Quilt inspirations

We are into Week 2 of Term 2 and it has been a whirlwind of hugely busy and challenging with the same view ahead for the foreseeable future. Looked after myself by having Friday night away with a fabulous girlfriend which included a walk on the beach and visit to an inspiring quilt show. 

I'm a beach babe - my body has a physical joy and stress release response as soon I can see the waves and my feet hit the sand. And though we are well into Autumn we had great weather and I had to remove my jacket soon after this photo as the walk progressed ♥
Saturday afternoon we went to the Kapiti Coast Quilters' show

The show was made even more fun by sharing the experience with my Aunties and lovely mum. I took a few photos of quilts that inspired me so sharing them here, along with the tags giving credit to the makers. Please click on any photo to see it larger.

I was especially taken with this one (got my viewer's choice vote) so took another detail photo

This quilt below is not in a colour palette I would choose, but what a great idea for featuring gorgeous fabric 

 And this last one....again, not my colours, but what an interesting design

There were lovely shops as well - while I am quite restrained about purchasing fabric until I have an actual project in mind (read - has a very large stash of fabric I could never use in my lifetime!!) I have no such qualms about delightful stencils, and 1/2 price was all the encouragement required to bring these lovelies home

Great timing to be inspired by the quilts - I'm in the midst of making a quilt for a friend's baby (quilt panel purchased by her)

I'll share more when it's done....Also I am teaching neo-natal quilts to a class at school again as part of our Electives program starting this Friday.These were the finished quilts last year and I'm teaching a larger group this time.

But wait, there's more! Our local club has its annual Tote & Gloat this coming Saturday, so I'll be sharing more quilt inspirations next week. Check out what inspired me last year HERE.

Please click on the label below for other Quilt inspiration posts.