"MOO" Velous Cow Parade

Sometimes Life is truly greener on the other side of the fence, or shall I say "Moo" Velous vs greener?

While at the recent Road to California Quilt Show, I had fun looking at the "MOO" Velous Cow Parade.  This whimsical quilt exhibit was created by Mary Lou Weidman and Melanie McFarland using the "Purple Cow" pattern from the book "Out of the Box with Easy Blocks".  They challenged their friends to create their own version.  What resulted is a "moo" velous collection ov bovine beauties.

There are nine cow quilts with a BOVINE theme:   Psy-COW-delic, MOO-lin Rouge, Holy Cow, Pana-MOO Canal, MOO-oy COW-liente, and more!  I found each of these quilts to be captivating, artistic, humorous, detailed and many with beautiful embellishment and/or free-motion quilting. As such, I'm delighted to be able to share insights with you today. 

{above} Udderly Green with Envy, by Pam Tombs. 

{above} Pana-MOO Canal, by Susan Typpi.

I found this quilt to have some beautiful embellishments that were absolutely perfect for this quilt, yet if you breeze by it, you could easily miss it.  For example, look at the beautiful  beads used for udders. 

{above}  Veggie Cow, by Kathy Collins

{above} COWmen Miranda, by Sue Cresse

{above} MOOOY COWlient, by Tina Neppl.

{above} MO LA LA at the MOO-lin Rouge, by Sandy Fisher.

And don't overlook the beautiful free-motion quilting on this whimsical quilt.

{Above} Boo MOO, by Molly Evangelisti.

I also enjoyed the detailed free-motion quilting in this spooktacular quilt.

{above}  Holy Cow!, by Melanie B. McFarland

I found this quilt to be beautifully pieced,

with delightful embellishments and lovely free-motion quilting.

This was definitely a "MOO" Velous Cow Parade.  I hope you enjoyed my insights on this whimsical quilt exhibit too.