Shows
Houston Int’l Quilt Show 2025: The Quilts, Part 1
NOTE: I have more posts on the show here, here, and here. I’m baaack! Twenty-two days of travel in a month is plenty for me. Today’s posts include part of my photos from the Houston show, which was fabulous by the way! Lots of color, exquisite quilting and design, and a few surprises. I wish…
Read MoreThe Delta Quilters Guild Show
NOTE: I may not have a newsletter this week as I am teaching Friday and Saturday. I’ll play it by ear. I recently co-judged the Delta Quilters Guild show with 9 other judges. The DQG has a unique judging set up, using 10 volunteer judges who work in teams of 2, for ribbons only,…
Read MoreVacay 2025 – Part 4 – The Iowa Quilt Museum
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…
Read MoreVacay Part 2 – Quilt National, 2025.
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…
Read MoreA Finish!
NOTE: I also posted a article on attending a quilt judge school this week in another post you’ll find here. It’s always a JOY to finish a piece. This one has been in the works since 2022 and has had quite the journey. I’m going to start out with the finished quilt: I don’t…
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