Houston International Quilt Festival-The Experience-Part 1

I’m overwhelmed, in a very good way, and it’s hard to know where to start. Maybe with the numbers: 8 days, 5 full classes except one (5 short), a Sampler and Machine Quilter’s Forum (hundreds at each, multiple instructors), 2 Meet the Teacher events, at least 5 countries represented in my classes, countless renewals of friendships, many…

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IQA Donation Quilt-2015-“Windswept”

I’m down to the wire on my Houston prep and one of the things I just got to was my donation quilt. Quilt Inc. is the non-profit umbrella organization of the quilt show. Each year they ask their teachers to consider donating a small quilt to raise funds for the organization. I’ve donated one each year…

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Elk Grove Quilt Guild Show-2015

There were two local quilt shows in one weekend-I had to clear the decks to get to both! I’m glad I was able to make the Elk Grove Quilt Guild show last weekend-a bi-annual event that is always worth the wait. Here are a few quilts that caught my eye: Clydeen created this using Thistledew’s Block…

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Gold Bug Quilt Show 2015

It’s the beginning of the Fall Quilt Show season-yippee! The first show in my area is the Gold Bug show, which is always a good one. This year they had more space and even better lighting, which made for a better show. The Gold Bug guild has a nice mix of quilters of all genres:…

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