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River City Quilt Show 2017

December 7, 2017

Good show River City! In random order: Best of Show was “My Secret Garden” by Deborah Ciarla, quilted by Nancy Calhoun. This was entirely hand pieced using the English Paper Piecing method, except the border which was foundation pieced. Wowsa! “Oasis Improv” by Marie Nelson. Using discards from a friend and some fabric from her […]

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I’ll be back!

November 30, 2017

I’m vacationing in Tucson for a few days with my friend Jan. I’ll be back next week to tell you all about it!

Filed Under: Life

Houston Int’l Quilt Festival 2017-The Quilts, Part 2

November 23, 2017

I mentioned last week how limited my time was to take photos of the quilts. So here is my final “unorganized, disjointed and wholly incomplete take on the quilts”: It was wonderful to see the work of Yoko Saito in person, even though I only saw a few of her quilts. The workmanship and design […]

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Houston Int’l Quilt Festival 2017-The Quilts, Part 1

November 16, 2017

Danny Amazonos had a special exhibit. This will give you an idea of his scale! The breathtaking scale and color that Danny used blew me away. He was very sharing and personable, seemingly without any ego about his astounding work. ———————————————— Okay, a bit of explanation. I had one afternoon off when the show was open, […]

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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

Sanity Sewing

October 26, 2017

I just made that up-“Sanity Sewing” is what you do just before you go crazy and after you have worked hard on your book and prepping for Houston for months! Don’t get me wrong, this is all good stuff and every single teacher at Houston is in the same boat. I just HAD to do […]

Filed Under: Garments, Life

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