Festival of Quilts

Reporting in, after a day to recover!

The show this year was outstanding. Mind you, some of the 'things'
people call quilts were jaw-dropping!
On the whole, though, there were a thousand or so terrific quilts in the
Open classes; and several wonderful exhibitions of professional work. I
thought I was spoilt for Visitor's Choice, until I saw 'that special'
one. I could have gazed at it all day. There is a class for pictorial
quilts and some of those were unbelievable in terms of the skill of
those who made them. I loved them, but knew I could never aspire to
that level of art.
There was one I must pick out to tell you about, because I have 'never
seen the like'. It was quite small - about 2' x 1' - and was a sort of
wholecloth - creamy white lineny stuff (think painting canvas texture).
Then, there was, as it were, a black pen and ink drawing, of a harbour
full of boats with houses on the quayside, on the white background -
except that it wasn't pen and ink, it was black machine quilting! You
could hardly believe that someone could have so much control on her
machine. Wow and wow!

Sally (at the seaside + DH and DSIL), Joan (from Coventry) and I met up
for coffee and a snack. It was lovely to meet Sally again, and Joan for
the first time. Chat came thick and fast, but we had all agreed not to
spend too long chatting, as Sally and Joan just had one day there. But,
no doubt we will meet up again in the future. Joan had had a good idea
- she e-mailed me her photo. It made recognition so very much easier -
I recommend it to you first-timers. I would never have thought of it.
Thanks Joan!
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

Patti wrote:
Reporting in, after a day to recover!

The show this year was outstanding. Mind you, some of the 'things'
people call quilts were jaw-dropping!
On the whole, though, there were a thousand or so terrific quilts in the
Open classes; and several wonderful exhibitions of professional work. I
thought I was spoilt for Visitor's Choice, until I saw 'that special'
one. I could have gazed at it all day. There is a class for pictorial
quilts and some of those were unbelievable in terms of the skill of
those who made them. I loved them, but knew I could never aspire to
that level of art.
There was one I must pick out to tell you about, because I have 'never
seen the like'. It was quite small - about 2' x 1' - and was a sort of
wholecloth - creamy white lineny stuff (think painting canvas texture).
Then, there was, as it were, a black pen and ink drawing, of a harbour
full of boats with houses on the quayside, on the white background -
except that it wasn't pen and ink, it was black machine quilting! You
could hardly believe that someone could have so much control on her
machine. Wow and wow!

Sally (at the seaside + DH and DSIL), Joan (from Coventry) and I met up
for coffee and a snack. It was lovely to meet Sally again, and Joan for
the first time. Chat came thick and fast, but we had all agreed not to
spend too long chatting, as Sally and Joan just had one day there. But,
no doubt we will meet up again in the future. Joan had had a good idea
- she e-mailed me her photo. It made recognition so very much easier -
I recommend it to you first-timers. I would never have thought of it.
Thanks Joan!

Yes it was a fabulous day and my feet/ankles have almost recovered! I
missed the black and white one Pat liked - just too many quilts to see
everything - can I go back for another look!

We did see Pat's lovely miniature Linen Press though - its so pretty.

I only took a few photos - too overwhelmed, and haven't had time to do
anything with them yet.

Its lovely to have meet ups - really enjoyed meeting Joan and seeing Pat
again. There was so much chat there was hardly time to eat and drink!

Altogether a very good, if exhausting, day out.
--
Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin

Sounds WONDERFUL! Is there any place online to see the quilts? I can't
imagine 1000 quilts in one place (I've never been to Houston... or
Paducah... just local shows).

So glad you had a great time...and received such inspiration!

--
Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves


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"Patti" wrote in message
...
Reporting in, after a day to recover!

The show this year was outstanding. Mind you, some of the 'things' people
call quilts were jaw-dropping!
On the whole, though, there were a thousand or so terrific quilts in the
Open classes; and several wonderful exhibitions of professional work. I
thought I was spoilt for Visitor's Choice, until I saw 'that special' one.
I could have gazed at it all day. There is a class for pictorial quilts
and some of those were unbelievable in terms of the skill of those who
made them. I loved them, but knew I could never aspire to that level of
art.
There was one I must pick out to tell you about, because I have 'never
seen the like'. It was quite small - about 2' x 1' - and was a sort of
wholecloth - creamy white lineny stuff (think painting canvas texture).
Then, there was, as it were, a black pen and ink drawing, of a harbour
full of boats with houses on the quayside, on the white background -
except that it wasn't pen and ink, it was black machine quilting! You
could hardly believe that someone could have so much control on her
machine. Wow and wow!

Sally (at the seaside + DH and DSIL), Joan (from Coventry) and I met up
for coffee and a snack. It was lovely to meet Sally again, and Joan for
the first time. Chat came thick and fast, but we had all agreed not to
spend too long chatting, as Sally and Joan just had one day there. But,
no doubt we will meet up again in the future. Joan had had a good idea -
she e-mailed me her photo. It made recognition so very much easier - I
recommend it to you first-timers. I would never have thought of it.
Thanks Joan!
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

In article ,
Patti wrote:

Reporting in, after a day to recover!

