{"id":1313,"date":"2013-11-04T19:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T03:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/11\/04\/back-from-houston-2\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T12:55:23","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T20:55:23","slug":"back-from-houston-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/11\/04\/back-from-houston-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Back from Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a week! Last Wednesday \u2014 early in the morning \u2014 I flew to Houston with my quilt buddy from Phoenix. We had an amazing five days at Quilt Festival there: lots of quilts, lots of vendors. This was, I think, the twelfth time I’ve been there, and it was the first time I didn’t take any classes. That made for a more relaxed visit than usual, as we had all the time in the world to look carefully at everything. There’s always next time for more classes.<\/p>\n

One of the things I was looking for was a demo of the coming EQ for Macs. Unfortunately, it simply wasn’t ready for a demo yet, but this sign gave me hope!<\/p>\n

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Naturally, I came home with several souvenirs, from the annual thimble for my collection to rulers and patterns. But, after looking at all of the displayed quilts, I fell in love with a series of Japanese quilts based on the work of Reiko Kato. While I’d normally say these quilts aren’t my style at all, I just couldn’t stop admiring them \u2014 especially the buildings on them \u2014 and finally had to purchase a book with many of the designs. They’re all appliqu\u00e9 (tiny<\/i> appliqu\u00e9!), but perhaps I can do something by machine for my own purposes.<\/p>\n

There was a terrific lecture by Barb Vlack, an EQ and math guru, on the use of the Fibonacci sequence in determining quilt borders. I’m so glad I attended that one! She’s a wonderful speaker, using humor and a wealth of expertise to explain her ideas.<\/p>\n

Susan Cleveland gave a little talk\/demo on how to use one of her tools to make Dresden plate blocks. I really hadn’t ever thought I’d do a Dresden plate quilt, but her hints and tips made me rethink that, so it’s now on my list, along with a couple of other ideas.<\/p>\n

My quilt buddy and I stayed at the Embassy Suites for the first time this year; we’d stayed at the Doubletree previously. This was a good move for us, as it’s much more conveniently located and has a few included perks we’ve had to forego in the past. We’ll do that again next time.<\/p>\n

My flight home last night had absolutely no<\/i> empty seats, but I plugged in my earphones and listened to music and podcasts until we landed. I’m unpacked now, but I still have lots to organize and find homes for \u2014 all worth it!<\/p>\n

Where are the photos, you ask? I really didn’t take any to speak of. I’ve taken boatloads of photos there in the past, look at them once and then never looked again. So this time I simply enjoyed the looking and didn’t worry about the photos. You can find dozens of them via a Google search online, if you want to look. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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