Quilts, Inc. ^[1] recently hosted the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX.  The event includes a fantastic display of quilts not to be missed.  However, if you did miss this event and display, you’re in luck.

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Ena Hitt, a member of our Yahoo Lazy Girl group ^[3], attended the show and put together a nice photo album of some of the quilts.  Ena gave me the ‘okay’ to share her album with you.  Thanks Ena! 

Ena, who attended the show for two days, had a hard time picking a favorite.  Ena told me that she has made a few mariner’s compass quilts and knows how much work goes into them and so she favors that design.

After looking through Ena’s album, I too had a hard time picking a favorite, too - they were all wonderful.  However, one quilt in particular took my breath away.  I was completely impressed with the ‘Eternal Flower Basket’ by Michiko Takakuwa of Tokyo, Japan.  Michiko hand pieced more than 160,000 tiny hexagons to make this quilt.  Wow, wow, and wow!

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View Ena’s entire photo album here ^[5].

Thanks again to Ena for putting this album together and sharing with us.

Enjoy!

Joan
Lazy Girl Designs

All photos courtesy of Ena Hitt, taken at the International Quilt Festival ^[1] in Houston, TX, November 2006.