East Bay Heritage Quilters — Quilts, Dazzling Quilts

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Quilts and sewing supplies on display at the East Bay Heritgage Quilters show "Voices in Cloth 2016" in richmond, CA Photo by Barbara Newhall
Quilts and sewing supplies were on display at the East Bay Heritgage Quilters show “Voices in Cloth 2016” in Richmond, Calif. Photo by Barbara Newhall
East Bay Heritage Quilters show "Voices in Cloth 2016" richmond, CA, inclluded a red and white quilt entited "Hopscotch," by Susan Fuller. Photo by Barbara Newhall.
“Hopscotch,” by art quilter Susan Fuller, features squares within squares. Photo by Barbara Newhall.

By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Lucky me. I got to treat my eyes to hundreds of quilts last month. The occasion was the Voices in Cloth 2016 quilt show put on by East Bay Heritage Quilters at the the Craneway Pavilion on the Richmond, California, waterfront.

I took tons of photos. Here are just a few.

Lots of quilts. Lots of quilters. Lots of vendors selling quilt supplies. And lots of bright California sunshine lighting up the place.

On display at the East Bay Heritgage Quilters show "Voices in Cloth 2016" in Richmond, CA. , a grey-blue quilt made of suiting material, "Suits," by Arleen Kukua. Photo by Barbara Newhall
Arleen Kukua‘s “Suits,” made of suiting material. Photo by Barbara Newhall
A pattern for a quilt featuring neckties, by SONDRA VON BURG, was offered forsale at the East Bay Heritage Quilters show "Voices in Cloth 2016" in Richmond, CA Photo by Barbara Newhall
Sondra Von Burg’s pattern for a quilt featuring neckties was on sale at the quilt show. Photo by Barbara Newhall
At the East Bay Heritage Quilters show,"Voices in Cloth 2016," in Richmond, CA, HEATHER JACOBSEN presented her angular quilt in shades of blue and gray, "Bo's Quilt 1.0," which her son outgrew as she made it. Photo by Barbara Newhall
Heather Jacobsen made “Bo’s Quilt 1.0” for her son, who outgrew it before she could finish it. Photo by Barbara Newhall
On display at the East Bay Heritage Quilters show "Voices in Cloth 2016" in Richmond, CA, a quilt showing a photograph of "Hannah Deverger Sandell" was made in honor of quilter Suzi Stone's grandmother. Photo by Barbara Newhall
A shrine quilt with a photograph of “Hannah Deverger Sandell” was made in honor of quilter Suzi Stone’s grandmother. Photo by Barbara Newhall
At the East Bay Heritage Quilters show ROXANNE SCHWARTZ presented her quilt "Charleston Rain." which evokes the June 17 , 2015, massacre in Charleston, SC. Photo by Barbara Newhall
Roxanne Schwartz’s quilt “Charleston Rain,” evokes the June 17 , 2015, massacre in Charleston, South Carolina. Notice the vertical — rainy — quilting stitches. Photo by Barbara Newhall
Displayed at the East Bay Heritage Quilters show "Voices in Cloth 2016" quilt show in Richmond, CA.. a detail of "Hopscotch," by Susan Fuller. Photo by Barbara Newhall.
Detail of Susan Fuller’s “Hopscotch” — white squares set inside red squares. Photo by Barbara Newhall.
vENDOR SASHING STASH showed fabric at East Bay Heritgage Quilters show "Voices in Cloth 2016" in richmond, CA Eleanor Dugan is the proprietor. Photo by Barbara Newhall
Among the vendors at the show was Eleanor Dugan’s Sashing Stash, selling geometric yardage for piecing. Photo by Barbara Newhall

 

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    1. I’m not so sure that quilt is exactly beautiful — it is covered with crocheted arachnids — spiders, scorpions and the like. But I do enjoy it and I greatly appreciated the other women in our travel group cheering my purchase on as my husband rolled his eyes.

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    1. That’s a great idea. But, hmmm, I failed to get the information from the quilters. You are so right that the people who do the quilt stitching with their amazing sewing machines with the super long arms make all the difference in a beautiful quilt. The “quilters” I wrote about often do only the piecing. I checked out your Facebook Page and sure enough, there were more cool quilts. https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=fine%20and%20fair%20stitch

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