Oh, my friends, I am so sick of this move! We are in Alabama permanently now, waiting for our house to sell in Michigan (there was an open house today...cross your fingers for me...). We have not moved in and unpacked very much of our own stuff, as I am trying to come to terms with the contents of my parents' house. What to do when you are completely overwhelmed and need a break??? ROAD TRIP!!! I drove about 90 minutes due east to attend the last day of the FANFARE 2015 QUILT SHOW & SALE put on every other year by the Heritage Quilters of Huntsville. Thank you to Barbara Black, quilt show co-chair, for letting me know about the event and trying to show me there are quilters in North Alabama! Thank you so much! It was a very nice show, and I took a few pictures before my sciatica told me to stop wandering around and raising my arms to take pictures...bummer. The one pictured above won Best of Show. When I got home, I was sorry to see that I only photographed about 28 of the 201 entries. I'm so sorry I didn't get to them all! I wandered around and if no one was loitering in front of a quilt, I took its picture...not a very thorough or professional way to go about it, but when you are in pain you do the best you can! ENJOY... Scrappy and pieced to perfection... This was so colorful and happy...another pattern that I am sure I have in my still-boxed-up quilt stash...sigh... I loved the simplicity of this 2-color quilt... I really like interesting house quilts... Yay! Best Hand Quilting awarded to this next one...of roughly 201 entries, only 7 were completely hand quilted and 6 were both hand and machine quilted...that makes me sad. Either I am a dinosaur, or hand-quilting is a cold-climate game! This was one of my favorites... I have the pattern for this next quilt...if I'm not mistaken, the size was reduced to make it a charming wall-hanging size. It was really pretty! This next quilt also seemed smaller than I've seen it before at other shows...well done and I really liked the size! If I missed your entry, I am truly sorry! And finally, this quilty moment was brought to you by...100% cotton! Look what I passed on my way home, north of Courtland, Alabama. Funny...it smelled like my quilt cave... I turned around, got off the divided highway on a dirt road, and got as close as I could get to take a picture. Thank you, property owner, for not shooting me! Most fields have been harvested, but not this one... ...yes, I now live 'way down south in the land of cotton' again! (and not just in my quilt cave!) Almost in stitches again, Teresa :o)
