I've just arrived home late Tuesday night, after flying home from Cleveland. After a 2-hour delay (due to the United website and computers going down!) we finally flew toward Colorado… only to be diverted to Cheyenne Wyoming at the last minute! Anyway, after refueling in Cheyenne, we finally made it home and I got Sophie tucked into bed by midnight, after her big Quilting Arts TV adventure.
While we were at the studio waiting to film, I realized that we'd be sharing the Green Room with legendary threadpainting artist Ellen Anne Eddy! I took a class from her 20 years ago, before I even dreamed of eQuilter, and to see her again was such a delight. The best part was….Sophie got a private freemotion stitching lesson from Ellen – the Master Stitcher. What a lucky girl! Ellen was filming 3 segments for QA TV, so if you are not familiar with her work, you'll see her in a few months on the show or the DVDs. We are also going to carry her books. Yeah!
Ellen is one of those special people who make you feel very happy. She is so full of infectious laughter, bountiful smiles, and gracious compliments, that one feels lucky to have had a brief encounter with her. Of course, she is brimming with not only a positive loving attitude, but seemingly boundless creative energy. It all comes from the same place. Those who are generous of spirit, also seem to have the most abundant flow of creative inspiration.
Sophie filmed a segment with Pokey Bolton and did a great job – holding her own with the Quilting Arts TV host. Of course it is easy to work with Pokey. She is super busy with her new job at Quilts Inc, but still has time to encourage and support creative quilters and fiber artists on her PBS show.
Tuesday morning I had brunch with Kathy Price, director of Mission of Love, and we had a chance to talk about the upcoming trips that eQuilter is funding. In December MOL will send a team of doctors to Guatemala for a week, to do as many cleft palate and cleft lip corrective surgeries as possible. Early next year the children's hospice that is being built there, will be finished and dedicated. Kathy shared stories of the children she has met there in previous trips, and Sophie got to hear about the orphans we are helping in Guatemala.
After all my traveling around the world this year to various international quilt shows (Tokyo, Melbourne, Ireland, Birmingham) I am having fun sharing those images of quilts from those shows with other quilters around the world. On Sept 21st I will be giving a presentation in Rome, and on Sept 23rd I'll be giving a presentation in Moscow. Stay tuned for exciting news about this next big trip!
This photo was taken at sunset Tuesday just before our flight was diverted to Wyoming!
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