Category: Quilt shows
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2012 NQA – Drawn and Painted Portraits class
The first class I taught at the 2012 NQA (National Quilting Association) show was Drawn and Painted portraits. This class is usually a challenge to teach. When I asked at the beginning of class, out of 22 students, I think only one person said they had done a portrait before. Added to that challenge, I…
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2012 NQA Show
Sweet hubby and I just returned from the 43rd Annual NQA Quilt Show. (NQA stands for National Quilting Association.) I was scheduled to teach six workshops over a three day period! I was pretty nervous about that, and it took quite a bit of time to get everything prepared and ready to go. I’ve actually…
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International Quilt Festival in Cincinnati!
April 13, 14, and 15 will be very big days for quilters in Ohio and the surrounding regions. The International Quilt Festival will be in Cincinnati! I still don’t know if I’ll be able to make it. I’ll be taking my sweet husband to yet another specialist on Friday. They are still trying to determine…
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VidCast from 2011 IQF Houston
Bonnie McCaffery has done another fabulous job reporting on November’s 2011 International Quilt Festival in Houston. If you weren’t able to attend the show, here’s your chance to see more than 12 minutes of video. In it are some of the most amazing quilts, along with short interviews with some of the quilters. Bonnie interviewed…
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2012 NQA workshops
Next June, I’ll be teaching at the 2012 National Quilting Association show. This will be my first time teaching at a large show, and they loaded me up. Six half day workshops! Thursday morning, June 14 – #623 Drawn and Painted Portraits Thursday afternoon, June 14 – #643 Perspective for Quilters Friday morning, June 15…
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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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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…
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IQF portrait quilts, part 7
Today wraps up the week of portrait quilts that I saw at the International Quilt Festival in Houston earlier this month. There were many more portrait quilts that I haven’t included here. Some were in exhibits where photography was prohibited. Some I just haven’t found in the volume of photos I took. I thought it…
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IQF portrait quilts, part 6
Another day of portrait quilts from the International Quilt Festival in Houston. All of the quilts I’ve shown you have been part of the judged competition. Wouldn’t you love to be a fly on that wall? I would be fascinated to hear the discussion that must go on between the judges when they are trying…