Twisted Stitchers 2023 Quilt Show - Ajax ON

Poppy, Barb, and I attended the Twisted Stitchers Quilt Show in Ajax yesterday. The room was very well lit and the quilts were well displayed.

This was an interesting family quilt/wall hanging. Every element was significant, including the titles of the books on the shelves. The photos are inserted behind vinyl in the 'frames'.

There were several examples of English Paper Piecing. This was an adaptation of a pattern. The centres were all fussy cut as were most of the half hexies around the centres.

This quilt was primarily 1" (finished) squares. I would not even venture to guess how many kilometres of thread were used.

So each little square finished at 1". Lots of 4- and 9-patches alternating with 3" half square triangles and squares.

This was so pretty - a Laura Heine pattern on display at the Ultimate Sewing Centre (Oshawa) booth. They carry a lot of Kaffe Fassett fabrics.

The predominantly white background squares nicely showed the appliquéd 'rings'.

I really do love the bright colours and this one was stunning. The flowers on the border were cut in a flower shape and the centres were appliquéd. The blocks were predominantly solid or tonal fabric with layers of other colors to provide dimension. This reminds me of an echinacea wall hanging pattern I've wanted to do.

The quilting on this one was stunning. It reminded me of compass roses.

A closeup of the feather stitching and tight stipple stitching.

Being a birder, I loved this foundation paper pieced bird quilt.

This is a great way to show off random fabrics. Most of the blocks are 'snowballed' squares. Sashing between blocks would have been cool, too.

The striped fabrics were a great choice for the outer sashing and binding

The Laura Heine 'Outdoor Garden Party' was one of the show entrants. 

Using a layer cake (10" squares) from a fabric line and this easy pattern makes for a very effective design.

I see this foundation paper pieced elephant at almost every show I attend. The pattern must be very well written because every one I've seen has been really well done.

This was a little paper pieced piece. It would be great for a beginner.

At the Cotton Harvest Quilt booth I noted they have a full range of Sue Spargo supplies. My nieces have taken classes there (Seaforth ON). The woman at the booth certainly recognized them by name.

This was an intriguing EPP quilt. some of the centres were fussy cut hexies and others were hexie clusters or diamond clusters. Lots of fussy cutting. They really popped on the neutral, white with black background.

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That's a LOT of hand stitching.

The proprietor of this booth was quite enthusiastic about his cuts of fabric. If I had a particular pattern in mind, this would have been a great source for the fabrics.

I only bought two things.

The Sue Spargo 'bible'. (2nd edition)

and the Buttermilk Basin Sunflower kit. Because - well... it's a sunflower...

It was a lovely way to spend the afternoon - looking at beautiful things and getting all inspired to do some of my own quilting projects.