Quilt Show in Pinetop/Lakeside, Arizona

Over the 4th on July holiday

we went with our friends The Hollands

up to the resort town area Pinetop/Lakeside

This is the first we had been to this part of Arizona

and it was wonderful to get out of the heat

and to a higher elevation.

Denise and I attended a quilt show presented by the

Quilters Of the White Mountains

while our husbands hiked the mountainous trails.

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 In the next few days I will be showing you a few of the quilts

I found especially impressive from the show.

Unfortunately, the show had terrible lighting in the convention center

so please forgive some of the poor quality in my photos.

In fact, I observed some attendees using the lights of their cell phones 

as they walked the aisles

in order to see the see the quilts :(

I kept changing the settings on my camera

with the hopes of capturing some of the color.

My most favorite from the show:

Arizona Starry Night

by Alicia Sterna

 Alicia wrote

"Van Gogh's Starry Night, a favorite, is the 

inspiration for the look at a desert sky.

 Small pieces of fabric mimic the brush stokes of paint.

 Desert plants silhouette against the night sky, 

as city lights reflect against the mountains."

 Alicia quilted this herself on a domestic machine.

Beautifully done!

 Hazy Shades of Winter

a silk quilt

also by Alicia Sterna

I really liked her work!

Alicia wrote

"Inspired by Patti Carey's Misty Pines pattern

is all about the 

Zen Tangle inspired quilt designs.

 Winter colors of dupioni (silk) evoked a mood of

hazy winter forests.

Irregular borders provide a contemporary look."

Quilted by Alicia on her domestic machine,

free motion quilting.