Ricky Tims Seminar (LONG)

Not a bad deal for the organizers. Wow!

Glad you had fun, the seminars do look very interesting. It was nice to hear about it from someone who has actually been.

marcella

They are doing one in Omaha in August....my birthday. Still considering it, but I'll probably be chauffeuring DD back and forth to school. I doubt she will be driving by then. Her leg/ankle/foot is still very swollen and painful. But improving ever so slightly. She's having some shooting pains which I'm hoping is the nerve "waking up".

She's been elevating so much that I wonder if she'll just relearn to walk with one foot over her head!!! I'll certainly consider your suggestion. I might need a short vacation by mid-August....or better yet, maybe she'll be mended enough to not need help. Wow, that would be wonderful...but not likely.

Howdy!

Ricky Tims: he's from Texas, you know.

R/Sandy--enjoyed his visit to our guild, music & all ;-)

Gosh, I think the sessions on thread alone, would be worth the price of admission. There's SO much out there to choose from now, and it can get rather confusing. I do love Ricky Tims line of decorative thread for the bobbin. I've used it a couple of times, and though you have to load up a couple bobbins if you're doing a larger piece, the effects are quite nice. I generally like Superior Threads as a whole. The seminar sounded like a lot of fun, especially since all you did was take notes! Information is always a good thing.

Patti in Seattle

Wow, Pat! What a wonderful thing to have been able to attend! It sounds like you definitely had your money's worth. :)

I did one day of a Ricky Tims seminar a few years ago. I loved it! We were leaving for a trip to the Oregon Coast the next day, so couldn't do the whole thing. Luckily the room where he taught the class I took had a well tuned piano in it. So, after he got us all sewing on the next step, he would sit down and play. Most restful wonderful class I've ever taken!

For some reason I didn't receive Pat's original post, but was able to read it in someone's reply. Thank you so much for posting your experience Pat. I am the coordinator for Ricky Tims Super Seminar in January of 2008. It's been a joy to work with his partner & his office staff. We are very excited that he is coming. He will be in Livermore, CA. We found out about it from another member in our Guild who flew to Florida to see him & came back raving about it. We've sold about 1/3 of the available tickets so far & I'm confident that we will sell out - the facility we will be in only holds 575 people & we're still 6 months away!

I write something up every month for our newsletter - do you mind if I cut & paste your comments? Or, if you would like to email me at my email addy with anything else you think might capture the interest of anyone who is hesitating, I'd sure appreciate it.

Pauline Northern California

I am green with envy Pat! I love Ricky Timms. I was fortunate to have been on one of his workshops over here in Europe(Holland )and so enjoyed every minute! What I learnt from him has been very useful and I still use to this day!!

I noticed the other day at a quilt show that R. Tims and Alex Anderson both had threads for sale made by Superior...I'm assuming Libby Lehman does too???

if it looks like healing is going to take a while, you should look into getting hand controls for her car (or the car she would drive), I don't think they are cheap, but it would probably recoup the petrol cost of the extra driving (going places to drop off and pick up) or be worth it for your time if you end up having to hang out some place to wait for her.

Cheers Anne