O Holy Night

This beautifully made quilt is full of details.  Each tree has a unique miniature quilt block, and the sashing has hand-embroidered lettering.  The lyrics are from a Christmas carol composed in 1847 by the French composer Adolphe Adam:

O Holy Night, the Stars are Brightly Shining

It is the Night of our Dear Savior's Birth.

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O Holy Night, made and quilted by Charlene Nelson.

 Charlene Nelson says, "I found the 4.5 inch miniature blocks in books, mostly by Judy Hopkins.  I hand-embroidered the letters using two strands of different threads and added the 3-inch stars in the sashing.  Our 'Gone to Pieces' quilt group did this as a quilt-along starting this January.  They are all very different."

 

 

Machine-stitched snowflakes echo the snowflake designs in the background fabric.

Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2024 Springville (Utah) quilt show.
 

Masquerade

The Pacific International Quilt Festival is held annually in Santa Clara, California. This year's show included over 400 quilts. We're featuring some of our favorite works of art from the show.

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The Year of the Masks, 86 x 86.6", by Rhonda Montgomery (Utah), quilted by Charlene Nelson

Winner of 1st Place in the Innovative Quilt category, Rhonda Montgomery says: "This quilt adventure began in 1990 at a Superbowl in New Orleans. I fell in love with the masquerade masks I saw and knew one day I would make a quilt with masks."  We empathize with the message on the quilt: "Masquerading as normal is exhausting."

Rhonda continues, "I also love making wearable art but am too afraid to wear it.  I thought about the masks we hide behind and decided to make a quilt combining the two ideas.  I wish I could always be the girl in the mirror." 

The Year of the Masks was machine pieced, hand appliqued, and longarm machine quilted by Charlene Nelson.

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Somewhere Far, Far Away

The Pacific International Quilt Festival was held in October in Santa Clara, California. This year's show included over 400 quilts and other items on exhibit. We're featuring some of our favorite pieces from the show!

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Far, Far Away, 53 x53", by Charlene Nelson (Utah)

Charlene Nelson captures a fantasy land - a "place of peace and joy" - in this charming, original design: "25 years ago my daughter was in college and wanted to make a fairy castle quilt. She gave me an idea of what she wanted the castle to look like.  That gave me some direction. 

The castle background and trees were started. It [then] joined the unfinished quilt collection. Our quilt group "house" challenge brought it out this year, and it morphed from fairy castle to 'Far Far Away.' " 

This idyllic scene includes many unique and adorable cottages, which are within the forest and overlooking a river. Far, Far Away was machine pieced, machine appliqued, and machine quilted.

Image credit: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2022 Pacific International Quilt Festival.