Phil Beaver's Travelogue Photo Diary

New Jersey Quilt Convention

The State Quilt Guild of New Jersey

Edison, New Jersey

June 2005

     June, 2005, and I was at the annual New Jersey Quilt Convention in Edison, New Jersey, the Garden  State of the U.S.    The Convention featured 500 outstanding quilts in a juried show that could rival any major quilt show in the country.

     I was invited to teach a two day workshop in fabric painting, machine rough edge appliqué, and free motion quilting.  I also did a slide lecture to a lunch buffet group of quilters taking a break from the demands of their classes, and other quilters who were simply doing time out from walking  through rows and rows of quilt displays.  And, of course,  serious shopping through nearly one hundred vendors'  booths is enough to tire the best of  shoppers.

     The New Jersey Show was a wonderful and beautiful exhibit of quilting at its best.  There were categories to please everyone, regardless of special interests, and superior work in each group.

     But my job was to teach a workshop to  a full class of quilting students who were ready to go.  We worked straight through day one,  each did hours of homework that evening, and day two was filled with several hours of of intensive efforts.  Each class member gave it his/her best, and the photos below leave no doubt that this is true.  Browse, enjoy, and plan to attend next year's New Jersey Show.

Raina

Raina

Jill - -  Each sunflower has a photograph portrait of one of her three sons.

Renild

Gail

Kathy

Debra

Lynn

Yiota

Tim

Susan

Barbara

Claire