As mentioned in the previous blog, I took lots and lots of photos in Houston at Quilt Festival. Here are some more of my favorites.
Enid Gjelten Weichselbaum from Minnesota won third place in the Art-Abstract category for “Spider Lilies”.
Carol Morrissey from Texas won first place in the Art-Abstract category for “Roses in the Window”. You know how attracted I am to circles!
http://www.ocaroldesigns.com/home.aspx
Jan Reed won second place in the Art-Pictorial category f0r “Ancient Echoes”. Jan is from California.
Susan Fletcher King from Texas made “Moon Drunk”. http://www.susanfletcherking.com/514883/recent-work
Heather Pregger won first place in Large Art-Abstract for “Tuning Fork #11”. http://www.heatherquiltz.com
Paula Nadelstern from New York had a new quilt in the show called “Kaleidoscopic XXXVII-Pseudo-Symmetry”. http://www.paulanadelstern.com
David Taylor from Colorado won a Judge’s Choice award for “Did You Wash Your Back?” I have never seen a David Taylor quilt that I did not love. http://www.davidtaylorquilts.com
And David Taylor made “Cock of the Walk” and won a third place in the Art-Pictorial category.
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My journeys this week took me to New Martinsville, West Virginia. I worked with the Bobbins by the River guild. My contact, Jeanne, was great to work with. In addition to her being very organized in finding a great classroom location and finding a really nice B&B in town for me to stay, she was great in the kitchen. She made me some of the best egg salad I have ever had. And boy can she bake some good cookies? Another one of the ladies in the guild made the cookies in the picture below. I am always impressed with how talented quilters are outside of their quilting. What a beautiful box of cookies. And they tasted good too!
After my class on Monday, Joe and I drove across the Ohio river and then a little distance along the river in Ohio. As it was getting dark we started to think….there is not another bridge to cross the river for quite some distance so should we keep driving or turn around. And like magic, a sign appears for the Sisterville Ferry. So, we drove the car onto the ferry and took the trip across the river. This brought back childhood memories. We used to take the ferry across the river in Millersburg, PA.
All in all, a good trip to New Martinsville and the surrounding area.
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During the past year, I have had a lot of people recommend the book “Cutting for Stone”. I finally got to read it. Again, I say THANKS to those of you who gave me another good book recommendation. It is a family saga. Twin brothers, Marion and Shiva Stone, are born to an Indian nun and a British doctor at a mission hospital in Africa. Their mother dies during child birth and their father takes off leaving them at the mission hospital. The story follows Marion’s journey which was very captivating.
See you next week…….