Photos: Trip to Florida, Day 5, Part 2 -- AQS Quilt Show in Daytona Beach

We have arrived at the Ocean Center Auditorium, where the AQS (American Quilters' Society) Quilt Show is being held.  It's a huge building. 

Front hall

Center Hall

And here are the quilts, or at least a good portion of them.  If you wish to know more about any particular one, just ask; I have a book with a few more details.  

101 Forget Me Not Roses, Silvia Ciofalo, Palm Coast, FL

103 Lancaster Rose, Janet Davis, Alamosa, CO

 104 Dream of Dragons, Pat Delaney, Abington, MA

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IMG_4625 106 I Wish You Could See What I See, Karen Hansen, Crestview, FL

IMG_4626 105 Ad Libbing, Lora Douglas & Linda Hungerford, Hampton, FL, 3rd Place, Quiltwork

IMG_4627 108 Scrap Flowers 3, Polly Horne, Tampa, FL

IMG_4628 107 Double Wedding Ring 2015, Susan Haslett-Scholfield, Canton, MI

IMG_4629 109 Love Song, Ann Horton, Redwood Valley, CA

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IMG_4633 110 Blueberry Hill, Memory Makers Quilt Guild, Palm Coast, FL

IMG_4634 112 Why Not, Angela Petrocelli, Prescott Valley, AZ, 2nd Place Quiltwork

The creator of this beautiful quilt, Angela Petrocelli, was standing by it when we walked by, so I greeted her and admired her quilt.  It is paper-pieced, and took her three years to make.  Angela is as gracious as she is pretty and talented.

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IMG_4637 111 Une Cacophonie de Fleurs Joyeuses, Linda Naughtin, Orlando, FL

IMG_4638 113 Magical Moments in Time, Lois Podolny, Tucson, AZ

IMG_4639 210 Bouquet Royale, Margaret Solomon Gunn, Gorham, ME, Best Longarm Machine Workmanship

IMG_4644 201 Arandano, Marilyn Badger, St. George, UT, Best Original Design

IMG_4646 113 Magical Moments in Time, Lois Podolny, Tucson, AZ

IMG_4647 305 Flourish on the Vine, Donna Douglass, Apollo Beach, FL, Best Hand Workmanship

IMG_4651 226 Midnight Blooms, Quilt Guild by the Sea, Boca Raton, FL

IMG_4652 227 Blood, Sweat, and Tears, Victoria Rondeau, Ormond Beach, FL

IMG_4654 2224 Paradox, Claudia Pfeil, Krefeld, Germany

IMG_4655 225 On This Winter Day, Nancy Prince & Linda French, Orlando, FL

IMG_4660 235 Red, White, and Stars, Thomas Snowden, Beaufort, SC

IMG_4661 234 O My Stars, Marianne Snowden, Beaufort, SC

IMG_4662 233 Sarah's Revival in Blue, Gail H. Smith, Karen C. McTavish, North Barrington, IL, 2nd Pla

IMG_4663 232 Glimpses of Asia, Monika Scola, Reno, NV

IMG_4665 236 My Brunette Whig, Gail Stepanek & Jan Hutchison, New Lenox, IL, 3rd Place

IMG_4668 237 Fiesta Mexico, Carolyn Stine & Pat Barry, Springfield, IL

IMG_4669 239 A Quilter's Garden, Kristin Vierra, Lincoln, NE

IMG_4671 238 Fifteen Shades of Grey, Christine Summers, Hahira, GA

IMG_4672 240 Sun and Sand, Brenda S. Wall, Greer, SC

IMG_4673 241 Heart and Home, Teddy Wenner & Pam McIntyre, Auburndale, FL

IMG_4674 242 Pathway of Shooting Stars, Betty Whitson, Ottumwa, IA

IMG_4675 243 Splendid Batik Garden, Mary Young, Port Orange, FL

IMG_4676 301 Elegance, Elsie M. Campbell, Ponca City, OK

IMG_4678 302 Color Treat, Betty Carpenter, Belmont, MI

IMG_4680 304 Spring Dance, Barbara Clem, Rockford, IL, Honorable Mention

IMG_4682 303 Flowers in Bloom in the Rainy Season, Emi Chabata, Kobe City, Kyogo, Japan

