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.
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Owner, Julie Silber
This first quilt is by Linda herself.
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Maker, Linda Rasmussen
The following quilt is by Sandy Bradfield who hired me to judge the Glendale Quilt Show, two years ago.
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“Pure Envy” by Sandy Bradfield
The playful quilt below is by one of my Two-Day Judging Seminar students, Maribeth Benedict, also an enthusiastic volunteer at Road.
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Maker, Maribeth Benedict
Another special exhibit was “Fly Me to the Moon” organized by Suzanne Miller Jones. Here are my favorites, although there were a number of wonderful pieces.The first two are striking portraits of two famous astronauts.
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“Alan Shephard” by Margaret Williams
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“Captain James A Lowell” by Ellen Icochea and Jayne Gaskins
The quilt below was made by my friend Lynne Goulette. She wrote a touching artist statement. If you are able to see the exhibit as it travels the country, I encourage you.
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Maker, Lynne Goulette
Another one of my Two-Day Judging Seminar students, Inger Blood, created this op-art piece.
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Artist Inger Blood
For a change of pace, these are two quilts I liked for different reasons.
“Raggedy Ann” was done by a local Portland quilter Janet Fogg. I really admire the way she used the tumbling block pattern.
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Maker, Janet Fogg
Darn. I can’t read the title and maker of the quilt below. But I’m fascinated by the image.
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“X”
During the show, the rains hit that part of California. I was soaked walking between the convention center and Doubletree Hotel where I was staying one day. I spent two hours or more with the hotel blow dryer drying my shoes, socks, and pants. Then on the last morning, I was stunned to pull the curtains in my room to discover the beautiful snow-covered mountain view that was waiting there all along.
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View from the Doubletree Hotel
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Snow-Covered Mountains outside of Ontario
On my last day, I took a half-day class called “Print That! With Photoshop Elements” from instructor Jennifer Rapacki. Following along with her on our laptops, we went over the various steps to prepare and manipulate a photo for either printing on a home computer or downloading it to one of the on-line Print on Demand companies. Great class. I recommend her. She teaches quite a few digital imagery workshops.
I should also mention that on the last evening of trip, while we were having a “goodbye dinner”, Carolyn Reese, the owner of Road surprised us with a visit. She had noticed a large group was staying at the Doubletree to attend the show and stopped by to thank us. She ended up spending a good 20 minutes with us. I was surprised to learn she is retiring and will be selling the show to a grandson. Thoroughly interesting woman. I really enjoyed her discussion with us.