A few quilts at Quilt Canada really stood out to me for their conception and execution.
Zentiles by Judith LeClue is a tribute to zentangles with finely drawn black lines everywhere. Each pair of tiles is different.
I have messed around with zentangles enough to know that it’s difficult to draw this degree of detail on fabric.
And, this was quilted on a domestic machine.
Carmen Huggins made Steampunk Julye for her daughter. Despite the comment I overheard that it had too much black, I think it’s great. The gears are indeed metal.
I love the dots in each white square.
I’ll finish with three other quilts that appealed to me for their experimentation.
Spiraling Spectrum is a clever color study and a shout out to June Barnes’ 3D fabric work.
Plaid Reflections by Maggie Vanderweit shows how value changes make a piece. I would have been happy to go with the fabric on the right, but it really needs that lighter bit on the left for contrast.
From The World To Canada is composed of hundreds of cloth labels. While others have used this conceit, I thought this quilt was well done.
Terry Aske, who won two ribbons at the show, has posted photos from the show, so you can see some additional entries on her blog.
The Snarky Quilter 
Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome.
I really like Plaid Reflections. I have a friend with some beautiful abstract art in her home, and I could easily see this quilt hung there. Did the quilter paint the fabric herself (it looks painted to me!)? On a different note, why do you call the use of the cloth labels a conceit? I am wondering which meaning of the word you are intending.
Yes, the quilter painted the fabric and has a fabric painting business in Canada. I used the word “conceit” in the sense of a fanciful idea. I intended no pejorative meaning.
I thought that might be what you meant, but it can be hard to be sure with only writing. The cause of many an online argument!
That Zentiles quilt is amazing – and I love the Spiraling Spectrum, it’s very clever. Thanks for sharing these, I could never hope to achieve anything like these, but it sure is inspiring to see others do so! 🙂
We all need aspirations, and quilt shows are often full of them.
Again, thank you for sharing the quilts from a show far from me. Everyone so different from the next. The dots in the white squares look like French Knots, no or ? Thanks too for the link to more.
Well, the dots are some sort of thread, that may be stitched in French knots. Perhaps the quilter wound the thread around the needle more times than I do, which would make the knot bigger. And I think Quilt Canada tries to alternate venues between west and east Canada, so a show might be closer to you than you think.
You are right, each of those quilts executes its initial concept completely. I never thought of evaluating them by that criteria (criterion?) but it is a good way to judge each quilt on its own merits.
And I just bought that June Barnes book! That 3-d stuff looks like fun.
To thine own self be true? I am drawn to quilts that clearly express their own vision, without trying to emulate this or that famous quilter.