Minimalist Design was the first category you see in the show as you walk into the main display area from the lecture halls. Here is the line to get on…
For kicks, for educational purposes, and to help me process the sensory overload that is QuiltCon, I am going to try to break each quilt show category down into intellectually…
This is a small but powerful category. We all want the tradition of quilting to move on to the next generation. We hope the quilt makers of tomorrow build in…
I must start by saying I have a terrible cold. I really can’t believe it. I have not been sick since I started writing this blog (more than TWO years…
Last night, Lois and I joined a very neat and tidy line to pick up our name tags, make registration changes, and get our goody bags. There was no shortage…
I made it to Austin, Texas on Monday evening. The 15+ hours of travel with three plan changes was grueling. I did some serious head bobbing on the flight between…
As a small preface to this post–all of the quilts shown here were photographed by me and exhibited at the International Quilt Festival Houston, Texas Special Exhibition The Modern Quilt…
Like any week after a Knit-cation, there is laundry to do, mail to sort, and the general resuming of normal activities. Jury duty was interesting. My number was 866. Each…
I have gone back to cooking food and putting it in the refrigerator for my family to eat, but beyond that, the Knit-cation continues. It is a vision quest of…
Is this a dead horse or closure? I can see it both ways. This is the final post about the quilts I finished during December and the early weeks of…
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