I have another LONG post for yall. Last Friday I went to the Bedouin Piecemaker's Quilt Guild Show in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. I went with 3 of the ladies from the quilt group I'm in but a few more ladies ended up meeting us at the show. It was a nice show, not too big and not too small. They sold fabric on site in which I didn't buy any. Bernina was there showing machines and notions.
For this Quilt Show, I actually took my time looking at the quilts and took some upclose pictures of the quilting on several of the quilts. There were 2 more Saudi Arabian applique quilts. I got several pictures for those 2 quilts.
A few of the quilts were also in the Dhahran Oasis Quilt Guild's Quilt Show from last week.
LET'S GET STARTED!
ZOOM IN TO SEE THE CUTE LITTLE STORY OF THE QUILT BLOCKS IN THE SAMPLE QUILT ABOVE
I THOUGHT THIS WAS TOTALLY CUTE!
IF YOU LOOK UP CLOSE, THE CIRCLE CANDY PART IS A BLOCK WITH TRIANGLE CORNERS. THE TWISTED WRAPPER ENDS ARE CRINKLED UP APPLIQUE.
THIS SHOWS THE BUTTERFLY TYPE QUILTING IN THE QUILT ABOVE.
SAUDI ARABIAN HERITAGE APPLIQUE QUILT, WITH EACH BLOCK SHOWN BELOW.
TRADITIONAL ARABIC SHOES, CALLED ZUBERI
SAUDI ARABIAN FLAG
ARABIC LETTER "NOON" FOR THE "N" SOUND
POTTERY
RUG
MORE POTS
ARABIAN PENINSULA
STAINED GLASS WINDOW & CHANDALIERS
HENNA ART ON THE HAND
SAUDI MONEY COIN
ARAB FAMILY NEXT TO A PALM TREE WITH BEADS FOR DATES
CAMEL NEXT TO A PALM TREE
ARABIC DAGGER, CALLED JAMBIYA
FALCON
TRADITIONAL COFFEE URN & CUP
ARAB VILLAGE/COMMUNITY
PANEL QUILT WITH HANDMADE CHENILLE STRIPS
CHENILLE STRIPES UNCLOSE
CHALLENGE QUILTS, THEME WAS "ME". EACH PERSON PUT IN FABRIC WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE BAG. ALL FABRICS HAD TO BE USED BY EACH PERSON.
BAG SHOWING THE FABRICS EACH PERSON PUT IN WHICH HAD TO ALSO BE USED BY EACH PERSON.
VERY CUTE KITTY CAT WELCOME!
APPLIQUE QUILT
ANOTHER CHALLENGE QUILT
THE LAST CHALLENGE QUILT
THIS IS A CLOSE UP OF THE QUILTING IN THE ABOVE QUILT
FIRST SAMPLER QUILT IN THE SHOW
I LOVE RAINBOWS.
CLOSE UP OF THE QUILTING IN THE ABOVE QUILT
CLOSE UP OF APPLIQUE PIECES IN ABOVE QUILT
CLOSE UP OF APPLIQUE IN QUILT SHOWN ABOVE, FOR EXHIBITION ONLY MADE BY NORA AL-SHAFI
EVEN MORE CLOSE UP OF THE APPLIQUE, EMBROIDERY & QUILTING
THIS WAS A VERY PRETTY QUILT
CLOSE UP OF APPLIQUE
APPLIQUE ZOOMED IN
THIS REMINDS ME OF THE RINGS IN A CUT TREE TRUNK
SEE THE BLANKET STITCH ON THE APPLIQUE?
2ND SAMPLER QUILT
CLOSE UP TO SHOW QUILTING
DIFFERENT QUILTING DESIGN
YET ANOTHER QUILTING DESIGN
FEATHERS QUILTING IN THE QUILT SHOWN ABOVE
LOOK HOW SMALL THE PIECES ARE? SEE THE QUILTING?
ANOTHER QUILTING DESIGN
VERY PRETTY & HAS APPLIQUE CIRCLES
DAISY QUILTING DESIGN
MORE QUILTING
CLOSE UP OF QUILTING IN THE ABOVE QUILT
HEART QUILTING ON QUILT SHOWN ABOVE
IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE THE QUILTING ABOVE.
I APOLOGIZE!
FLOWER TYPE QUILTING ON QUILT ABOVE, LOOKS KINDA LIKE GINGERBREAD MEN. CLOSE UPS OF THE QUILTING ARE IN THE NEXT 3 PICTURES AS WELL.
CHRISTMAS TREE QUILTING
2ND SAUDI ARABIAN HERITAGE QUILT IN SHOW
ARAB BEDOUIN COUPLE LIVING IN THE DESERT IN A TENT
SOMETIMES YOU ACTUALLY DO SEE CAMELS IN THE BACKS OF TRUCKS!
THE TRADITIONAL PALM TREE & SWORDS
THE NAME OF THE CITY THE QUILT SHOW WAS IN
THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
LOOKS LIKE THE TRADITIONAL WOODEN ARAB DOOR, BUT I'M NOT SURE
INCENSE BURNER
MORE CAMELS IN THE DESERT
DAGGER CALLED "JAMBIYA" IN A BELT TYPE LOOP
MOSQUE OR MASJID
ARAB COUPLE IN TRADITIONAL GARMENTS. MAN WEARING A THOBE (WHITE ROBE) & SHEMAGH (RED HOUNDSTOOTH HEAD SCARF OR HEAD GARMENT). WOMAN WEARING A HIJAB (HEAD SCARF), NIQAB (FACE VEIL) & ABAYA (OUTER ROBE TO COVER CLOTHING UNDERNEATH)
CLOSE UP OF MEANDERING QUILTING
CLOSE UP OF QUILTING IN THE QUILT SHOWN ABOVE
I LOVE THIS QUILT! IT'S ANOTHER EXHIBITION QUILT DONE BY NORA AL-SHAFI.
SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT SMALL PIECES OF FABRICS?
QUILTING INSIDE THE SUN BURST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE QUILT
DIAMONDS ON POINT WITH SUNFLOWER/DAISY QUILT DESIGN IN EACH DIAMOND
DIFFERENT QUILTING DESIGNS BUT I WAS MOST DRAWN TO THE ZIG ZAG THAT LOOKS LIKE A POSTAGE STAMP OR RAVIOLI
SOME TYPE OF ASIAN SCENE
VERY NICE QUILTING THAT MATCHES THE HEART
CLOSE UP OF THE QUILTING & CRYSTAL ACCENTS.
ALL PIECES WERE APPLIQUED. QUILTING WAS DONE IN 3 COLORS: PINK, GREEN, RED & WHITE/CREAM.
As soon as I seen long post 125 pictures, I clicked it quickly, that can only mean one thing. LOTS of eye candy! Wonderful quilt show, felt as if I were there. I would love to make that rainbow spirograph one, but you need to have something like a couple hundred fabrics. I am working on that. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLovely eye candy, thanks.
ReplyDeleteKOOL BEENZ!
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