Art Quilts by Cindy O' Neal from Oregon

There were so many awesome quilts to see all week long while I was in Oregon. Some quilts were hung inside local shops/restaurants in Sisters and Bend, plus the small quilt show at Black Butte Ranch with stunning views of the mountains, and of course the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show itself, which is the largest outdoor quilt show in the world! That's pretty amazing considering the quaint little village of Sisters, Oregon is quite small.

Here are some amazing art quilts, by Cindy O'Neal, that I just loved that were hanging upstairs in Quilt Works in Bend, Oregon.

Well of course I loved the moon on this quilt! But the tree and the swing and the colors were all fabulous!

The little swing.

The blocks surrounding the central masks are 3-D folded log cabin blocks. 

This was my favorite one. Just look at the details and the colors!!! Plus the fringe at the bottom is so perfect. Amazing!

Those eyelashes are perfect.

Look at those eyes! They look right through you, don't they?

The colors are great and again so many fantastic details in this one.

Love the hair and the glasses.

Gorgeous flowers and basket too.

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Sisters, Oregon Quilt Block Challenge

I entered the Sisters (Oregon) quilt block challenge last year (2012) and was chosen as one of the 5 winning blocks. See here and scroll down to the Contests & Special Exhibits section. My block is the sea turtle. I received 21 blocks plus my own block back and made a quilt, which will be hanging in the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show this Saturday July 13th. I won't be attending the show this year, but at least my quilt will be there. So if you happen to get to the show be sure and see my quilt, which will be hanging in the Special Exhibit section where this year's quilt blocks will be displayed.

I also will have my 2013 block somewhere on the display board amongst the hundreds of other blocks that will be there. I just found out yesterday that my 2013 block was a winner! Yippee!! Apparently this year the top blocks had a few votes that were tied, so instead of pairing them down to just 5 winners, they allowed those who tied for whatever place, to win blocks as well. That just means that I will be receiving fewer blocks this time, which is okay by me. I still will be receiving extra fabric to make a quilt and if I want more blocks too.

This is the quilt I made from my winning block (the Sea Turtle in the center of the quilt) and the other quilt blocks that I received. I added some more smaller sea turtles to the quilt so that it looked like they were swimming around the quilt. I named this quilt Swimming Sea Turtles. 

I also added a few applique flowers, embroidery stitches , buttons and silk-like flowers to some of the plainer blocks.

This is the label I made for the back of the quilt. I included the names of the block makers and where they are from.

These were the 5 fabric that I received for the 2013 Quilt Block Contest. I got the blue colorway and some people received the green colorway. Fabrics are donated every year from Westminster Fabrics.

This is my winning quilt block entry for this year (2013) contest. You must use only the fabrics given , but you can embellish the block any way you want to. I added buttons, embroidery stitches and sequins.

French knots that I added to the center.

My winning quilt block for 2013! I actually took this photo before I added the blue sequins. See the first photo above of the block showing where I added the blue sequins. 

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