I am posting the last few videos from the Birmingham Quilt Festival in the next couple days, before I leave for my next big adventure on Friday the 13th.
Did you catch my video interview with Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably? Of course we carry all the shot cottons, yarn-dye stripes, and books that are mentioned in the interview.
You'll hear him talking about his fabrics from India.
I have just uploaded Part 1 & 2 videos of the Pictorial Quilt Exhibit, which was sponsored by eQuilter in Birmingham. This is one of my favorite categories, which is why we sponsor this of course!
Please note that we now have the book Abataka which was mentioned last week in the Mary Fisher video.
So are you wondering why I am going to India on Friday? I am meeting my dear friend Pam Holland (artist, teacher, author, and fellow international adoptive mom) and we are going to tour India for 2 weeks.
We are both photographers and artists with a passion for color and
textiles, so we are working our way across the country from New Delhi,
Jaipur and Agra, to the banks of the sacred river Ganges at
Varanasi…with a textile theme in mind.
(I took a road trip on the Great Ocean Road in Australia last year with Pam, after we made several videos at the Melbourne Australasian Quiltfest)
This is my first time to India, although I spent a month in Columbo in
Sri Lanka, in the late 80's.
I arrived a week after the civil war started, and as our flight was
about to land at Columbo Airport, the gentleman next to me quipped "This
flight was blown up a week ago!" – as if that was a piece of
information I needed to have at that moment.
Well I assume this trip will be quite different, and my goal is to take a
TON of colorful and inspirational photos, which I will share with you
when I return.
(Maybe a few while I am there, but I expect I'll be too exhausted at
night to work on editing photos while on the trip.)
Those of you who came to my interview with Jinny Beyer
at the Not Fade Away conference, will remember that I peppered her with
questions about the time she lived in India, and how it inspired her as
a designer.
I have made a connection with Bernina India in Mumbai, but I need to
make connections with quilters in New Delhi so hopefully I can meet some
Indian quilters next week on Sunday.
If any of you can help me with this, I'd be most appreciative!
