Sophie and I have had a marvelous Spring Break week, filming at Quilting Arts TV in Ohio, and then visiting our fabric friends and favorite museums in New York City.
It was great to spend time with Susan Brubaker Knapp on her first day as the new host. We always learn new things watching the other guests in their taping sessions.
If you are in NYC, be sure to stop by the New York Transit Museum in Grand Central Station, to see the quilt exhibit celebrating GC's Centennial. Just in case you can't make it, I stopped by and took photos, which you can see in my New York folder on my photo page.
We also visited the small William Morris exhibit downstairs next to the Textile Department at the Metropolitan Museum. I am posting photos of the WM designs also on my New York photo page.
We also saw After Midnight which is an absolutely fabulous Duke Ellington musical review, currently with Toni Braxton. The reason I went to see it was because Isabel Toledo did the costumes, and Wynton Marsalis is the musical director of the Lincoln Center Jazz ensemble. It was like stepping back in time to the 1920's at the Cotton Club. The costumes, dancing, and music had me grinning the whole time!
Lastly, I have to tell you about our wonderful experience meeting Joshua Bell after his performance with St Martin in the Fields, at Avery Fisher Music Hall. After asking the ushers, we found the Green Room door, and Sophie asked if she could have his autograph. After about 10 minutes, Sophie was invited into the Inner Sanctum of the Avery Fisher backstage area, where Josh and the musicians were having a champagne after-party. Mr Bell put down his glass long enough to speak to Sophie and sign her program. He shook her hand just a little while after performing the Brahms on his 1713 Stradivarius. What a thrill. That girl is so brave!
POLAR BEAR TOUR:
The window of opportunity is closing on the last few spaces with my group. We are trying to hold it open until April 1st for our last few quilters to sign up, but once they open it to the public it will fill up fast. If you've been waiting to register, NOW is the time to call Aly and put down a deposit! Payment plans are welcome. I don't want you to be disappointed and end up with a group of strangers if you call late. We have a nice group already signed up – very exciting!
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2014 Quilty/Design Travel:
May 1-4 SAQA Conference Wash DC
May 16-18 Quilt Market
June 11-14 Quilt Canada, Ontario
July 15 Quilt Colorado
Oct 1 Quilt Exhibit, Rome
Oct 13-19 Polar Bear Tour, Churchill
Nov 14-16 Color Marketing Group, Orlando
Luana,Thank you so much for taking me to New York on such a great cultural field trip. Luana and Sophie, you are both so lucky to share your lives. It is fun to see you have so much in common. There is no greater pleasure than having great happy sharing experiences between mother and child. Aaah..such sweet memories!
Sophie, you are getting so big and so sophisticated!!! Love your long hair!! We’ve known you since you became a Rubin and you have become such a family trooper!! WOW!! your mother is right, such bravery to ask Joshua Bell for his autograph!!! May some of his great talent rubbed off onto your hand to continue your violin studies. I always wanted to learn how to read music and play either the violin or the piano. I never have.
I thought when I retired I’d take piano lessons. Well it has been 14 years since I retired and even though I did retire early I have not yet done that. It is in my bucket list though. I play a tiny bit of piano and guitar ‘by ear’ but it is never enough to fully enjoy my passion for enjoying the instruments and making my own music.
Luana, Thanks again for sharing your family with the world. It is a privilege to be able to see some of what your eyes see though your camera. I mean this from the bottom of my thankful heart. Traveling time is over for me so all your eye candy is a feast for ‘moi’. I have been battling some heavy health issues since last September so I am far behind in catching up on your photos. Please don’t take any away from your Flicker site.
I did spend a lot of time through the night (I am a night owl) looking at that red and white snowflake quilt and the very previous one at the Tokyo Festival. What a fun, time consuming, labored, precious, magnificent job the maker did. I can’t remember how to spell her name but I am glad she won an award. Was every little group of girls hand appliqued or it printed on the fabric? Sorry old eyes can’t distinguish even with your great closeups. The embroidery is a fantastic touch. Very inspiring.
The quilt before it…how are those puffs like bundles made? Well, I won’t ask any more questions. I know you don’t have time to answer all your fans.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. That’s for my mother, my father, my grandma and myself. 4 people, that are thankful for you crossing my life’s path. They are gone, of course, into the infinity of the universe, but I am still here! Keep your traveling coming through your camera to me.
Sophie, stay close to your mother and follow her charmed path! She is the greatest fairy in your life! YOU LUCKY LUCKY GIRL!!! Your budding talents show you are very deserving of all this life has to offer you. CARPE DIEM!!
PS. You too, Sam. Yes, I know you are there. I think that, like your Dad, you don’t like the limelight, but I know you are trying on Dad’s shoes or something down the preferences of your age and peer group. Keep your choices safe and sound. Stay close to your parents and under their wings for as long as you can. It’s a jungle out there!!