Quilt Festival!
The International Quilt Festival in Houston has come and gone. There were four great things that transpired: 1) I had the pleasure of attending for two days, and I took classes from two fiber artists that I greatly admire: Hollis Chatelain ( www.hollisart.com ) and Frieda Anderson ( www.friestyle.com ) . Overall, I was able to get some good ideas on how to approach my quilting in terms of design, and I got some more practice with free motion quilting motifs. 2) I had the opportunity to do some shopping, and I actually only (mostly) bought the things on my list. I was not wooed by all those tempting deals that always seem to be coming at you from every turn. This very well could have been because I had no spare time to wander. Hmmmm, we'll never know! 3) I was so inspired by all of the spectacular artworks, both traditional and contemporary, and 4) I myself had my own fiber art exhibited there. It was such an ...