QV2016: Day 17: Houston International Quilt Festival

5 11 2016

No photos today! I was too busy learning and doing in my all-day class with the awesome Melinda Bula — Fantastic Fusible Flowers: Hibiscus. What a wonderful teacher she is.

Tomorrow I have another full day of classes — one in the morning on designing, and a long-arm quilting one in the afternoon. Then my classes are all done, leaving me Sunday to return to the quilt exhibition and study the quilts more closely. And pack. We start our flights back to Australia on Monday.





Quirky things seen at the 2016 Houston International Quilt Festival

5 11 2016

Some of the more unusual or quirky things I saw at the Houston International Quilt Festival this year:

This was a welcome relief for some partners, I'm sure! Recliners, sports on a big screen TV...

This was a welcome relief for some partners, I’m sure! Recliners, sports on a big screen TV… (though I think it should just be called “The Lounge” or similar)

Ouch!

Ouch!

It's not often you see a group of men inspecting a Dear Jane quilt

I only added this because it’s not often you see a group of men inspecting a Dear Jane quilt with the intensity that these guys were