A Few More Quilt Festival Pics

Do you see what those are?

  and this is a different quilt (below) by the same artist....

and it photographed like it was different colors...

but in person the one below looked to be one color...

My shot of the description of the top quilt cut off the edge....

but it's twist ties!

The poppy quilt above.......  description didn't explain the background...

I'm guessing the artist wrote in white on the background, 

it wasn't stitched.

I'd like to think it was cheater cloth.... but we all now it wasn't!!!

And, yes, this one looked like a photograph...

I don't think there were as many art quilts as in the past...

I like art quilts....

and

for your shopping pleasure...

Some of my favorite vendors....

 Handbehg Felts

Mary Flanagan Woolens

Pink Eyed Sissies

I failed to mention last post that
this was the 26th year in a row for
BFF Virginia and I to attend together!

More 2012 International Quilt Festival

 Here are a few shots I thought you'd enjoy...... this is a denim quilt.... note the jean waist bands.

 The one below was interesting......... especially from a distance.....

 I love quilts that are cut in strips....

I think I might have one or two unfinished that I could just stop now and cut in strips and call done!

I would've shown you some better examples of that IF photos were allowed.....

It amazes me which quilts you can photograph and which you can't....

 .....look at these two with their ziplock bags peeking out....

...... I have a few more pictures to show you......

................... next post...........

International Quilt Festival 2012

Do you know what is SOOOOOO amazing about these photographs?

The fact that they exist!

98% (my estimate) of the booths at Quilt Festival
have signs that say "No Photos".... which I do understand.

Most of us there don't need a pattern to make some of these things.

But we do buy patterns because we need them quite often and because we can't remember!

This shop (Handbehg Felts)
encouraged us to take pictures
 and go to their web site
download patterns and buy supplies.

I really appreciate that!

I love their stuff!

more pics tomorrow....
including two cute bag ladies...

International Quilt Festival 2011 Part III

 Loved the bee!

 Loved those girls and that background!!

They took photos of historic Texas homes and digitized quilts hanging on the porches...
here are a couple...

(Virginia)

2011 Festival Favorites

This one you saw when you first walked into the convention center...

 It was a winner.....

 Here are a few of my favorites.... that we could photograph...

 I took this close-up to remind myself how simple it really CAN be...

 Yes.... if you stood and stared into the center it would make you dizzy....

Still have a few I can show you next time....

(remember you can click on the images for a closer view)

Yesterday

 Haven't we all wanted to make a slipcover for our car!!!
This one was awesome!

Okay.... International Quilt Festival is exhausting and I seem to get older every year.
And whereas we use to stay til it closed at 7 pm.... yesterday we left about 5:30ish....
I say that before I show you my photo..... I'm so glad I'm in charge of the photos I show you!

 I look best in an altered photo! ha!
We are approaching the time of no more pictures of moi!

 Although... I suspect the key to enjoying getting older is to dress as wild as you can..
I may have to change my style...

 ...isn't she cute! I asked her if I could take her picture!

...for a good cause.....

 Maybe I should have bought these?

Next post will have some pictures of quilts.... that I was allowed to photograph... so many wonderful ones you can't take pictures of!!!

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I Love You Tomorrow!

Okay........tomorrow BFF Virginia and I go to the International Quilt Festival Houston for our 25th year in a row.  Never missed (knock on wood)!!!  I always do a blog post about it...and will do so Friday.

I googled images of same to see if I can find some crowd shots.... and I will post those below.

I must say they had to have been taken before it opened one morning or as it was closing....

because otherwise that place is PACKED!

  So ... I found these shots on Google Images.....

 As I looked through them I wondered if I would see us there... we've certainly been there enough...

 There are thousands of vendor booths (where we spend most of our time)...
Below is the outside of the convention center - with the baseball stadium at the end of the street...

SOOOOOOOO....
I decided to "google" images for international quilt festival houston linda and virginia....

well.......sure enough...we are sprinkled throughout there......

 and below is a trio.... I've photographed them at least the last three years...
will look for them tomorrow.... please note their headbands... I think they are 3 generations.