The show this year was outstanding. Mind you, some of the 'things'
people call quilts were jaw-dropping!
On the whole, though, there were a thousand or so terrific quilts in the
Open classes; and several wonderful exhibitions of professional work. I
thought I was spoilt for Visitor's Choice, until I saw 'that special'
one. I could have gazed at it all day. There is a class for pictorial
quilts and some of those were unbelievable in terms of the skill of
those who made them. I loved them, but knew I could never aspire to
that level of art.
There was one I must pick out to tell you about, because I have 'never
seen the like'. It was quite small - about 2' x 1' - and was a sort of
wholecloth - creamy white lineny stuff (think painting canvas texture).
Then, there was, as it were, a black pen and ink drawing, of a harbour
full of boats with houses on the quayside, on the white background -
except that it wasn't pen and ink, it was black machine quilting! You
could hardly believe that someone could have so much control on her
machine. Wow and wow!

Sally (at the seaside + DH and DSIL), Joan (from Coventry) and I met up
for coffee and a snack. It was lovely to meet Sally again, and Joan for
the first time. Chat came thick and fast, but we had all agreed not to
spend too long chatting, as Sally and Joan just had one day there. But,
no doubt we will meet up again in the future. Joan had had a good idea
- she e-mailed me her photo. It made recognition so very much easier -
I recommend it to you first-timers. I would never have thought of it.
Thanks Joan!


Thanks so much for the report, Pat! It does sound like a marvelous
exhibit! The thread-painted one you described must have been
jaw-dropping -- I know I certainly couldn't do something like that! G
Of course, I can't draw with a paper and pencil, either. LOL! I'm glad
you're home safe and sound and that you had a wonderful time at the
show.

--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sfoster 1 (at) earthlink (dot) net (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net

Howdy!

Great, Patti! Thanks for the report.

As it often goes in these meet-ups at big quilt shows,
there just isn't enough time! All there is to see and do and shop
and meet and talk and eat and talk and visit and talk--well, you do
the best you can. g (Hi, Sally and Joan!)

http://www.twistedthread.com/festivalofquilts/index.asp
Hope they get the 2007 Highlights posted soon.

Now, to the really important stuff: what'd we get? What did you
bring home that you didn't own before the show? You know we wanna' see!
C'mon, Pat, tell! ;-D

Cheers!
R/Sandy




On 8/21/07 5:02 AM, in article , "Patti"
wrote:

Reporting in, after a day to recover!

The show this year was outstanding. Mind you, some of the 'things'
people call quilts were jaw-dropping!
On the whole, though, there were a thousand or so terrific quilts in the
Open classes; and several wonderful exhibitions of professional work. I
thought I was spoilt for Visitor's Choice, until I saw 'that special'
one. I could have gazed at it all day. There is a class for pictorial
quilts and some of those were unbelievable in terms of the skill of
those who made them. I loved them, but knew I could never aspire to
that level of art.
There was one I must pick out to tell you about, because I have 'never
seen the like'. It was quite small - about 2' x 1' - and was a sort of
wholecloth - creamy white lineny stuff (think painting canvas texture).
Then, there was, as it were, a black pen and ink drawing, of a harbour
full of boats with houses on the quayside, on the white background -
except that it wasn't pen and ink, it was black machine quilting! You
could hardly believe that someone could have so much control on her
machine. Wow and wow!

Sally (at the seaside + DH and DSIL), Joan (from Coventry) and I met up
for coffee and a snack. It was lovely to meet Sally again, and Joan for
the first time. Chat came thick and fast, but we had all agreed not to
spend too long chatting, as Sally and Joan just had one day there. But,
no doubt we will meet up again in the future. Joan had had a good idea
- she e-mailed me her photo. It made recognition so very much easier -
I recommend it to you first-timers. I would never have thought of it.
Thanks Joan!
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

W e e e l l l l l l!

All I wanted when I got there was 1.2m of a Hoffman ombre to make into a
shaded background wholecloth. I found the stand I bought some from
before and found one that would be perfect. Satisfied, I went round the
professional exhibitions and met some acquaintances along the way.
However, on my second day, I did a few purposeful visits first (to folk
I had missed the previous day!) and then set off to look at the Open
class quilts. Going round a corner, on my way, I 'bumped into' a stand
called Critter Patterns. Whew! I don't really 'do' patterns, as I love
designing so much; but, there were cats, and there were rabbits, and
elephants, horses, lions and more cats ... g I only bought 4,
honest!!!! Then, still on my way, I passed a stand with the most
amazing hand dyed fabric I have ever seen (it was the silkiest cotton
sateen I have ever felt and the colours were out of this world). I
later learned it was famous - Heidi Stoll. I did have a little splurge
with two packets of graded fabrics: pink/blue pastel and deep
turquoise/green. Just before going home I bought a replacement large
cutting ruler.
So, I really felt I had done the show justice by the time I crawled into
the bus back to the guesthouse g

Thanks so much for finding the link Sandy. I came back to the computer
just now to try to find something for Kate (I hadn't time before
dinner). The show only finished on Sunday, so they might take a while
to get them all sorted out.

