Pictures from Long Beach International Quilt Festival

Long Beach - after the show

We went to the Long Beach International Quilt Show the 25th. We had such a wonderful time. We took two classes and did the Saturday night sampler. Since we arrived Thursday we were able to walk the Vendor booths on preview night - much less of a crowd than Friday and Saturday. The quilts on display were amazing. I took lots of pictures, but I need to figure out how to link to an online album rather than putting them up individually.

The Long Beach Convention Center - as the show was winding down.
Machine Quilting with Mary Mashuta - sample 1
Sample 2 - such an easy way of machine quilting - I'm so glad we took the class

Accidental Landscapes taught by Karen Eckmeier - this is my class project
This was another excellent class. So much fun.
Janelle - my travel buddy
Long Beach harbor
The lighthouse (remember this you'll see a version of it in my final landscape)
Random pic - we passed 23 trucks filled with tomatoes on the way home....in the heat. How do they ever make it to our stores not crushed and ruined?

More quilt show day

It was a beautiful day - colorful quilts, good friends, good music (the Gee's Bend ladies).

Sisters - Quilt Show Day

Here are a few pictures from Quilt Show Day. My batteries died (bad planning on my part), so it's only a few.

Friday at Sisters

We had a lovely day today. We went to Camp Sherman for the Pine Needlers Quilt Show in the morning, then Katie and I headed off to Bend to look at sewing machines - on sale. We had a great time looking at things. Then on the way back we stopped at Twigs and the Stitching Post and picked out some wonderful gifts for Angie for her birthday.

Katie took some pictures at the Gee's Bend presentation last night, as well as some pictures from the Camp Sherman show today which I will put up at a later date.

Katie at Camp Sherman

Katie and I - trying to take our own picture
This was the best of the lot.

The musicians (in the background) at Camp Sherman

A few quilts from the Camp Sherman show.

Then back to Rosemary's where Katie did some sewing on her new Janome and I cut out fabric and provided support. Then it was Pizza from Papa Andreas in Sisters and now, a lovely piece of chocolate cake from the lodge.

It's been a great week and I can't believe the time is nearly over. We'll head in for breakfast at Angelina's Bakery in the morning, spend a couple of hours at the quilt show, meet up for lunch - somewhere, and then it's in the car and on the road for both Katie and I - heading in opposite directions.

Can't wait for next year.

How can it be Thursday already/

I started the week with a class: Collaged Journal Covers with Kathy Shaker. It was a great class where she taught us many new techniques - and a few I've already done. The journal turned out really well. It's amazing how much you can add to a piece of cloth and what it does to the finished product.

The camera just doesn't capture the color well at all, but you get the idea.

Here's a shot of all the painted fabric from the class - outside drying

Tuesday I took my car into Sisters to get the check engine light fixed. Luckily it was simple and cheap to get fixed. Then I headed over to the Llama Farm to look at their wool. Oh my was that fun. Here are some pictures from there.

I just thought this one was so darn cute.

Sunday - July 5th

Another lovely day. It was great to have gotten so far yesterday as I was only 40 miles from Bend with another 20 from there to Sisters. I managed to fill the morning and early afternoon with visits to BJ's and Sew Many Quilts in Bend. The once I got to Sisters I checked in at the Stitchin Post to get my tote bag and goodies for the week. The only traffic I hit was heading in to Sisters. It is just one main road through town at 20 miles per hour, but it was really slow. It allowed me to take some great pictures though.

This is one of my favorite spots, with the "flat horses" in the foreground and the mountains in the back - gorgeous!!

The mountains - lots of snow still on the tops.

Pat, Rosemary and Merry Lee - my house mates for the first part of the week.

With all that's going on in the "real" world, it is a real treat to be here, staying at Black Butte Ranch and relaxing with friends. I have class tomorrow that should be a lot of fun, then the rest of the week nothing planned but hanging out at the house and quilting. A little bit of heaven on earth!!