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My final stop – the Iowa Quilt Museum. I wrote about my other travels here, here, and here. The Iowa Quilt Museum is a display only museum; they do not collect quilts at all. I did not even realize there was such a category of museum. The Museum is located in a storefront on the town square of Winterset, Iowa, Madison County’s seat. Yes, as in “The Bridges of Madison County”, and John Wayne’s birth place. The space is narrow but deep. Cute. Remember when J. D. Penney was a big deal? Beautiful courthouse across the street. The photo belies…
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My last visit to Quilt National was 2021. QN is considered the world’s premiere showcase of the Best of Contemporary Art. Out of 695 quilts submitted, only 84 were chosen. What impressed me the most this year was the use of sheer material, which is right in the epicenter of my interests; the exhibit was highly inspiring! I wrote about my other travels here, here, and here. I have a zillion photos, so I only comment if there is something unusual about the materials used, or if it was one of my favs. I am so happy that QN changed…
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My “Midwestern Adventure” came in two parts: the first, a visit to Denver and the second a solo to 5 states, friends and family, and 3 quilt shows. I wrote about my other travels here, here, and here. My Denver trip was for a family reunion of my side. My oldest son spoke at a Conference, so he stayed on and family joined him. It was wonderful to be there with Hubby, oldest son, youngest son and fiance, and both my sisters plus one Hubby. My brother could not attend. Denver has so much to offer! We all stayed…
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NOTE: I won’t be writing next week; be back on the 30th…I hope. I am unsure about the newsletter this week; I will take that as it comes. I traveled to Southern California to visit the San Fernando Valley Quilt Association. What a guild! I felt embraced by the lovely outreach phone call before I arrived from Julie, the President, by the many members who drove me around and fed me and the bright and happy students in my class. I flew into Burbank, a 94 year old airport that makes you feel like you are in a time warp.…
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NOTE: I probably will not post next week; the week of the 17th I should be able to, then a 2-week hiatus as I travel. Quilty wise it’s been a varied week. I was able to attend the monthly Babylock Sashiko machine workshop with Ellen Schmidt at Meissner Folsom and we did this: Let me explain. Ellen did the quilt-the-design-on-paper-with-a-naked-needle thing; then we pounced it upon our project. Ellen provided the stabilized background. I didn’t have any light thread with me; this would have turned out better with a higher contrast thread. But I love this! All it needs is…
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I have a few UFO’s (Unfinished Objects) hanging around that are talking to me. I am project-oriented. I like to finish what I start and I don’t usually have a high head count of UFO’s. But I’m thinking differently these days. Do all those UFO’s really need to be finished? I’m kinda thinking not. I went through my photos and have a few less-than-stellar quilts that I finished because I felt like I should. In all fairness, sometimes you don’t realize it’s good until you finish. And, I have a few UFO’s that I don’t think are worth the…
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I had a lovely week with visits to 2 guilds! I began the week with a Monday flight into San Diego for a visit with the El Camino Quilters in Oceanside (far north San Diego County) for a Tues AM lecture and Wed half day workshop. It is a beautiful area, even though it was “June Gloom” and overcast much of the time I was there. I didn’t realize what “far north San Diego County” meant; I thought I might be able to visit the Visions Museum in San Diego. Not! It is quite far from Oceanside. The plane…
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NOTE: I have worn myself out; I am not looking for suggestions or stores or websites. Please don’t extend my misery with another place to look😊 ANOTHER NOTE: I may not post next week as I have a Tue/Wed travel gig to SoCal. I just can’t seem to catch up. I have done no sewing this week, but I did accomplish something – I found a dress for my son’s Oct Tucson wedding…maybe. To be clear, I am not sure it is The One, but if not, it’s pretty close. I want to explain why I’m making such a…
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It’s been an impossibly busy week with my “secret project” consuming my days. I have no quilty things to show, so rather than ghost you again, I chose to share my yard. Full disclosure, it’s large for a suburban yard and I have a maintenance service to help. It is just glorious this year! I had to share. I’ve even got bloomers inside: I will have cut peonies (store bought) until the season is over. I just love these showy little hussies. Moving to the outdoor plantings… I won’t comment or identify each one, just the ones I feel…
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NOTE: I usually let my readers know when I won’t be publishing my weekly blog post. Last week took me by surprise. I taught/lectured on Tues/Wed and arrived home at dinner time on Wed. I was thinking oh, I could put together a post by the morning. Huh? No way! I needed to unpack and decompress so that I could sleep; there was no time to write a blog post! What was I thinking? Given that I didn’t have a blog post I decided to skip my newsletter, also without warning. I have to say I was grateful for the break.…
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