IMG_4684 306 The Droste Effect, Elaine Krajenke Ellison, Sarasota, FL

IMG_4685 310 Away from Home -- Mill Girls, Brenda Joy Grampsas, Brooksville, FL

IMG_4686 309 Scuba Do, Peggy Garwood & Kimberly Garwood, Crossville, TN

IMG_4687 307 Quezal, Cindy Frese, Pleasant Prairie, WI

IMG_4688 308 Wisteria Flowers & Carp, Fujieda North High School, Fujieda, Shizucka, Japan

IMG_4689 313 Proud Peacock, Antonia Hering, Hoorn Holland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, 3rd Place

IMG_4691 312 Grandma's Garden, Mistianne Guzman, Eugene, OR

IMG_4693 311 Ladies of the Sea, Peggy Green, Sparta, TN, Second Place

IMG_4695 316 Trellis, Mary Owens, St. Louis, MO

IMG_4696 315 A Baltimore Reflection, Rosalynn McKown, Lutz, FL

IMG_4697 317 Charming Chintz, Linda Roy, Knoxville, TN

IMG_4698 318 Melinophan, Andrea Stracke, GroB Niendorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, First Place

IMG_4700 321 Wedding Sampler, Karen Woten, Ottumwa, IA

IMG_4701 322 Meandering Thru Greece with Father Bob, Anne F. Zick, Hinsdale, IL

IMG_4702 320 Mermaid's Dream, Lily Swan, Hana, HI

IMG_4705 319 Rabbits with Friends, Vicki Strumpf, Osprey, FL

IMG_4706 Celebration 1994, Karen K. Stone, Beaumont, TX

IMG_4707 ULS2 1997, Karen K. Stone, Beaumont, TX

IMG_4708 quilts by Karen K. Stone

IMG_4709 quilts by Karen K. Stone

IMG_4710 quilts by Karen K. Stone

IMG_4711 quilts by Karen K. Stone

IMG_4712 quilts by Karen K. Stone

IMG_4713 209 Tulip Dance, Carolyn Flora, Sun City Center, FL

IMG_4714 208 Happy, Robbi Joy Eklow, Third Lake, IL

IMG_4715 205 Fair Winds and Following Seas, Cheryl DeRaad, Belmont, MI

IMG_4716 206 Shower of Roses, Donna Derstadt, Libertyville, IL

IMG_4717 207 African Lizards, Elizabeth Jayne Edwards, Edwardsville, IL

IMG_4718 204 Shared Joy, Renee Burson & Richard Larson, Port Orange, FL

IMG_4719 204 Shared Joy, Renee Burson & Richard Larson, Port Orange, FL

IMG_4720 202 Free Fallin', Kathie Beltz & Mara Novak, Greenfield, NH

IMG_4721 203 Flower for My Wedding Ring, Eileen Buel, Gilboa, NY

IMG_4722 215 Mariner's Compass, Doris Kennedy, Port Orange, FL

IMG_4723 214 Vintage Compass, Carol Jaynes & Joan Knight, Savannah, GA

IMG_4724 212 The Quilters' Cats, Betty Holroyd, Tampa, FL

IMG_4725 213 Mosaic Lighthouse, Sarah Lynn Jackson, Columbus, NE

Larry looking at my quilt

Sarah Lynn, Mosaic Lighthouse quilt

IMG_4729 117 Blue Plate Special, Susan Stewart, Pittsburg, KS, 1st Place Large Quilt, Home Machine Quilting

IMG_4730 116 Mozart, Barbara A. Stewart, Miami, FL

IMG_4732 115 Iced Ginger Snap Latte, Nancy Simmons, Duncannon, PA

IMG_4733 117 Blue Plate Special, Susan Stewart, Pittsburg, KS, 1st Place Lg Quilt Home MchnQltng

IMG_4734 118 Grandmother's Cabin, Rahna Walker Summerlin, Port Orange, FL

IMG_4735 218 My Appliqué Addiction Continues, Diane LaCombe, Dade City, FL

IMG_4736 219 QIAD All Stars Mystery Quilt, Sandra MacWilliam, Tampa, FL

IMG_4737 (1) 216 Breaking Wind, Peggy Kragnes, Felton, MN

One of the quilts on the line is a miniature of the big quilt ----

--- and in the mini quilt is yet a smaller duplicate!

