Judy - I did see the Rhapsody winning quilt. The photo in the daily blog goes nowhere near to doing it justice. It was staggering - the quilting was all done by hand, and so finely done. I heard the steward say it had taken four years to make. It was very unusual in colouring, sort of lilacy greys - really lovely. There were many beautiful quilts - as I said in my previous post, its a pity that there aren't any photos in the show catalogue - but maybe the entrants wouldn't want pictures of their work published. Some of the miniature quilts were also stunning.

Like Jacky, I've just returned home form the Festival of Quilts at Birmingham. The first place I headed for when I arrived was Ricky's booth. Fortunately he was there. It was SOOO exciting. As I walked up the aisle towards his booth, the nearer I got my heart started thumping faster and faster and I felt more excited than I can remember feeling in a very long time. I saw the Great Man himself, got a hug and an autograph. Having read for so long everything all those of you who have met Ricky say about him, it was wonderful to meet him in person. To see his quilts for real rather than just pictures in a book or on the web, and to attend his concert was just incredible!!!!!!! Ricky, thank you so much for coming to England and sharing your talents and stories with us. We truly love you. I'm now off to start a convergence quilt!!

Pam

gloucestershirelady wrote:
Did you see the award winning Rhapsody in person? There is a photo of it in the daily blog.

Yes, the festival where Ricky is at the moment - I did see his stand with all his work - wonderful - not sign of the man himself though! I was thinking that it would be a good idea if the quilts on show were photographed for the catalogue, so that all the visitors had a permanent reminder of all the work they had seen.

Bonnie McCaffrey will most likely do a vidcast about the show--she did a wonderful one a year or two ago. I download her vidcasts onto my IPod. They're wonderful!

Jackie don't you dare! Especially since we haven't seen your work yet. These shows are meant to inspire you and show you paths to try. Yeah right, I know the feeling of unworthiness. But I wouldn't give up being able to share in the wealth of creativity. It's fun though to be thinking of you all over there having fun with a great show and meeting other TQS members.

Ricky is going to be posting more photos too. Is that the same show where Ricky is right now?

Just got home from Birmingham NEC - wow, what a day! So much to see and admire, beautiful work by so many people. Absolutely inspired, far too much to see in one day - next time it'll be an overnighter I think. I think I'll put all my work out with the rubbish next week!