Ladies,

I'm late to the forum, but so glad that I made it to the party. I had such a lovely time meeting all of you in Birmingham and sharing a meal. Thanks to Rita, I've now found you on TQS.

Lea McComas

Another favourite exhibit was one by Ann Johnston with her Quilts from the Sierra Nevada - simply stunning.


Then there was a collection from Kuwait called Crossroads. This one was so beautifully done-
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'Garden of Eden' by Aiesha Khalid

And the lost baby next to it was so moving

What a wonderful show! Thanks so much for sharing.

There were some fabulous quilt collection exhibits and I was particularly impressed with the SAQA one - I am so envious of people who can do real art quilts. I loved these two by Mary Pal:


Pop Art anybody?

(apologies I can't quite make out the name of this artist - I think it's Pam Kubert but it's too blurred in the photo, does anybody else know?)

And a few more images in the SAQA exhibit. You can just about see 'Windblown' on the left which I seem to recall won a big prize somewhere in the USA recently.
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Apologies again as I don't have the names to hand. I did buy the book to go with this exhibit 'People and Portraits' but Janet took it home with her by mistake...or maybe it wasn't.

What great pictures. Thank you all! And thanks for letting us share in your adventures.

I thought that bench would look great in my chicken run.

And Ineke van Unan's quilts were really exciting

Loving the trip to Birmingham girls keep the photographs coming wish I had been there

There were exquisite miniatures:

'Bridal Bouquets' by Kumiko Frydl, Texas

A bag that should be mine!

'Atelier' by Carmen Aldeamil Arevalo, Spain

No resting on your laurels here - but who wouldn't want to on this lovely bench?
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'Take a Break' by Ulrike Tillmanns, UK

Look who we bumped into at our hotel - Lea McComas. She didn't know about the TQS meet and great so came along the following day to meet everybody and joined us for the TQS dinner as well. Lea is going to be a featured guest on a TQS show to be recorded in the Autumn. Maybe she will come back to Birmingham and teach next year? I would definitely go back for that!

2nd Place in the pictorial quilt category.
When I grow up I want to be able to make quilts like this.

And now for something completely different:

A very elegant pooch!

And this outfit left all the others in the shade !
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I want to see you all again this week. Oh well still lots of fun on here

Wendy, we are definitely not nut..... just a wee bit bonkers, but only on days that end in a 'y'.

And she would have to sing for several hours every day whilst you watch her, Cathy!