Still have a couple of small shows before the end of the year. The
season's expanding g

..
In message , Sandy Ellison
writes
Howdy!

Great, Patti! Thanks for the report.

As it often goes in these meet-ups at big quilt shows,
there just isn't enough time! All there is to see and do and shop
and meet and talk and eat and talk and visit and talk--well, you do
the best you can. g (Hi, Sally and Joan!)

http://www.twistedthread.com/festivalofquilts/index.asp
Hope they get the 2007 Highlights posted soon.

Now, to the really important stuff: what'd we get? What did you
bring home that you didn't own before the show? You know we wanna' see!
C'mon, Pat, tell! ;-D

Cheers!
R/Sandy
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

Sandy has found a link for you Kate.
I came back to find it for you - if they had one. I gather they don't
have this year's up yet. I'll check it out myself in a little while.

Yes, I had felt a bit burned out before I went; and I went through the
'well I can't do anything like that' phase on the first day; but after
the second day and a good sleep, I came home feeling more inclined to
get going again.
So, I'll just get my machine cleaned and serviced and I'll get going on
a few things that have been on my mind for a while; *and* I'll get my
photobucket site sorted out!
..
In message , Kate G.
writes
Sounds WONDERFUL! Is there any place online to see the quilts? I can't
imagine 1000 quilts in one place (I've never been to Houston... or
Paducah... just local shows).

So glad you had a great time...and received such inspiration!


--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

Have you tried your turntable mat yet, Sally?

It was really good to see you and DH and SIL. Have you decided on next
year's itinerary yet? gg Good to see you are home safe and sound.

I'm glad you liked my cupboard! I'll put it on photobucket, when I get
it organised. Thanks for your (and DH's) encouraging words.
..
In message , Sally Swindells
writes
Yes it was a fabulous day and my feet/ankles have almost recovered! I
missed the black and white one Pat liked - just too many quilts to see
everything - can I go back for another look!

We did see Pat's lovely miniature Linen Press though - its so pretty.

I only took a few photos - too overwhelmed, and haven't had time to do
anything with them yet.

Its lovely to have meet ups - really enjoyed meeting Joan and seeing
Pat again. There was so much chat there was hardly time to eat and
drink!

Altogether a very good, if exhausting, day out.

--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

I forgot to say - just for you g that two of the special exhibitions
were by hand quilters. One lady is continuing the tradition of the
north east of England, round Durham. The other lady is Sandie Lush
whose work you might have seen at Paducah and/or Houston. Her
exhibition was mostly the wall hangings she has made which mimic knitted
garments. her cricket pullovers - with cable stitch, ribbing, and other
fancy stitches were there - all done with quilting!
..
In message , Sandy Ellison
writes
Howdy!

Great, Patti! Thanks for the report.

As it often goes in these meet-ups at big quilt shows,
there just isn't enough time! All there is to see and do and shop
and meet and talk and eat and talk and visit and talk--well, you do
the best you can. g (Hi, Sally and Joan!)

http://www.twistedthread.com/festivalofquilts/index.asp
Hope they get the 2007 Highlights posted soon.

Now, to the really important stuff: what'd we get? What did you
bring home that you didn't own before the show? You know we wanna' see!
C'mon, Pat, tell! ;-D

Cheers!
R/Sandy
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

Patti wrote:
Have you tried your turntable mat yet, Sally?

It was really good to see you and DH and SIL. Have you decided on next
year's itinerary yet? gg Good to see you are home safe and sound.

I'm glad you liked my cupboard! I'll put it on photobucket, when I get
it organised. Thanks for your (and DH's) encouraging words.
.

Have unwrapped the tuntable, but that is all. I am making myself finish
the PDSA (charity to help with vet bills for people on benefits) quillow
before I start anything else. Have just had two mad rushes, so want this
to be finished well in advance of the raffle.

Then have a baby quilt to do for the end of October. Mother-to-be is an
RSPB (birds)warden, so baby is having a wildlife quilt to assist with
its identification skills! I found some lovely cartoony farm animals,
but was told it had to be real looking animals. (I am, however, told
that they have human eyes, but as it is human eyes or cartoons, the eyes
won!). The pattern I'm doing has plenty of scope for using the turntable.

I have a week on my own coming up - the bird watchers are going to
Bardsey Island for a week of roughing it. I have more sense and am
staying at home with a decent bed, good food and three needy cats.
Hopefully I will be able to blitz the baby quilt, and then will be able
to play again instead of feeling I'm a quilt factory!

Next year's itinerary? Possibly Malvern - I liked Malvern - little less
overwhelming.

--
Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin