Quilting Adventures

I’m going to load some new pictures later today from the Quilting Adventures workshop, but if you want to see some NOW you can go to Julie’s blog at http://julesrushing.blogspot.com/

Quilting Adventures – Boerne TX

 

I am in Boerne, TX teaching with Quilting Adventures a three day class on leaves and trees. It is hot here and the girls are fusing up big time, they are HOT Fuser Chicks.

Festival of Quilts 2009 Birmingham UK

I am just going to start blogging pictures of quilts I took at the Festival of Quilt show. I hope you enjoy them as I post. These are some of the small 12” x 12” quilts for the Contemporary Quilt Group Celtic Connections.

Walks in the Woods

Recently a favorite quilt of mine, the original "Walks in the Woods", was blogged about at
Del Quilts. I sold this quilt right after it was made and never got a really great picture of it. That just goes to show you that you should always photo quilts right after they are finished. Anyway I hope you enjoy reading about it.

Clanadonia

This is a group called Clanadonia that we saw preform on the street in Edinburgh at the On the Fringe Festival. They were great to watch. One of my favorite authors is Dianna Gabaldon, her series the Outlander takes place in Scotland and is about an 18th century kilt wearing Highlander. Brett just thought I liked the look of these rough and tumble Scottish men, he was probably right.

Hickory Nuts

 

 

 

This relates to nothing at all, except that I love the way the sun played with shadow on these Hickory Nuts I brought up from the woods for the squirrels that live in the tree in my backyard.

Festival of Quilts

Laura and I are having a fantastic time at the Festival of Quilts here in Birmingham, England. We are seeing lots of friends and enjoying the show. We haven't seen the quilts yet, but plan on walking around the show this a.m. before the crowds get there. I will post lots of pictures when I get home.
Our friend Mai-Brit won an award in the miniature category, you go girl, and Pat Holly and Sue Nichols won best of show!! We thought of going up and accepting the award for them but were too shy :)to do so.
This is a great show to come and visit and what we really like about the venue is it is so easy to get to, you can fly directly into Birmingham Airport and walk right to the NEC where the show is being held. There are several great hotels right here, so you don't even need a car to get around. ANd the train station is right next to the airport, so you can take off from here and go around the UK after the show.
The other thing that is so interesting about this show are all of the "gallery" opportunities for individual artist or groups to display their work. If you are thinking of trying a something a little outside of your box, think about coming to this show, you won't regret it.