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Houston Quilt Festival-2017-The experience!

November 9, 2017

I hope that some time you will have a chance to attend the Houston show, the US’s largest quilt show. It is an amazing experience, unlike any other show. Some interesting stats: 1,100 vendor booths 500+ classes/events 40+ Special exhibits 1500+ quilts/fiber art pieces 142 instructors from around the world 4 days of show 7 […]

Filed Under: Life, Quilts and Art Quilts, Shows, Teaching Free Motion Quilting

Houston Quilt Festival 2015-Part 4-The Quilts

November 26, 2015

I hope all my American friends are enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving! This is my final post on Houston. I have a couple of comments: I don’t generally post photos of the big prize-winners. I figure you can find excellent photos all over the web for them. Also, as usual, some of my photos of lovely […]

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Houston Quilt Festival 2015-Part 3-The Quilts

November 19, 2015

I’ve got more quilts for you from the Houston show. I will be posting just the quilt and its maker except this first one. What a story: This quilt is jaw dropping in person. But the story of the quilt and its maker is even more amazing. This is Angela’s first quilt! Her husband travels a lot for […]

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Houston Quilt Festival 2015-Part 2-The Quilts

November 12, 2015

Now, the quilts! Today I’ve included photos from Viewpoints 9, two of the SAQA exhibits: Wild Fabrications and Balancing Act, Modern quilts, and 3 quilts that are simply my favorites. I have seen several other posts by others with photos of amazing quilts that somehow I missed. You must know that my tour of the quilt […]

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Houston International Quilt Festival-The Experience-Part 1

November 5, 2015

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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I’m at the International Quilt Festival in Houston!

October 29, 2015

I’m in Houston at International Quilt Festival now so I’ll post more next week. It’s fun to see visitors enjoy my Morning Breeze. I’ve taught 4 classes and have 5 more events to go. What a show this year! More posts about Houston to follow.

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