Out and around on Friday

I absolutely relished the display of Victoria Findlay Wolfe's quilts. What a virtuoso!

And here are other selections from the first half of the quilt displays:

Convex Concave by Laura Ward

Amy Friend's Radiance Quilt, a MQG free to members quilt of the month pattern,

Quadrants by Jessica Levitt and friends is in the Group or Bee section. for quilts made by 3 people or more.

No apologies by Laura Loewen and Boulder MQG members

This is The View from here by Liz Moser in the Fabric Challenge section using the prescribed Indah batik selections.

Detail of the piecing and quilting

This is from the
Individual Youth Section
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This is the
accomplished winner
of this section

This is one of several quilts in the Youth Group section made using blocks made by members of the Social Justice sewing Academy

Show Day

Here is a small selection of the quilts I looked at yesterday. I went round the special exhibit of Amish quilts from the Esprit collection and The Applique and Minimalism sections spaced out throughout the day so as not to get visual overload. I haven't got pictures of the minimalist ones yet as I go round and look at all and select which ones to photograph.

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I also went to three lectures,one on the Amish quilts, one on the doyennes of Japanese quilting and the new breed

and finally a super technical talk on Ditch the Block with very professional graphics.

And finally an evening workshop on Siddi quilts a subject which has fascinated me since learning about South African versions at the Alsace Show. 

My evening's work

Shruti Dandekar

Sample

It's started

We went along to register for QuiltCon this afternoon. I joined my husband to the MQG because originally we planned to go on the Wednesday trip to La Grange though we ended up on the waitlist. By the time two spots did come up we'd changed our minds so they went to somebody else. Anyway it means he has a four day pass to the show and can come to the awards ceremony with me which will give him a taste of what it's all about. Both complimentary for MQG members who register..
Check in was so easy; we just typed our names on  tablet and our passes were printed off, names on the front and activities we've signed up for printed out on the reverse. And we both got the super QuiltCon goodie bag which in effect means two for me.

This is a play on "Keep Austin weird".

Loot; there are 40 pineapple foundations in the pack and with Alan's I'll have 80 sufficient for a good sized quilt.

Arrived

I am in Austin for QuiltCon; I met three other attendees in the immigration. One I recognised from her picture in magazines and another was Sarah Hibbert who has two quilts in the show which I'll watch out for as I'm a fan of her work.
I had a couple of parcels waiting for me, one containing Japanese yukata fabrics from Okan Arts and the other a ruler and interfacing from The Quilt Show.

I must have been inspired by one of the quilt show programmes in my choice of interfacing. The uses are listed inside the packet so I mustn't lose these bits of paper. The Print and Fuse is a temporary fused base for applique pieces whether raw edged or turned over the interfacing pieces only to be removed easily when sching lines are dampened. The Ricky Tims Stable Stuff on the other hand can be left in as it softens when washed. Both types are printable.

This came beautifully packaged from Okan Arts, I want to get some suitable plains to use with the fabric to make a quilt on the lines of those in Patricia Belyea's East Meets West Quilts book.

This morning we checked out the visitor center and the Convention Center where preparations were already taking place and walked along the river, the Colorado River here damned into calm lake proportions with flood control enabling the landscaping of the bank. I saw terrapins on a log, geese, egrets and other bird life. 

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I like the reflections

There was a footbridge across the river from which we saw a train cross on the railway bridge. Four locomotives pulled a 109+ tanker trucks.

First

and last

Lastly we fetched up at the wonderful Austin Library where I perused a couple of quilt books and enjoyed a sit down. American libraries are the best.

Quilt shelf

Hadn't come across this one before

General view of the sixth (non-fiction) floor.

Lower Hadres

Although I still wasn't well I did make it to our Lower Hardres sewing day - I open up and was down to make soup. I just too hand quilting. I didn't go into my sewing room for over a week but did manage hand quilting while sitting in a comfy arm chair watching afternoon TV with my husband. Because I need to mark and to see what I am marking I'm quilting from the back.

Hand quilting a circular pattern from the back.

Here are a couple Lower Hardres projects, mainly pictures of a wonderful applique piece from Beverley.

Stunning detailed work

Coming together

I'm ashamed to say I cannot remember who made this - but just look at the close and appropriate walking foot quilting.

Quay Quilters catch up

This year's beginners' class showed their rail fence blocks which I had taught. Usually I do Log Cabin but Rail Fence seemed a possible option to illustrate rotary cutting. None of the blocks are the arrangement as mine so I'll need to pay more attention to this next time.

Jill demonstrated the clever construction of these pincushions/baskets,

Detail of Avril's wonderful quilt for a grandchild off to university.

Another detail: the quilting was inspired by Judi Kirk's wonderful walking foot quilting class.