Lovely Gifts From Inge, Beautiful Miniature Quilts

For over a year my dear friend Inge from The Netherlands and I have been planning to meet at the Paducah Quilt Show in 2009. The anticipation of our meeting for the second time was really enjoyable but our meeting in Paducah was fantastic. We spent many hours of quality time together and enjoyed looking at the glorious quilts and shopped till we dropped. We also took three classes together which was really fun. Inge gave me some very lovely gifts. Above is an up close photo of some lovely unique threads I have never seen before in the market. The two top and bottom one was created by Kates Kloths In the UK, click on her name to go to her website. The third one down from the top was called Imitation Silk Embroidery Thread Made in London by De Haviland Embroidery. I was disappointed that I could not find their website. It is very soft and shiny floss and I really look forward to stitching with it. I also received some lovely silk dupioni fabrics, lovely ribbons and a Peacock charm. Lovely Lovely.

Inge also gave me some lovely greeting cards created from winning quilts from her friends in The Netherlands. I also received some wonderful strong beading threads, Italian applique threads, and a couple of wool felt kits. I received my first very pretty " Inches" but they are really 2 Inches. Pretty neat. I have never made "Inches" but Inge's will received my first ones soon. VBG

Above is photo of a daisy beaded seam treatment that Inge taught me while at Paducah in her room in between our hectic schedule. Thanks Inge I really enjoyed our two beading sessions together.

The above Crazy Quilt is called, "Dreaming Hearts" by Michiko Yoshida, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan. When all the Yo-Yos were joined, Michiko's Heart filled with Happiness. She loved using delicate embroidery and attaching ribbons and beads. She also hand quilted this CQ. This is an extremely lovely Crazy Quilt and the photos does not do it justice.

Here is an up close photo of some of the lovely laces and buttons and beads used in this wonderful created Crazy Quilt.

This is another up close photo of the detail of this lovely Crazy Quilt.

This miniature quilt is called, A study In Silk Ribbon Embroidery and was created by Katy Conde of Aurora Colorado. I feel this SRI is truly lovely. Thank you Inge for traveling all the way from The Netherlands to come and meet me at Paducah. I treasured every minute we spent together.

I would like to thank all my wonderful and kind visitors for stopping by to visit my blog. Greatly appreciated. I hope you all enjoyed seeing more of the lovely quilts we saw at Paducah.

Hugs,