I thought it would be fun to do my own black and white picture challenge for this post. It really has been so hard to keep up blogging and I miss it. Seems like Instagram and Facebook is where I hang out most of the time now. Anyway - I just went to Paducah for QuiltWeek and had a wonderful time teaching 6 sold out classes. I am always so honored to be with so many quilters - it really makes my job easier, knowing that everyone is happy to be there.
It takes weeks of prep work and pre-shipping everything ahead of time for these events, so when the week arrives and flies by - it seems like all a blur. Does that make sense?
Up above is a picture my darling sister Amy took of me during my Secondary Design class - hands down my favorite topic to teach. I absolutely love it. I am also very grateful to Stewart Plank for providing the A1 quilting machine for that lecture/demo class. There is nothing so great as demonstrating how to quilt on a machine I am familiar with and absolutely love.
It takes weeks of prep work and pre-shipping everything ahead of time for these events, so when the week arrives and flies by - it seems like all a blur. Does that make sense?
Up above is a picture my darling sister Amy took of me during my Secondary Design class - hands down my favorite topic to teach. I absolutely love it. I am also very grateful to Stewart Plank for providing the A1 quilting machine for that lecture/demo class. There is nothing so great as demonstrating how to quilt on a machine I am familiar with and absolutely love.
This picture is fun because it's hard to know what is drawn and what is quilted - and I just love the simplicity of the design itself.
I am so lucky to have my sister, Amy come with me. She is the best "sistant" I could ever ask for. She puts up with a lot and knows exactly what I need to keep going. There is so much planning and work to be done, and since we have been traveling together for 4 years - she knows what to do. I am so blessed to have such a great sister.
On top of that, I have another adopted sister - Kimberly Einmo - she is a riot and we have so much fun together and with her husband Kent. So glad we made time to go out to dinner one of the evenings I had off from teaching.
On top of that, I have another adopted sister - Kimberly Einmo - she is a riot and we have so much fun together and with her husband Kent. So glad we made time to go out to dinner one of the evenings I had off from teaching.
Roses sent from my husband, Clint. He was so sweet to send them to me and I feel so lucky to have him in my life. These were - I am proud of you - roses. So grateful for him.
It is always so fun to catch up with Jenny from SewKindofWonderful - seriously! I love this girl and her amazing talent. I made sure to grab some of her patterns to add to my site, you can check those out here.
Amy and I had more time this trip to allow some time to check out the city. It was fun to walk around on a beautiful Saturday afternoon - this church was absolutely beautiful!
Last, but not least, my exhibit - Ordinary Quilts, Extraordinary Quilting was shown at QuiltWeek - it still is surreal thinking about having 18 of my quilts hanging in the show for Spring Paducah QuiltWeek. I am so grateful for the experiences I have had and still can't believe where this road has taken me. Thanks so much to all of you for being around for the ride.
When will we get to see the black and white challenge? Did this turn out to be a whole quilt? Please tell and show more.
ReplyDeleteJudi, I'm the one who emailed you while in Paducah. I went back on Friday and made loads of close-up pix of your quilting. I'm amazed at how you can look at the fabric and break it into motifs. I'm boxed in by the seams. I hope I can branch out and look past the seams. I quilt on a domestic, and I love doing the quilting. I admit that it takes me a lot of time to get to the point of quilting. I have to "talk myself into it", so to speak. Once I'm into it, I can't stop. Often I will just sit and look at the quilt and let it speak to me. Thank you again for the exhibit. Even though I didn't get to meet you, I feel like I know you better now. I will study your books more fully for further inspiration!!!
ReplyDeleteJudi, I'm the one who emailed you while in Paducah. I went back on Friday and made loads of close-up pix of your quilting. I'm amazed at how you can look at the fabric and break it into motifs. I'm boxed in by the seams. I hope I can branch out and look past the seams. I quilt on a domestic, and I love doing the quilting. I admit that it takes me a lot of time to get to the point of quilting. I have to "talk myself into it", so to speak. Once I'm into it, I can't stop. Often I will just sit and look at the quilt and let it speak to me. Thank you again for the exhibit. Even though I didn't get to meet you, I feel like I know you better now. I will study your books more fully for further inspiration!!!Judi, I'm the one who emailed you while in Paducah. I went back on Friday and made loads of close-up pix of your quilting. I'm amazed at how you can look at the fabric and break it into motifs. I'm boxed in by the seams. I hope I can branch out and look past the seams. I quilt on a domestic, and I love doing the quilting. I admit that it takes me a lot of time to get to the point of quilting. I have to "talk myself into it", so to speak. Once I'm into it, I can't stop. Often I will just sit and look at the quilt and let it speak to me. Thank you again for the exhibit. Even though I didn't get to meet you, I feel like I know you better now. I will study your books more fully for further inspiration!!!
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