What a wonderful last few days I've had! I'm reminded again that quilts do more then keep people warm and foster creativity. They bring people and communities together!! I'll have plenty of quilts to show, but first and foremost it is about the relationships and how quilts bring us together.
Here we are Friday night waiting to get into the high school for dinner and lecture by Joe Cunnigham.
L-R, Me, Sandy, Carrie and Michelle.
Joe started us off with a bit of music.
And moved to his hilarious and entertaining lecture.
These quilts are much easier to understand when he is explaining them.
"Try to think of something so dumb nobody else will think of it. "~ Joe Cunningham
Saturday morning, bright and early ready to see some great quilts! L-R Anne, Claire, Randy, me
We spotted one of Randy's quilts right off the bat. it's a beauty!
Around town.
Sue Spargo was named Inspirational Teacher of the Year. She has done many classes in Sisters. I love to work with wool but not so much the fancy stitches, so I've never taken a class, but she is still very inspirational to me! And very gracious to let me get a photo.
I ran into my friend, Pam. We met at the Sisters show several years ago. I even bought a used sewing machine from her last year for my daughter. (we managed to get it from CA to OR with Randy's help)
There were 5 of these quilts hanging together that were all the same. Five friends worked on the quilt together throughout the year and committed to exhibiting them at the Sisters show. You could tell how excited they were to have them displayed! I loved that story!!
Mary C came from Walla Walla with her hubby and we finally got to meet!
She is a faithful commenter! Nice to meet IRL!
I showed these on my facebook page: My 2 favorites from the show.
This quilt by Sarah Fielke. Two years ago she had another one of my favorites- you can see it
HERE.
This quilt was very appealing! read about it in the next photo.
This was Saturday night and our last night together before heading home on Sunday. Cheers!
More quilts on Wednesday!