visit to this store and you want to run home and make a quilt! Her website is: http://www.mostamazingquiltshop.com/.

Come back tomorrow to see photos of a stunning quilt that Linda had on display. It was made by Sunday Garcia, a former Miami police-officer. You'll really like it!

Dogs Rule!

JoAnne of Keller, Texas made this selvage log cabin quilt for a guild challenge. She named it "Dogs Rule." The log cabin blocks are nice and soft. I like the borders too. Yayyy, JoAnne! See her blog at: http://www.nappinnanaquilts.blogspot.com/.

Meet Anna Hergert of Moosejaw

The featured exhibit at the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center was Anna Hergert of Moosejaw, SK, Canada. I was lucky to meet her the day I visited the museum. She is a delightful person who likes to share her inspiration and methods. She will be teaching soon at Quilting by the Lake in New York. Check out her website at: http://www.annahergert.com/.

Anna let me take these photos to share with you. She and her husband traveled around Canada and she made a series of quilts from photos that she took. This is one of her landscape quilts. She has others that are abstract, inspired by her emotions. Some are three-dimensional, and the view changes as you walk by the quilt. All are stunning.

I like how she made this fence. She said that the fence post below wasn't dark enough at first, so she used tulle to darken it. The shadow in the sky above the red house was from light shining in the window, not the quilt. This exhibit runs until the first week in September.

Latimer - Part 3, Unique Quilts

Here are some interesting quilts I saw at the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center. There were no quilter's names on these items. (If anyone knows who made these, please let me know and I'll post the names.) Isn't this an amazing portrait quilt!

These flowers are three dimensional. I love the embellishments and the checkered background fabric too.

This landscape quilt shows a typical Oregon coast scene. Nice job.

This is one of many quilts displayed on racks, but the colors really made it stand out from the crowd.

Latimer Part 4, Items for Sale

This amazing bowl is made from felt! This is such a fun place for textile enthusiasts. The tag on it says "The Chocolate Sheep."

This is a basket of dolls. Kind of alien-like, but curiously cheerful in a basket by the window.

This closet of quilts captures the personality of the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center.

This pretty hooked rug is called "Three Rose Antique" from the collection of Jo Stoltenberg. I got to see a demonstration of rug hooking while I was there. I could really get into that!

Come back tomorrow to see the featured exhibit: art quilts by Anna Hergert from Moosejaw, SK, Canada.

Latimer Quilt and Textile Center

Have you been to the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center in Tillamook, Oregon? I visited it today and took some photos to show you. This building was built in the 1930's and used to be a school. Now it's a friendly place where quilters, weavers, knitters, rug-hookers, felters, and other textile artists meet to work on their projects, teach, and exhibit. There are many interesting textile items for sale too.

The flowers at the entrance were so pretty I had to include them here. I may have to change the name of this blog to "Selvage and Flower Blog."

There is a nice variety of quilts on display here. This one (above) caught my eye with it's soft colors and classic "twentieth century style."
I love the movement in this bright colored pickle dish (or orange peel?) quilt. Pretty applique adds a nice finishing touch.

To find out more, visit their website at: http://www.latimerquiltandtextile.com/.

Latimer - Part 2

One room is full of weaving looms, both big and small. You can see a demonstration of the weaving process there. Isn't that a nice painted floor? It looks like they spin wool now and then also. If I lived around here, I'd drop in often and learn how to spin.

They have a nice collection of feedsacks in a glass display case (below). I didn't know feedsacks were so pretty; I thought they said "Acme Feed Company" and stuff like that on them.

This pretty quilt is on display there, but there was no sign telling who the creative quilter was. Nice job on all these butterflies, don't you think?

Canon Beach Flowers

This is the view from our hotel room balcony in Canon Beach, Oregon. It has been cool and cloudy, but just perfect for walking on the beach. Only a few brave people have tried swimming. Every one I have seen has made it only half way in, then come out shrieking about the cold!

The flowers in town are gorgeous! Just look at the double white daisy above. The two flowers below are some I've never seen before, and I thought you'd like to see them too.

If you have emailed me recently, please be patient. While on vacation, my outgoing emails are not "going out;" they're just sitting in my Outbox. If I can't resolve this, they'll just have to wait until I get home.

Some Flowers for You

Isn't this a beautiful one? The center of Canon Beach, Oregon is full of the most beautiful flowers. I love the color of the dahlia below.

Blue flowers always catch my eye and there are about 5 different kinds here. These clusters are about 12 inches high.

I hope these sunny flowers will brighten your day (especially if it's winter where you live). Back to quilting tomorrow! We'll have a "field trip" to the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center.