So, here we are…back at Quilt Festival in Houston. One of the most impressive quilt shows in the world! For the next month or two, I will share lots of my photographs from the show. There is so much to share it would be impossible to put it into one blog. I will simply share in the order I took the photographs. So, there is no rhyme or reason for the order.
This first quilt is by Noriko Nazawa from Japan. The name of her quilt is “Photographer Darling” and it received one of the top awards: the Fairfield Master Award for Machine Artistry.
“Fanciful Flora” was made by Lois Podolny from Tucson, Arizona.
Maria Elkins from Beavercreek, OH made “Cabin Window”. To find out more about Maria checkout her website http://mariaelkins.com
Suzanne Marshall created “The Birders”. Suzanne is from Clayton, Missouri. She won second place in the Art-Whimsical category. For more information about Suzanne and her amazing quilts visit http://www.suzannequilts.com/suzannequilts.com/Welcome.html
Suzanne outlines all of her applique with hand embroidery stitches. Impressive and effective.
“Alice’s Kitchen” was made by Miki Murakami from Japan. It won first place in the Art-Whimsical category.
Thelma Beardon made “Very Berries”. She is from Tullahoma, TN. Thelma won second place in the Art-Abstract Small category.
Kathy York from Austin, Texas made “You Are What You Eat”. She won an honorable mention in the Art-Whimisical category.
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After returning from Houston, I unpacked and quickly repacked for a short drive to the Lancaster, PA area. I taught for a group called the Willow Valley Quilt Guild. I think they said they have around 50 members. They are part of the Willow Valley retirement communities. I had no idea there was such a large complex like this in Lancaster. It is impressive as were the ladies who hosted me. Jean and Flora took great care of me and made sure everything flowed smoothly.
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Ami Simms has worked tirelessly for the past eight years raising awareness and funding for Alzheimer’s research. The big news…….while in Houston, with the sales of the “Priority Quilts”, Ami and her team hit 1 million $ in funds raised! Way to go team-Ami. What an incredible accomplishment. There is still time for you to be part of this project. There is an online auction which ends Sunday evening, November 10th. It is called the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI). There were 15 quilt artists who were asked to participate in this auction. My quilting buddy, Renae Haddadin, and myself were lucky enough to be part of this group. Go to the link below to see the quilts and consider bidding.
http://www.benefitbidding.com/auctions/listings/index.cfm?auction=123
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And last but as they say, not least, I wanted to share the Austin Quilt Guild’s raffle quilt with you. OMG! They reproduced “Fiesta Mexico”. It is magnificent. I will get to see it in person when I visit the guild next year.
