Long Beach Quilt Show

It's been a busy few days for me, starting with the Long Beach Quilt Show, where the Twelve by Twelves had a special exhibit, sponsored by Del Thomas.

Terry, Gerrie, Del and I spent the day Friday roaming around the show, then coming back to our display to lurk and hear the comments people were making about our work.  It was so much fun be able to casually mention I was one of the Twelves and chat with about our work.

The exhibit was crowded every time I wandered by and my heart still fills with emotion to realize what we have done.

This is half of the Rituals exhibit, curated by Jamie Fingal and Leslie Tucker Jenison.  This exhibit was sponsored by Moore's.  My quilt is the black/gray piece. This was taken from far away because there was no photography allowed at this exhibit, but if you'd like to buy the book, just go to http://dinnerateightartists.blogspot.com.

The day was capped with a wonderful boat cruise and dinner with Del and Corky's parents.

Long Beach

This is just a reminder that the IQF Long Beach starts Thursday and runs through Sunday.  I will be there most of the day Friday.  I'm in two special exhibits this year.  The first is the Twelve by Twelve exhibit, which will have all 288 of our quilts exhibited.  Terry Grant, Gerrie Congdon and I will all be attending.

The second exhibit I'm in is Dinner at Eight, curated by Jamie Fingal and Leslie Tucker Jenison.  The theme this time is Rituals, and my piece, Meditation is in this exhibit.

For more information on this exhibit, check out the blog http://dinnerateightartists.blogspot.com/
       
                             International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA  - July 26-29, 2012
                                             sponsored by Moore's Sewing Centers

Denial and Acceptance

I did not get into the Visions show this year, but had a couple of great consolation prizes.  Two of my pieces from the Body Image series are included in The Artist as Quiltmaker XV exhibit in Oberlin, Ohio.

The piece above is Jawline and below is Lynn's Spine 3, both of which measure 48 x 36.

the show runs May 13th thru July 29th.  This is the first show I've entered where they accept your pieces subject to visual inspection.  So after they notified me I was conditionally accepted, I had to send the pieces to them for final approval. I think they must have had a bad experience in the past to institute this policy.

This last piece was accepted into an invitational show by Dinner at Eight Artists and it called Meditation. The size is 24 x 60. This piece will debut at IQF in Long Beach July 26th thru 29th. Pretty good consolation.

Houston 2012

I'm back from Houston, exhausted but exhilarated. What a wonderful four days.  I was the first Twelve there, and this is what I saw when I walked into the exhibit hall.  We had an inside area with the Theme Quilts, and an outside area with the Colorplay.

Brenda arrived a few hours later and it was so wonderful greeting an old friend for the first time. This is a picture of our display area.

We were so fortunate to have Del Thomas as our sponsor for the exhibit. She made this dream come true,  and we owe her a huge debt of gratitude. I wish she could have been there to see it in person.  The comments we received ranged from "You changed my life" to "I don't get it"!

The exhibit area was never empty, and we all had fun talking to the viewers, explaining our project, basking in the compliments.

We were all sad Françoise, Helen and Kirsty couldn't make it, but they were there in spirit, and Gerrie printed out photos of them so we could take them with us to all the celebrations.

What a wonderful memory this week was. I was able to meet Kirstin, Nikki, Deborah, Brenda and Terri in person, so I have now met eleven of the Twelves.  From our display table I could look over and see my other quilt in the show, Spinal Study 1, which was in the Dinner At Eight exhibit. That quilt sold at

Long Beach show, so I won't be seeing it again