I finally have my head back above water after my not-quite-a-week away in Lancaster.
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you might have seen the weather we were (ahem) blessed with. This is a nor'easter. None of us had a winter coat. One gal on the trip was wearing sandals. Our bus driver was such a patient man, what with the bus sliding up the hills and getting stuck in the hotel parking lot, and all.
This is 100+ yards of wide backing that was preordered and waiting for me at the hotel. You have no idea how heavy this is. The neutrals are mine (for you, actually, at $17/m, a selection of whites and creams, all tone-on-tone) and the batiks are Diane's.
The AQS show itself was blissfully empty on our first day there, thanks to the weather. People just didn't attend. We had plenty of room to roam around, see the quilts, and shop the vendors. However, the restaurants and malls were ALSO closed because employees could not get to work. Yeah, so it was interesting for Diane (our tour organizer) to get us fed that night.
THE CUTEST QUILT I SAW
Very timely, considering that it was one week away from Easter, don't you think?
I attended a couple of lectures. The more interesting one was by Kathy Doughty of Material Obsessions. This quilt of hers made me laugh - it's a portrait of her husband.
You can poke around the web to see the quilts that won awards.
Below I am showing you why I will never waste my time entering any of these shows.
This quilt is by Claudia Pfeil of Germany. She's a very well known quilter - you can check out her facebook page.
Do you see the identification tag on the right? There is NO RIBBON. Honest to God. How could a pipsqueek like me ever compete with a quilt like this? Yeah - no - not happening!!
Mind you, this quilt DID win $10,000.00 at the Road 2 California show in February. It's not like she wasted her money by sending it to the States to compete.
Here's another one by Carolyn Rider of Ohio.
Hokey smokey.
Again, NO RIBBON. Now, I understand that the caliber of quilts at these AQS shows is crazy-high and they can't all be winners. But this is a magnificent piece of work, between the applique, the quilting, the scalloped inner border and the piped accent along both the scalloped border and the outer binding. My gawd. I am definitely out of the running.
You can't come back to Ontario without going through Hershey, PA. Well, MAYBE you could, buy why would you? And what the hell, you might as well pick up a date while you're there. (ha ha ha, note to self: don't complain about your job - you could have his!)
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you might have seen the weather we were (ahem) blessed with. This is a nor'easter. None of us had a winter coat. One gal on the trip was wearing sandals. Our bus driver was such a patient man, what with the bus sliding up the hills and getting stuck in the hotel parking lot, and all.
This is 100+ yards of wide backing that was preordered and waiting for me at the hotel. You have no idea how heavy this is. The neutrals are mine (for you, actually, at $17/m, a selection of whites and creams, all tone-on-tone) and the batiks are Diane's.
The AQS show itself was blissfully empty on our first day there, thanks to the weather. People just didn't attend. We had plenty of room to roam around, see the quilts, and shop the vendors. However, the restaurants and malls were ALSO closed because employees could not get to work. Yeah, so it was interesting for Diane (our tour organizer) to get us fed that night.
THE CUTEST QUILT I SAW
Very timely, considering that it was one week away from Easter, don't you think?
I attended a couple of lectures. The more interesting one was by Kathy Doughty of Material Obsessions. This quilt of hers made me laugh - it's a portrait of her husband.
You can poke around the web to see the quilts that won awards.
Below I am showing you why I will never waste my time entering any of these shows.
This quilt is by Claudia Pfeil of Germany. She's a very well known quilter - you can check out her facebook page.
Do you see the identification tag on the right? There is NO RIBBON. Honest to God. How could a pipsqueek like me ever compete with a quilt like this? Yeah - no - not happening!!
Mind you, this quilt DID win $10,000.00 at the Road 2 California show in February. It's not like she wasted her money by sending it to the States to compete.
Here's another one by Carolyn Rider of Ohio.
Hokey smokey.
Again, NO RIBBON. Now, I understand that the caliber of quilts at these AQS shows is crazy-high and they can't all be winners. But this is a magnificent piece of work, between the applique, the quilting, the scalloped inner border and the piped accent along both the scalloped border and the outer binding. My gawd. I am definitely out of the running.
You can't come back to Ontario without going through Hershey, PA. Well, MAYBE you could, buy why would you? And what the hell, you might as well pick up a date while you're there. (ha ha ha, note to self: don't complain about your job - you could have his!)
Great review of the trip. Love your dates!
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