Houston International Quilt Festival, 2024; The Quilts, Part 2

  You can find Part 1 here. I will write next week about the experience, teaching and the wonderful people I met! See Part 1 of the Houston quilts here along with an explanation of how I selected photos. Here ya go: Unusual techniques or form: Surface Design: Improv: Statement, emotion: Animals, Plants, Portraits: Other?…

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Houston International Quilt Festival, 2024; The Quilts, Part 1

  You can find Part 2 here. I will write next week about the experience, teaching and the wonderful people I met! Well it was a fabulous show! Yes, I think it was smaller than last year, but still, there were many stunning quilts. The surprise for me this year was that the Abstract category…

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A week of this n that

  It has been a week of variety:  a guild visit, hand applique/trapunto and beginning to prep student kits for Houston. My visit to the Amador Valley Quilters was so much fun! I stayed with my friend Jeanne and we solved all of the world’s problems over the kitchen table. The guild meets in Pleasanton,…

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Houston Int’l Quilt Festival 2023 – The Quilts, Part 1

  I had my best year yet at the Houston Int’l Quilt Festival! This was my 10th year to teach – who’d a thunk it? I will write more about the experience, teaching and Market in subsequent posts. I am not sure what my timing will be on those posts, so stay tuned. I may…

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A Judge’s comments on judging the Houston Show

  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…

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