Last month I went to the opening reception of the Modern Quilts/SAQA double exhibit which is at the Dairy Barn Arts Center. (through June 17!)
It was a very interesting experience because I saw most of these same quilts at QuiltCon in February, but hung in a much larger space. (The Pasadena Convention Center) However now it is hanging in a huge old barn that has been converted into a gallery. It was a completely different experience – seeing them in such an intimate space. If you are going to be in the Athens area in the next month, I urge you to go check out this show!
On the drive down to Athens from the Cleveland area, I saw many of the Quilt Barns with big painted quilt designs on the side of big vintage barns. You can get a map and drive around on back roads to see the Quilt Barns. It was much more fun than the license plate game we played as kids, on long road-trips!
My mom grew up on a farm in Oregon. They raised goats for milk. She rode her horse bareback to school. I remember her telling me the stories of her pastoral youth. Those days seem so long ago…and I’ve been doing some digging into the family tree and found deep roots in West Texas. However Sophie was named after my great-great-grandma who came from Sweden. Sophie has a new violin teacher who has invited her to go on a music workshop tour of Sweden this summer, and I am going as a group chaperone. Sophie is turning 16 just two days before the trip, and it will be the first time she’s used her passport. She will be the youngest musician on the trip. We will spend a lot of time north of Stockholm in the countryside, just after the Summer Solstice. I hope to connect with Swedish Quilters while I am there!
Thank you for those of you who are submitting entries to the Love Your Mother challenge! The deadline is May 15 and we are watching the entries come in…the first prize of a BERNINA machine is fantastic but also the juried exhibit will premier in Houston!
The collage above features a photo of the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens Ohio, along with several Barn and Farm theme fabrics in stock now.
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana
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eQuilter Classroom & Event Calendar:
May 10 – Deadline for dropping off Nepal Quilts
May 11 – eQuilter Chromazone – Color Marketing Group @ eQuilter
May 15 – Registration for ‘Love Your Mother‘ Quilt Challenge
July 16 – 20 – Lea McComas Workshops @ eQuilter
July 23 – eQuilter Charity Sewing Day! (Please RSVP)
Coming soon – workshops with Betty Busby (Sept) and MJ Kinman (Oct) @ eQuilter!
Luana’s Travel Calendar:
May 18-20 – Quilt Market – Portland OR
May 29 – 31 – Quilt Canada – Vancouver BC
June 1 – Opening Reception for Hollis Chatelain – RMQM – Golden CO
June 27 – July 11 – Sweden
Aug 9-11 – Birmingham UK – Festival of Quilts
Nov 13-19, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour
