I am busy getting ready for the Home Machine Quilting Show that I will be teaching and vending at in May.
I will be teaching my Disappearing Rainbow class.
Archive for the ‘Quilt Shows’ Category
Teaching at HMQS in Salt Lake City, UT
Thursday, May 26th, 2011This Little Quilter Went to Market
Monday, October 19th, 2009This little quilter went to International Quilt Festival/Houston.
George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX
This little quilter was happy because she was able to attend church.
This little quilter saw many “out of this world things” at NASA.
This little quilter had an underwater dining experience at the aquarium.
This little quilter saw wild animals at the zoo.
"Tribute to Tolkien" by Sue McCarty
"Clam Session" by Karen K. Stone
This little quilter was in awe of the beautiful quilts at the Winners’ Circle Celebration.
- “Santa Claus Has Come to Kirara’s Hometown” by Ayako Kawakami
"Hearts and Garlands" by Liz Jones
"Protection" by Hollis Chatelain
"Snapshot: Shannon's Bantam" by Denise Havlan
This little quilter felt like a little kid at the Children’s Museum.
This little quilter was video taped by Bonnie McCaffery as she shared the story of her quilt – “The Generations Unite” at the Preview Night for Festival.
"Grandma's Hexagarden"
This little quilter was very proud to see her two quilts hanging in such a prestigious quilt show.
Quilt by Philippa Naylor
Quilt by Philippa Naylor
This little quilter learned many great machine quilting tips and techniques at the Machine Quilting Forum.
- “Garden of Dream” by Fusako Takido
This little quilter was very proud of one “special” Quilt Angel who volunteered three hours and received his angel wings.
Project made by Daphne Greig
This little quilter was exposed to many wonderful embellishment ideas at the Mixed Media Medley.
This little quilter was pleased that she had time to go to the LDS Houston Temple.
This little quilter was pleased that the Super Walmart had the needed items to replace the ones left at home.
This little quilter tried to spread the love of hexagons by passing out “I’m a Hexamaniac” ribbons.
This little quilter learned about Texas history at the George Ranch Historical Park which included seeing cows plunge into a 10’ deep water bath.
This little quilter enjoyed a fun evening at “Wild Women Quilt” present by Karen McTavish and Sue Patton.
This little quilter attended a program presented by Ricky Tims and was so impressed with his music that she purchased a couple of his CDs.
This little quilter was deeply touched by the Priority Alzheimer’s Quilts exhibit organized by Ami Simms.
"On the Wings of a Dream" by Caryl Bryer Fallert
This little quilter sat by and visited with Caryl Bryer Fallert (Best of Show Winner) at the Gala on the Green.
This little quilter slept, slept, slept all the way home!
Houston – here we come!!!!!!
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009I just received notification that both Grandma’s Hexagarden and The Generations Unite have been selected as finalists to be exhibited at the 2009 International Quilt Festival/Houston in the annual IQA fall Judged Show, Quilts: A World of Beauty. 
The quilts need to be in Hoston by Aug. 5 (I guess they will get to enjoy the REALLY HOT months in Texas). Tom and I are planning on flying to Houston on Oct. 12. This way we will have a some time to play around before the show starts. We have booked rooms at the Hotel that is connected to the convention center. Needless to say I am pretty excited!!!!!!
Here are the pictures that I sent to IQA for the jury process:
Grandma’s Hexagarden
(Detail)
The Generation’s Unite
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(White side – aka The Front)
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(Detail: White side – aka The Front)
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(Green side – aka The Back)Emily and I were talking and she suggested (to which I had already thought of, but didn’t know if I was up to making more of the folded hexagons) that I should add a group of the three folded hexagons on each side of the quilt.
What do you think?
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(Detail: Green side – aka The Back)
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(Detail: Green side – aka The Back)
When I sent my submission to IQA I did book some rooms at a Hotel that is about 1 mile away from the convetnion center. After receiving notice that my quilts were going to Houton Tom suggested that I should do this right and get rooms at the Hotel connected to the convention center. Tom is very supportive of me and my quilting adventures. Once again, little did he know how much that FREE Quilt was actually going to cost.
If anyone wants to join the fun I have a couple of extra rooms.
Northern Star Quilters Guild Show
Saturday, May 9th, 2009Last weekend was the quilt show for Northern Star Quilters – A World of Quilts XXX.
Here is Autumn’s quilt with its beautiful ribbon. I loved being able to show off my quilt that my 5 year old granddaughter had made for me.
I took a picture with my phone and sent it to her in Utah. That night she called and asked if she could keep the ribbon. Of course, but could I keep it long enough to hang it up with her quilt at my QQQ 50 1/2 Birthday Party. (Not sure what this is – a post is coming on this next week.)
This quilt was made by Michelle (age 12) – one of my sewing students.
Viewers choice – Daylily – by Inge Stahl
First Fruits – by Carol Auer
Plaid Bow Ties by Susie Andersen & Margie Lambeth
Havana Nights by Micki TedeschiNow for my quilts:
Back to School
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Grandma’s Hexagarden
The Generations Unite
This quilt got alot of attention – may quilters enjoyed the stories behind this quilt.
Happy Memories – aka Gift Bag Swap
Empire Quilters Urban Inspirations 2009 Quilt Show
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009The Empire Quilters Urban Inspirations 2009 Quilt Show was held this week-end.
My Grandma’s Hexagarden received the Best Pieced award. (Don’t you love the ribbon!!!!) This quilt was entered into the wrong category. One judge stated: “It is a pity, the correct category would have brought this piece higher points”. Since it is not quilted no points could be given for Quilting Design (15 points possible) and Quilting (15 points possible). Next show I will make sure this quilt gets into the Other Techniques category.
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Here I am standing proudly by my quilt while it was hanging at the show.
I like the way these signs were constructed and hung – food for thought for the QQQ Birthday Party.
While the quilt was hanging at the show I got a few good close-up shots.
I also entered my Splash of Silver. One judge loved it and the other deducted alot of points. Go figure. Kind of funny how things work out. It did look nice hanging in the show. It is always fun to see my work hanging with such wonderful quilts.
It was a great show. I appreciate all those that worked so hard to make it possible. Thanks to the quilt show committee and all the volunteers that made this wonderful show possible!
My Grandma’s Hexagarden received the Best Pieced award. (Don’t you love the ribbon!!!!) This quilt was entered into the wrong category. One judge stated: “It is a pity, the correct category would have brought this piece higher points”. Since it is not quilted no points could be given for Quilting Design (15 points possible) and Quilting (15 points possible). Next show I will make sure this quilt gets into the Other Techniques category..jpg)
Here I am standing proudly by my quilt while it was hanging at the show.
I like the way these signs were constructed and hung – food for thought for the QQQ Birthday Party.
While the quilt was hanging at the show I got a few good close-up shots.
I also entered my Splash of Silver. One judge loved it and the other deducted alot of points. Go figure. Kind of funny how things work out. It did look nice hanging in the show. It is always fun to see my work hanging with such wonderful quilts.
It was a great show. I appreciate all those that worked so hard to make it possible. Thanks to the quilt show committee and all the volunteers that made this wonderful show possible! VSQ Quilt Show
Sunday, November 9th, 2008Saturday I spent most of the day at the quilt show. Here are some pictures that I took while there. The show is wonderful. I really enjoyed just wondering through the quilts during the day and noticing one that I did not see before. These picture are just a small representation of the wonderful work that was on display. I had other pictures but I am not the best photographer and alot of them were blurry. These will give you a feel for the show. 
My Back to School quilt was a big hit with the teachers that came.
My Back to School quilt was a big hit with the teachers that came. A few wished they had a quilt like that to hang in their classroom.
Pinwheel Magic #2 was hanging on a wall of windows. This shot is from outside.
Here is the front of the quilt from above.
Pinwheel Magic #2 was hanging on a wall of windows. This shot is from outside.
Here is the front of the quilt from above.
The LIttle Quilt Auction
Friday, June 20th, 2008Carylou (a member of the Village Squres Quilters) will be submitting another application for a Grant from NQA to help finance the work that is done at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. In leiu of this, she encouraged members of our guild to make quilts and donate them to NQA’s Little Quilt Auction (which is how NQA funds their grand program).
Due to the number of quilts that are donate, about 80 quilts will be sold at the Live Auction tonight. The other quilts donated will be sold at the Silent Auctions during the show each day.
The is quilt (Color Wheel Magic #3) is the one I donated for the Little Quilt Auction.
This quilt was made by Teri Lucas.
This quilt was made by Cecelie Leiseroff.Friday, June 20th, 2008
On Thursday I took a workshop with Debra Danko. We were making LARGE flowers.
Here are a few progress shots of my flower.
I have some work to go to make my flower look like hers. (I know the color is different, I ment with the showdows and highlights.
Columbus, Ohio
Monday, June 16th, 2008Tom and I are in Columbus, OH for a few days. We flew here on Saturday and are celebrating our 10th Anniversay a few days early. Why Columbus you ask – I am presenting a lecture on Tuesday evening. Wednesday morning Tom will fly back to New York and work the rest of the week. Jennie flys in on Wednesday, Susan (my sister) and Hillary (her daughter) fly in on Thursday. We are going to the NQA Quilt Show. Jennie and I are taking an all-day workshop on Thursday.
As for the basement – it is wonderful. I was hoping to take some pictures and make a post before we left, but I ran out of time. It is so light and wonderful. I LOVE the white ceiling. The carpet will be put in next week when I get back to New York – then to put ALL the stuff away.
This and That
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
This is the small Stack n’ Wack that I made from scraps that were left over from Melanie (my neice) and Ben’s wedding gift quilt.(Pieced in 2002 or 2003)
I had one block left so I decided to use it on the back of the quilt. I originally had enough of the floral for the back but one of my sewing students was using this floral for her borders and she couldn’t find the pieces we had cut when she started the project so I let her use the floral fabric that I had set aside for the back.
QPN (Quilt Professional Network) has an annual conference in the Spring. Last conference (2007) we each received a vintage block with the challenge to make an 18″ mini quilt using the block. The conference is April 4-6. Guess the QUEEN OF THE LAST MINUTE better get busy.
I had one block left so I decided to use it on the back of the quilt. I originally had enough of the floral for the back but one of my sewing students was using this floral for her borders and she couldn’t find the pieces we had cut when she started the project so I let her use the floral fabric that I had set aside for the back.
QPN (Quilt Professional Network) has an annual conference in the Spring. Last conference (2007) we each received a vintage block with the challenge to make an 18″ mini quilt using the block. The conference is April 4-6. Guess the QUEEN OF THE LAST MINUTE better get busy. I had one idea, but before I got the block taken apart, I had designed another quilt, and that is the direction that I am heading. I will be using every peice of fabric from the original block.
I don’t really like the mulsin because the white/blue points get lost and you can’t see them.
Not really sold on this color either. Decided to see what I could find while at the Lancaster Quilt show on Saturday.
Lancaster Quilt Show
Best of Show
This quilt was made by Nancy Prince. I took a class from her on Thread Painting. Her work is amamzing.
Here are a few more pictures from the show.
This one is a really intense Stack n’ Whack!
Enjoyed the show, spent some money on some fun notions and gaggets. Purchased the Curve Master foot for the machine. It looks like it will make doing circles really easy. They were out of stock, so I am waiting to receive it. I’ll let you know what I think when I receive it.Have a great day!!!!