The workmanship was incredible.
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We started driving for home on Saturday, so we said our goodbyes to Texas, our friends, the Marcus Fabrics staff, and the wonderful time we had there. According to my sister, and the AAA guide book the saying goes, "The sun is ris, the sun is set and we ain't out of Texas yet!" We finally drove out of Texas yesterday, our second day on the road. Once we left Houston, we spent the night in Abilene.
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My Bridle Path quilt was one of the first things that went on display in the Marcus Booth. It's right on the end and close to the food vendors, so she should get a lot of attention.
I would say the show is considerably smaller than the Spring Market I went to a few years ago. This one I can walk through easily in a day.
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Yesterday we drove through the scenic Texas Hill Country and stopped at our first quilt shop, One Quilt Place in Fredericksburg, TX. The shop is 4,000 square feet of quiltiness!
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I only have time for a quick post this morning. We have arrived! I took this picture through the window of the Conference area. I'm so excited to be able to go in the building today. It just doesn't seem real.
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Well, we made it to Texas, and we will be leaving Ozona this morning and head to either Austin or Houston.
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This is what we look like after being in the car together for three straight days looking at cacti, sand and wide-open places.
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Just a quick post today. We headed out yesterday for our road trip to Quilt Market in Houston. It wouldn't be possible to drive through the Central Valley of California without stopping at Andersen's Pea Soup. It wasn't a soup kind of day, so I opted for a salad.
My apologies for missing SQI last weekend. I'm happy to say that I have a few more pictures from quilts at the Houston Quilt Festival. These are from Studio Art Quilt Association (SAQA) and from "In the American Tradition."
SAQA had a special exhibit entitled "Layered and Stitched: 50 Years of Innovative Art." These are some of my favorite works.
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What a week! It really began on Wednesday, in a way. Richard had a doctor's appointment for plantar fasciitis. We were loading the grandies into the truck when Meme accidentally stepped on the hitch that was lying on the floor of the truck. It slipped out onto the top of my foot. I've been in a boot since, mostly to protect the foot while traipsing around at the Houston Quilt Show.
The International Quilt Festival in Houston was amazing, as always. It’s so incredibly inspiring to see all of the quilts and quilt-related pieces that people have made. It was the 40th anniversary of the International Quilt Festival, and as part of the celebration they had a huge collection of red and white quilts on display.
The classes I took there were great, too. I learned how to do reverse appliqué by machine, how to work in a single colour to make small collage quilts, and how to sew with silk. I also got some great tips on getting more ...
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On a non-sewing note...hubs and I went out for a movie and pizza last night. That is something that never happens. He has ADD so sitting all the way through a movie is like his idea of hell but he did it just for me. We saw Gone Girl and headed over to Palio's Pizza Cafe for a Hawaiian pizza. My bad though. It had cashews on it and we all know how much my brain does not like nuts. No migraine this morning so it was a win all around. The movie was as good as the ...
I’m going to the International Quilt Festival in Houston again this fall, and I’ve signed up for a couple of classes there. Going through this year’s class listings, I started thinking about the classes I’ve taken there in the past. I have some partly finished projects from those classes, and it seems like a good idea to dig those out and finish them. I have a bad habit of bringing things home from classes and putting them away, adding them to the stack of UFOs hidden in the closet.
This one is from two years ago ...
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