Georgia Quilt Show

As of the time I hit "publish post" there are a couple of hours left for you to enjoy the Georgia Quilt Show; here are the highlights, for me, of the show this year.

Me and Mary Fons; she is holding my mother's signed copy of her mother's first book.  I am holding a letter her mother wrote to my mother dated April 7, 1982.

Inside the book, see the photo of the two little girls? That is Mary Fons on the left (with her sister and mother) wearing a vest with my mother's pattern "Star of Hearts" on the back thirty years ago.  I figured one of the little people might be her, but I was not sure until yesterday.  Mary is a sweet, talented young lady, and she has a great (and unique) understanding of the industry and its most critical challenge: building future markets. 

And my second machine-pieced (on my Featherweight) and  machine-quilted (on my old New Home machine) quilt was hanging in the show.  It is fun to have a quilt hang in a show, if you have not submitted an application for a show, I highly recommend it.

Other things I love at the show: Lisa Bongean and Primitive Gatherings, Lynda Hall from Primitive Pieces and the lovely sisters from Auntie Ju's Quilt Shoppe. 

I took two classes; one involved color discharge and dye and the other was trapunto.  Somehow the third class I wanted to take was "unavailable," so I am free to update my blog this morning (among other things).

Finally, someone asked about those emergency shoes I bought at the thrift store.

You have to have shoes, and sometimes for $5, you can get what you need.  Looking at the photographs of me I can see what I really need is to have my hair done.

I am going to run to Thimbles now.