Festival of Quilts

Ah me. I would love to see the quilting that does knitting stitches.
Brilliantly creative. And, since 'people watching' is just one of my
favorite things, it would have been such fun to be watching as they shoveled
all of you worn and happy quilters into a bus. Yes. That must have been a
sight. Polly

"Patti" wrote in message
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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!

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Sally Swindells wrote:

Have you tried your turntable mat yet, Sally?


Have unwrapped the tuntable,



Okay -- which turntable mat did you get, Sally?
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sfoster 1 (at) earthlink (dot) net (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net

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Patti wrote:

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!!!!


Pat, I've used their patterns! This quilt:
http://www.sandymike.net/applique.html#First is almost entirely
theirs, except for the Doberman in the center. The patterns are really
easy to use. Which four did you buy? G

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

Sounds like you have waaaaay too much fun! Good for you! I think I would
have been a little overwhelmed by a thousand quilts - but, I'd like to
try it sometime!

Patti in Seattle

Ah Polly - I'll try to find a picture somewhere. I'm sure I have at
least one in a magazine - I'll just have to find it.
The marvellous thing about Sandie is that 'the other side of her coin'
is most wonderful traditional, hand quilted bed quilts (wholecloth
again).

If you enjoy people-watching, you'd have loved the sight of a steward,
on duty at the end of one of the long sitting down benches, who called
to people waiting to sit down 'come along ladies there's a vacancy at
this end' g

In message , Polly Esther
writes
Ah me. I would love to see the quilting that does knitting stitches.
Brilliantly creative. And, since 'people watching' is just one of my
favorite things, it would have been such fun to be watching as they shoveled
all of you worn and happy quilters into a bus. Yes. That must have been a
sight. Polly

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Best Regards
pat on the hill

I was, the first year, my eyes actually went 'all funny'.

I, in fact, wouldn't have had time to examine each one in detail; just
not possibly in one day. So, what I did was: at the end of the first
day (in which I checked out all the special exhibitions) I took the
catalogue home and went through the little blurbs for each one to check
for friends and acquaintances, putting an asterisk beside them. Then,
at the show, I went up and down the hanging lines, looking at each but
only closely if I liked it, and really looked closely at friends' work.
Mind you, there were a great many I really did like this year - it
varies. It is *not a juried show.
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In message , Patti S
writes
Sounds like you have waaaaay too much fun! Good for you! I think I would
have been a little overwhelmed by a thousand quilts - but, I'd like to
try it sometime!

Patti in Seattle


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Best Regards
pat on the hill

Thanks very much, Sandy.
It was a really good show.
There was one innovation this year that was really helpful: In the
catalogue, at the head of each category/class there was a miniature
diagram of the plan of the hanging area, with the position of the
particular class shaded - so that you knew exactly where to go to look
for that class. Great idea! And, with the quilts all numbered in situ
and in the catalogue, it was quite easy to find one specific one.
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In message , Sandy
writes
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.


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Best Regards
pat on the hill

Oh, that's reassuring. Thanks Sandy.
I bought: rabbits and hares, big cats (lions, tigers etc), dolphins and
cat faces (just head and shoulder cats). I have a plan for the
dolphins; but the others will just hang around until I have finished
some of my list gg
But - I just couldn't pass them by, and I'm not usually like that!!

Your doggie quilt is just beautiful. Thanks for thinking of it! I'm
glad you said you adapted some of the patterns - I will have to make
some of the bunnies have lop ears!!!
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In message , Sandy
writes
Pat, I've used their patterns! This quilt:
http://www.sandymike.net/applique.html#First is almost entirely
theirs, except for the Doberman in the center. The patterns are really
easy to use. Which four did you buy? G


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Best Regards
pat on the hill

Ooh, Heidi Stoll! Now that's something I CAN get at the LQS! Not a cheap
thrill though. Confession: bought a piece about 4 years ago and it's still
too pretty to cut!
Roberta in D

"Patti" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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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

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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
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Best Regards
pat on the hill

He-he!
No, mine wasn't a cheap impulse buy, either!
It is so lovely, though, isn't it? I bought collections of 8" strips
(16 of them); so that might be less difficult to cut; and mine were the
gently graded ones, not the magnificent multi-coloured, large patterned
ones - I knew I would never cut one of those!!
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In message , Roberta Zollner
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Ooh, Heidi Stoll! Now that's something I CAN get at the LQS! Not a cheap
thrill though. Confession: bought a piece about 4 years ago and it's still
too pretty to cut!
Roberta in D

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Best Regards
pat on the hill