Month: November 2011
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Windblown on The Quilt Show
Sharon Pederson of The Quilt Show interviewed me about Windblown while I was at the International Quilt Festifal in Houston. The interview is now on her Daily Blog. If the link above doesn’t work, you can visit the website at http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/blog.php/blog_id/4378.
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Purple, pink and blue Friday
We had a great Thanksgiving with wonderful, out-of-town friends. Thankfully, no Black Friday madness for us! None of us relish the thought of being crushed by crowds. Instead, the men did male-bonding stuff and went to the Air Force Museum, while we stayed behind in peace and quiet and I taught them how to make…
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Our Colorado adventure – homeward bound
Ah, homeward bound! We loved meeting all these wonderful quilters over the last three and a half weeks, but I was ready to be home. I was actually missing our lightly steamed veggie and fresh fruit diet. Who knew? So, after another night’s rest, and we headed north a short distance to go to Jukebox…
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Our Colorado adventure – Fort Collins workshop and lecture
After our midnight hotel adventure of the previous night, we arrived as rested as possible, ready for a full day workshop with the Rocky Mountain Creative Quilters. There were twenty-two women signed up for the fused appliqué portrait workshop. Several of them mentioned that this was far outside their comfort zone. I reassured them that…
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Our Colorado adventure – Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
The morning after the Grand Junction workshop we hit the road again, this time heading for Golden, Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. It was an enjoyable stop. I admit I was a bit surprised by its small size. I had previously been to the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky so I must…
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Our Colorado adventure – Grand Junction workshop
The second day in Grand Junction I taught the “Making Faces,” fused appliqué portrait workshop at the hotel DH and I were staying at. Talk about convenient! There were twenty ladies in my workshop. I think everyone had a good time, and just look at these terrific portraits they made! I’m always thankful sweet hubby…
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Our Colorado adventure – Grand Junction Trunk Shows
I wanted to share a bit about our Colorado adventure. Sweet hubby and I chose to drive from Ohio to Colorado so we could enjoy some quality time together and see some beautiful landscapes. This also meant I didn’t have to be as careful with my packing — I could bring just about anything I…
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Day 23 – finally home from our triple adventure!
Late afternoon yesterday, we finally arrived home! We began our traveling marathon on October 26 when we drove to Atlanta where I taught a fused applique portrait workshop and a color class, and I did a trunk show and lecture for the East Cobb Quilters Guild. We returned home for two days and then on…
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IQF Master Awards
These are the five Master Award winners from the 2011 International Quilt Festival in Houston. Each of the Master Awards include a $5,000 prize. Click on a photo to see a larger version. Susan Stewart won the Pfaff Master Award for Machine Artistry for her quilt, “Radiance.” It features digitized machine embroidery and also digitized…
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IQF Top Awards
Now that I’ve shown you some of the portrait quilts that I saw at the International Quilt Festival, I thought maybe I should also show you some of the top award winners. Maybe you’ve already seen the overall images of each on the Quilt Festival website, but I’d like to also show you some detail…