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.
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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.
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!!!
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!!!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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