A friend and fellow certified judge, Linda Rasmussen, serves as the awards clerk each year at Road. This year she also coordinated a special exhibit called Stringy Fowl based on the vintage quilt below owned by collector Julie Silber. Quilts were created by Road’s Judging Floor Staff. This first quilt is by Linda herself. The […]
Archives for February 2017
Grid Quilting Workshop
For the first full day at Road I attended a 6-hour grid class called Quilting on the Grid with Laurie Tigner. We quilted on Handi-Quilter machines, with most students having a machine all to themselves, which was great. Much more experimentation and practice, needless to say. Here are samples of some of the designs we […]
Do You Want to Win a Quilt?
Last night I attended the monthly meeting of the Northwest Quilters Guild. It may not feel like it given the weather we’ve been having, but spring is on the way. You can tell, because four quilt shows are coming up in the Portland area starting in March. And while not all shows feature a raffle […]
Some of My Road2CA Favorites
For those of us who attend quilt and fiber art shows, it’s always interesting to see which pieces win awards and which do not. As a judge, I don’t always agree, and I accept that’s the way it is. But sometimes, I really don’t understand the decisions. And it’s always heartening when other viewers feel […]
Preview Night–quilts and special exhibits
I was glad to see a special display of The Tentmakers of Cairo right inside the entry to the quilt show. I was also glad to meet Jenny Bowker with the two gentlemen who make the work. She told me American Quilters Society had an exclusive with the tentmakers, but it’s expired. So they are […]
Can’t You Hear My Heart Beat?
Affairs of the Heart Women Go For Red Quilt Challenge 30″ x 30″ Kayley Hoddick, Photographer Click to View Detail Images Larger:
Go Red for Women!
If you are wondering what Go Red For Women means, today is National Wear Red Day reminding us heart disease is the #1 killer of women and to raise our awareness of women’s heart health. In the fifteen years since National Wear Red Day began, much has been accomplished. Nearly 90% of women have made […]
Quilt Shops Galore
We were headed to Ontario for the Road to California evening preview. But we had plenty of time to visit three quilt shops on the way. Each had its own flavor, but my favorite was the first: Temecula Quilt Co. It’s not a large shop, and it’s located in a mall, which is not particularly […]