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Quilts and Gardens!

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The day begins!

Two years ago we discovered the amazing Mukilteo Garden and Quilt show. It turns out to be biannual, so naturally we signed up again as soon as we realized this was the year it returned. We took our friends Brook and Byron with us and it was a fantastic day starring beautiful Pacific Northwest gardens with incredible quilts sprinkled about…both works of art in their own right.

I started out taking a couple of snapshots for our moms. Then I thought, ‘bet cousin Amy would love this….and Kami….and Carole…and, and, and, and….’ and finally I just gave in and took a whole bunch of snaps. There were well over 150 quilts, so while it might seem like I took a pic of each one, I did not. I also wasn’t thinking about blogging when I started, so I didn’t document the artist names. Super sorry about that. So without much commentary, here’s a sneak peak into our day long tour.

See? Sneak peak. hahahah AND a very cool tree that Aaron loves.
To get an idea, the quilts are usually displayed like this with gardens surrounding them.
I’m always attracted to brights.
Some are small with embellishments.
A lady made of vegetables and with a pizza border.
High heels filled with dirt and succulents. To quote Brook, “Finally, a reason to buy heels!”
I really love the modern ones and the colorful ones.
Seriously looked exactly like real horses.
Lots and lots of quilting.
Books and tea. Thematically I know quite a few people who like this one.
close up
We noticed a few quilts with African animals that made us go ‘Awww’. These were puffy ones with embroidery.
This one caught our eyes because it was made with African animals and I can say I’ve never seen guinea fowl material before. I need some!
Guinea Fowl!!!
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back
Okay, back to the garden part of the show. Some homes had pretty stellar views of the Sound.
This is a big leaf maple, 19.5 feet in circumference, and is thought to be about 250 years old. Think: George Washington.
This quilt is made with Kaffee Fassett fabric. There were a few kaffee quilts, but I forgot to take pics of those.
By late afternoon the sun made us punchy. Here’s Brook and I trying to take a selfie.
Okay. This one was just off the hook. Amazing quilting. Every little house had a surprise in the window, lots of hand embroidery, funny little designs. So fun to see.
That’s a mermaid in the house. Wouldn’t have noticed except the artist was there and pointed it out to us!
Love these ladies.
This is an ‘eye spy’ quilt made of hexes with a million perfect corners.
Traaaadition. TRA-DI-TION! (aka — a lot of very traditional and still amazing quilts)
I’ve killed several gingkoes in my time, but this made me want to give it a go, one more time.
Whew! Exhausted and still a couple gardens to go.

Five hours and seven gardens after we started, we finally headed home. Only missed two gardens! We could go back today, but I think it’s safe to say we’re saturated. Definitely makes me sit here and stare at my Africa fabrics and imagine the possibilities. Hope you enjoyed the tour and found inspiration of your own.

4 Responses

  1. As a quilter, I LOVE these quilts. Of course, I love the African quilt. Anner, I’ll watch for guinea fowl fabric. I too am a fan of ginkgo trees. But did you know that the females smell bad once they reach at least 15 feet, and there is no way to tell the sex of saplings? So, it make a good thing your attempts didn’t succeed! Thanks for these great photos.

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