Houston quilt show pictures

Thanks for posting the link KJ. Nice to see some Aussies making the finals. One of whom I know -- Luixin Newman who won first prize in her chosen category. Well done!

I am definitely going to Houston in 07.

-- Cheers Bronwyn Oz

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Here's another link:

and for those New Quilters who think they don't have enough experience to enter shows or otherwise show their work, it's not about the number of years quilting or number of quilts completed that makes a winner: Cheers! Ragmop/Sandy --Cruising to Houston on Saturday w/ a non-quilter. oh! is she in for a surprise! ;-P

I wish I was going in 2007 - but I do (hopefully) have a class with the Thimble Lady (Luixin) in January.

Ooh, I am so going to miss being in Houston for the show. The 30th birthday party in Pittsburgh had better be worth it!

Thanks ever so much, Sandy, for the story behind that glorious winning quilt. Third quilt? Wow!! It's so lovely. For me, definitely an 'I wish I had made/could make that'. . In message , Sandy Ellison writes

And I spotted some Brit winners, too. It's very exciting. I don't actually know any of them; but I have spoken to Sandie Lush many times. Ragmop would just love her quilting. She made one small quilt, once, on the theme of cricket. She quilted a cricket sweater - and made the quilting look like knitting - ribbing, cables, V-neck ... . It was really great. . In message , Bronnie writes

Wow lucky you Cheryl

Dee > I wish I was going in 2007 - but I do (hopefully) have a

What a beautiful quilt and story Pat! or was it Sandy?

-- Bronnie

It was Sandy's story - my comment! Such a lovely piece of healing work, though. I'm so glad to have seen it. .

When I look at these magnificent quilts, the only word that come out of my mouth is "Wow"......

I just can't believe how amazing some of these are - just incredible.

Patti in Seattle

Loved the Mother Earth and her Children, but the picture was so small and there was no enlargement facility. I tried importing it to Paint Shop Pro and making it bigger, but just got big pixels.

Has anyone found a closer/larger picture of this quilt; there is so much detail I would love to be able to see it all.

I'd like to see it close up too. It certainly looks very detailed. I tried to google the quilt name and came up with this site with a review of her day at the show.

like a site I might have to check out more closely.KJ

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We talked to the quilt maker, Sieglinde Schoen Smith, a very charming woman, who was standing w/ the quilt thru' a good part of the show, pointing out many of the special things she had included in/on her quilt. When someone who had not read the background story & did not understand the comment, "The quilt was my psychiatrist," asked Mrs. Smith, "While you worked on this quilt, did you eat, sleep, do anything else?" Mrs. Smith replied, "I cried. A lot." She said this with the sweetest smile, tears in her shining eyes. What a lovely woman. Last night we saw her in the lobby at the Hilton, about 10 pm, she smiled and greeted us again, and paused to see if we wanted to speak with her-- charming lady. But we knew she'd been on her feet all day, and Nona & I were headed to the Skyline Lounge --we'd had a long, hard day, too. The colors in that quilt just jump out at the viewer; it really is exquisite. Several of the Big Winners are quilters and artists who are not so well-known as are many of the people in the Big Winners Circle. I really liked that aspect, new winners, new faces, new names, new styles, and just so humble and friendly and surprised & pleased to be in the spotlight.

Another story: David Taylor, creator of the quilt "Sally At The Window" told of his friend, attorney Sally; when she heard that he had such success w/ the quilt, Sally reminded David that he had not asked for nor received her written permission to use her image and name, and when he's won more awards with it and finally retires the quilt, she may come looking for her share of the kudos and prizes. He said, "I reminded her that when I made that quilt, I could have made her butt bigger!" LOL

It was a good show, fun and interesting and just so huge we couldn't see everything in the time we allowed ourselves. We loved it all. And I've hooked another one! My non-quilting s-i-l fell in love with several of the quilts, and then saw the batik fabrics-- Ohmygod! So we got some batik fqs and I'll make her a table runner which she is to embellish w/ beads & sequins. And it all started at The Really Big Quilt Show in Houston!

Ragmop/Sandy-- laughing when Nona said, "You get to talk to the actual quilters!! Right here with their quilts!!!!" ;-P

Love the come back!! He sounds like a real character.

I saw that quilt, and it was very much like the illustrations in the book, but with more charm and life in it. I wish I had met the quilter!

Yes, I'm home with my haul of sparklies. Beads and trims don't take up much room, but they are heavy! I so much enjoyed taking Jennie Rayment's class with Nancie! It was a great way to get to know someone better. She showed me her doll at lunchtime, and explained a bit about the various other dolls and dollmakers. Yes, Nancie, I did manage to get a picture of Alice the Fairy for Spike!

Well, I was there for 5 days and never could wait long enough to actually get past enough of the crowd to see the whole quilt. So even being there doesn't mean a better view than that small picture.

marcella

THe man who won the Superior Thread award was a hoot. I have never seen anyone so energetic. He never seemed to leave his quilt and it became a game for my friend and I to walk past often "yep, he's still there in his matching hat". I swear he was main-lining chocolate covered espresso beans or something to keep so perky.

marcella

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Ah, c'mon, Marcella: how many times does a man in a funny little hat insist that you touch and fondle that hat? Hmmm? My s-i-l was quite amused by him, and the effect of the thread play; "Walk back, keep going, back-back-back! You have to step back so you can see the colors change, see what the thread does to the quilt!" It did move and change, wonderful color/thread play.

Ragmop/Sandy