I'm so vain, I took pictures of people looking at my quilt.  :-)

BEST OF SHOW!

IMG_4743 720 Fern Rising, Claudia Pfeil, Krefeld, Germany

IMG_4745 512 October Sky, Bethanne Nemesh, Allentown, PA, 1st Place, Longarmed Wall Quilt

IMG_4746 513 Arrows, Julee Prose, Ottumwa, IA

IMG_4747 (a) 511 Night Shade, Sarah Michael, Boca Raton, FL

IMG_4748 510 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Ann B. Matheson & Vanessa Hampton, Mount Dora, FL

IMG_4749 314 Ben's Midnight Garden, Barbara Korengold, Chevy Chase, MD, Best Use of Color

IMG_4750 402 A Passion for Purple, Andrea Brokenshire, Round Rock, TX, Best Home Machine Workmanship

IMG_4751 230 Skyline, Claudia Scheja, Werne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

IMG_4752 231 Opus Tweet, Melinda Schwartz, Delray Beach, FL

IMG_4753 701 Dog Walks Girl, Pam Beal, Mass City, MI

IMG_4754 704 Cat's Game, Donna DeFusco, Colorado Spring, CO

IMG_4755 (1) 703 Petals in the Wind, Cassandra Ireland Beaver, Urbana, OH

IMG_4756 629 The King, Sherry Turpenoff, Glen Carbon, IL

IMG_4757 628 When the Aspens Turn, Cindy Seitz-Krug, Overgaard, AZ, Third Place

IMG_4758 630 Dreaming of Stars, Marsha Walper, Tallahassee, FL

IMG_4759 631 American Pie, Sue Ann Wiltse, Harbor Springs, MI

IMG_4760 706 Pterois Decorus, Jef Farlow, Fort Myers, FL

IMG_4761 708 Floral Flashback, Jan Frazer, Elwood, Victoria, Australia

IMG_4762 710 Moonswept, Nikki Hill, St. Augustine, FL

IMG_4763 709 Star Forming Region, Ann Harwell, Wendell, NC

IMG_4764 712 Passionate Rhapsody, Cyndi Johnson, Trenton, MO

IMG_4765 627 Sumer Iris, Karen Ponischil, Charlotte, NC

IMG_4766 626 Sit, Fifi, Sit, V'Lou Oliveira, Norman, OK

IMG_4767 625 Florida at Night, Charlotte Noll, Lauderhill, FL

IMG_4768 624 Old Quilters Retirement Home, Pearl W. Nester, Camden, SC

IMG_4769 711 Nine Lives Animal Shelter, Ann Horton, Redwood Valley, CA

IMG_4770 713 The A-MAZE-ing State Game, Flora Joy, Johnson City, TN

IMG_4773 716 Beauty Imagined, Pam McIntyre, Gainesville, FL

IMG_4774 717 Reflections, Kathy McNeil, Tulalip, WA, Honorable Mention

IMG_4775 621 Rain Drop's Story, Barbara Barrick McKie, Lyme, CT

IMG_4776 620 Silk Flowers, Cheryl McCann, Lewes, DE

IMG_4777 616 Turtle Bonds, Linda Ludemann, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

IMG_4778 719 Peeking In, Anne-Marie Miro, Louisville, KY, Third Place

IMG_4779 721 Shadows of My Mind, Paula Ridley, Mountain Rest, SC

IMG_4780 718 Birthday Quilt DLVIII, Mary Miller, Virginia Pledger, & Anne Bradner, St. Augustine, FL

(I wonder which one is 558 years old?)

