I hope you've had a chance to check out the 250 photos I've posted so far from my tour of Ireland. This week I am posting photos from the first few days of our tour – from the Irish Quilt Festival in Galway.
eQuilter was the sponsor of the "My Quilted Garden" exhibit which was in the beautiful ivy-covered "castle" on the university grounds. Here is a closeup of Ros Pollock's beautiful quilt "Jaggy Thistle" from that exhibit. (An Irish Thistle) You can see this whole quilt, plus other quilts from the IQFOI (International Quilt Festival of Ireland) on my photo page.
You may have heard that we have several fires burning in our state of Colorado. Until today the fires were all an hour or more away, but now we have a fire of our own in the foothills of Boulder, just behind the mountain with our famous Flatiron rock formations.
eQuilter is 5 minutes northeast of Boulder, and the fire is southwest of town, so we are on the opposite side of the city from the fire. Our oldest son lives 12 blocks from tonight's pre-evacuation area, and he was not able to go to work because the road was closed down. Tonight I was able to see the flames on the top of the mountain from a distance, but it is nowhere near our home or business. However I have many friends in the evacuation or pre-evacuation zone, and we are all praying for rain.
On July 11th I will be attending the evening award ceremony at Quilt Colorado in Loveland, Colorado. It is a good thing they moved this bi-annual event from Estes Park I guess, since they just had a fire up in Estes. CQC has expanded the event with lots of great teachers and events, so check it out!
Have you seen the movies Moonrise Kingdom and Best Exotic Marigold Hotel yet? There is lots of color inspiration in these 2 summer movies, so if you want to get out of the heat for a few hours in an air-conditioned theater, I highly recommend these two!
