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I am combining quilt show pics with a recent finish. Scroll to the end for my finish. I enjoyed a beautiful fall drive to Sutter, CA to see the Sutter Buttes Quilt Guild Show. They are a newer guild, about 15 years old I think and this was their 8th show. It was a small but mighty show. There was lots of great quilting and it was a very happy and colorful show: Gotta love a happy Christmas quilt! There were lots of fun details. Diana took Pam Holland’s class at Empty Spools and created this. I like how…
I’ve got a busy month with a total of 8 events, but I do have a gap between gigs and I got to quilt this week – wahoo! I am nearing the finish line on my vintage tulip quilt (let’s just call it TVQ for now); it’s time to attend to the finishing details. I am going to call my method of blocking VTQ “The California Way” because I use “tools” that are common to my area. The general method is the same for most quilts: wet, dry and block. As a review of how I got here, this…
I will have 2 blog posts this week, this one about judging, and another about my week (which will be delayed). I am excited to post these comments by Deborah Boschert who judged this year’s Houston show along with Charlotte Angotti and Sharon K. Stone. All 3 are accomplished artists and very well-seasoned experts in quilting, each with a different area of expertise. This year’s Winner’s List is posted here. Deborah wrote about her experiences and posted her thoughts in a private Studio Art Quilt Associates FaceBook page. I received her permission to share her words. This is the…
My trip to the Bits ‘n’ Pieces Quilt Guild in Ballwin, MO (the St. Louis area) was quite the adventure! My lecture, “The Beauty of the Imperfect” got an outstanding reception and it was very well attended. IMperfection is a topic near and dear to my heart: I taught both days at a faaaabulous shop, Jackman’s. Oh my, it was huge AND they had exquisite garment fabrics. Since I didn’t have a specific project in mind, I held off. But lookie: What a color wall! And I met their famous IG star, Oliver, who deigned to do a selfie…
I got up this morning and realized I had forgotten to write a blog post. Then I realized – I had nothing to write about! It’s been a busy week of prep for future and upcoming events, software issues and not much else. I’ve been writing this blog since 2010 and have never forgotten to create a post before! NOTE: I will be traveling next week and will not publish a blog post or newsletter. I will have a newsletter this week. I’ll have lots to write about when I return as I will be visiting the Bits and…
I have a real challenge on my hands with my vintage quilt. Just to refresh your memory, this is the top I’m working on: And it has had its share of challenges. It is a bit wonky and it has some, um, creative piecing: I suspect the maker was close to running out of border fabric. I will tidy those intersections up later. I knew I had this problem coming, but I chose to ignore it: There is not enough fabric on the left hand portion for it to accommodate the same width border as the rest of the quilt.…
I headed back to Denver for a family reunion, the second time to visit the Denver area in 10 days. I spent 16 out of July’s 31 days traveling, all of it fabulous, but boy I am happy to be home! The family reunion was wonderful. In attendance were my sister and Hubby, Son, DIL and grandson, my youngest son and new girlfriend(!!) plus Hubby and me. Hubby and I opted to drive. We filled the ice chest to the brim with pre-made food: It doesn’t look like much, but that big ice chest was filled to the brim with salads,…
It was a whirlwind trip in 3 parts, all of it fabulous! I taped 3 segments with Quilting Arts TV first, hosted by the fabulous Susan Brubaker Knapp. Oh how I wish I had taken more photos!! I will get more photos as they are edited, but I only have a few for this post, dang. All told, there is a staff of maybe 12 people there to make you look good. It is hard work for all of us. I had no angst about taping as I have done it before and I love to share what I do.…
NOTE: I will have a newsletter this week, but may or may not have a blog post or newsletter next week. Then I will be back in town for a bit, finally! My newsletter really is the epicenter of my communication; you can sign up easy peasy here. I could already write a long essay on “What I did on my Summer vacation”! July is usually my down month, but this one has by far been my busiest. I need to post about: – the Long Beach Quilt Festival – my Quilting Arts TV taping in Golden, CO – my…
NOTE: I am playing catch up and I am way behind. I am not sure if I am going to be able to post for the next 3 weeks. Next week will be big time prep for Long Beach (July 5 – 9, my travel dates) and then fly out 2 days later for a Quilting Arts TV taping in the Denver area. Who knows how much I will be able to post. Finally, I have a kitchen! This week has been very intense, spending 4 full days with my Organizer, but it is pretty much done. I am…