IMG_4781 622 High Country Colors, Kathy McNeil, Tulalip, WA, First Place Wall Quilts

IMG_4782 426 The Journey Home, Janet Schug, Paragould, AR

IMG_4783 425 Autumn Gold, Lori Schloesser, Watertown, WI

IMG_4784 (1) 428 Ode to the Whooping Crane, Beth Houck Shutty, Summerfield, FL

IMG_4785 427 Baroque Beauty, Pamela Seaberg, Kenmore, WA

IMG_4786 431 Captain Kimo, Nancy Sterett Martin, Owensboro, KY, 2nd Place, Home Machine Quilted Wall Quilt

IMG_4787 432 In the Valley of Xingu, Patricia L. Styring, St. Augustine, FL

IMG_4788 429 On-Off-StandBy, Janice Smyth, Sarasota, FL

IMG_4789 430 All Sorts, Sandi Snow, Lutz, FL

IMG_4791 610 Carpathian Mountain Sunset, Cathy Geier, Waukesha, WI

IMG_4792 609 Love Beareth All Things, Cindy Garcia, Racine, WI

IMG_4793 608 I Believe in Dragons, Eric Drexler, Port Charlotte, FL

IMG_4794 611 Scattered Showers, Shirley Gisi, Colorado Springs, CO

IMG_4795 606 Women of the Desert, Janneke de Vries, Bodzinga, Kollumerzwaag, Friesland, Nthlnds, HM

IMG_4796 604 Evening Flight, Gretchen Brooks, Gainesville, FL

IMG_4797 605 Golden Temple of the Good Girls, Susan Carlson, Harpswell, ME

IMG_4798 607 Simple Pleasures, Kay Donges, Suches, GA

IMG_4799 435 Harmony's Loop, Suzy Webster, Apple Valley, MN, 1st Place, Wall Quilts home machine quilted

IMG_4800 501 Kiku, Sandy Clark, Fresno, CA

IMG_4801 434 The Quilter, Bonnie G. Ward, Tarpon Springs, FL

IMG_4802 433 Celebration, Lynne Taylor, Cape Girardeau, MO

IMG_4804 503 Holy Mola, Elizabeth Jayne Edwards, Edwardsville, IL

IMG_4805 505 Autumn's Surrender, Margaret Solomon Gunn, Gorham, ME, 2nd Place machine quilted wall quilt

IMG_4808 504 Log Lightning, Nanette Fleischman, Murfreesboro, TN

IMG_4809 601 Barbara, Diana Reinhardt Annis, Norton, MA

IMG_4810 603 Dazzling Dahlia, Andrea Brokenshire, Round Rock, TX, 2nd Place Pictorial Wall Quilts

IMG_4812 602 Lovely Lavender Iris, Jackie Berry, Huntsville, MO

IMG_4813 518 Beach -- Windows #2, Brenda S. Wall, Greer, SC

IMG_4814 507 Turtle Reef, Kathy Koch, Middlebury, IN

IMG_4815 506 Hasu no Hana -- Flower of the Lotus, Lee Miller Hasse, Boca Raton, FL

IMG_4816 509 Dance, Carol Mahan, Port Orange, FL

IMG_4817 508 Twizzle, Dotty Levine, Boca Raton, FL

IMG_4819 403 Starry Ocean -- For All Mother Humpback Whales, Soyoung Chung, Yongin,  South Korea

IMG_4820 401 Tempting Sunflower Seeds, Jackie Berry, Huntsville, MO

IMG_4821 404 Tokyo Scavenger Hunt, Janet Davis, Alamosa, CO

IMG_4823 406 Martian Martini, Katherine Dossman, Belton, TX

IMG_4824 405 The Three Graces, Judy DenHerder, Zephyrhills, FL

IMG_4825 408 Winter Swan, Susan Goeddeke & Quilters without Borders, Harrison Township, MI

IMG_4826 407 My Bargello, Gaye Esperson, East Palatka, FL

IMG_4827 410 Grief, Gayle Gruss, South Pasadena, FL

IMG_4828 409 Only a Lily, Julia Graber, Brooksville, MS

IMG_4829 412 Poco Loco, Ann Horton, Redwood Valley, CA

IMG_4830 411 Just for the Halibut, Karen Hansen, Crestview, FL

IMG_4831 414 Flight to Freedom, Betty Kaliszak, Sevierville, TN

IMG_4832 416 Swimming Upstream, Naida Koraly, Cape Carteret, NC

IMG_4833 415 Purple Lattice, Erin Kaminsky, Clearwater, FL

The next quilt appears to have different faces on it, depending on where you are standing, by way of tucks that stand straight out from the background.  The background is printed with one picture, and each side of the tucks is printed with another.

Here, I am looking at the quilt from the right:

IMG_4834 413 Frame of Mind, Flora Joy, Johnson City, TN

Now I am looking at it straight on:

IMG_4835 413 Frame of Mind, Flora Joy, Johnson City, TN

And below is the quilt as seen from the left side:

IMG_4836 413 Frame of Mind, Flora Joy, Johnson City, TN

IMG_4837 418 Starry Night, Angela Mason, Morganton, NC

IMG_4838 417 York Wall, Ellen Lindner, Melbourne, FL

IMG_4839 419 Bloomin' Concert, Sharon Murphy and Georgianne Kandler, Seattle, WA

IMG_4842 420 Exuberance, Linda Naughtin, Orlando, FL

IMG_4843 422 A Long Way from Home, Amy Pabst, LeRoy, WV

IMG_4844 421 I Can't Resist A Challenge, Charlotte Noll, Lauderhill, FL

IMG_4845 423 (Thank you, Natalia!), Elaine Wick Poplin, Huntsville, AL, Honorary Mention

IMG_4846 424 Iris Sous le Crepuscule (Irises in the Twilight), Diane Paquin Provost, Boca Roton, FL

IMG_4847 Waves and Weeping Cherry Tree, Kathy Nakajima

IMG_4848 Spring Ocean, Kathy Nakajima

IMG_4849 Life, Yoshiko Katagiri

IMG_4851 Honoka, Yoshiko Katagiri

IMG_4852 Stars of the Sea, Yoko Ueda

IMG_4853 Mizumandara, Yoko Ueda

IMG_4855 (a) Poet Byakuren, Kuniko Saka

IMG_4856 Pompom Mum, Reiko Nagunuma

IMG_4857 Autumn Sky, Reiko Naganuma

IMG_4858 Wild Flowers, Yoshiko Sakurai

IMG_4861 Time of September, Yoshiko Sakurai

IMG_4862 Rose Garden, Junko Yazawa

IMG_4863 Flower Book, Junko Yazawa

IMG_4864 Dianthus -- In Memory of My Mother, Sachiko Yoshida

IMG_4866 Flowering, Sachiko Yoshida

IMG_4867 Fruits on Quilt, Eiko Okano

IMG_4868 Usuzumi Sakura, Eiko Okano

IMG_4870 Autumn Breeze, Akiko Kawata

IMG_4871 Rose Garden, Akiko Kawata

IMG_4874 Finally, a photo of it without people!  Rose Garden, Juko Yazawa

Everyone really liked it, including me.

IMG_4875 World as if Floating, Pachiko Yoshida

IMG_4876 Love Letter, Pachiko Yoshida

IMG_4882 Windblown, Maria Elkins

IMG_4883 Obama Quilt; Change, Exchange, and Vision -- Viola Burley Leak

IMG_4884 In Her Sisters' Shadow, Lora Rocke

IMG_4885 Addressing Hair, Viola Burley Leak

IMG_4886 Dreaming of You, Bodil Gardner, Denmark

IMG_4887 We Were All There, Lori Lupe Pelish

IMG_4890 Soiree, Carol Goddu, Canada

Heading out.  !  Oh!  Look!  In the sky!  Is it a bird??  Is it a plane??

And there you can see the plane, between the palm branches.

The parking lot (which cost $12 to park in, by the way) looked like a quilt, itself.

Victoria and Larry, heading for the Jeep (the vehicle with the bikes on the back)

The plane returns -- and now the banner is facing our way, and we can see -- it's the Geico gecko!

The first plane was shortly followed by another, this one towing a banner advertising Riptides, a seafood restaurant on Ormand Beach.

Why am I suddenly hungry for crab?

And we're off for... somewheres else! as Barney Fife would have said.

South!  We're heading south.