For our friends in Florida, we hope you are getting your power and water turned on soon. We know several folks affected by the hurricane, and have been in touch with those who had generators. Those who had little or no damage, are out helping their neighbors. I rode out a typhoon (Asian hurricane) with 125 mph winds in 1983 so I have intense empathy for all of you affected by Harvey and Irma!
Tonight I am writing to you from New York City, where I spent the day at ‘Quilters Take Manhattan’ at FIT, in my old stomping grounds – the garment district. One of the highlights was Carolyn Mazloomi interviewing Michael Cummings about his work, for a ‘Go Tell It’ recording that will go to the Library of Congress. (You may recall I did a similar recording for Quilt Alliance, interviewing Jinny Beyer a few years ago.) Several of his quilts were on display and it was fascinating to hear about his evolution as a quilter.
Last night I saw the Broadway musical ‘War Paint’ about Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, played by Patti Lupone and Christine Ebersole. I highly recommend this show. The costumes and jewelry were fab, and the divas were divine. There was a lot of focus on Color, especially Arden’s trademark Pink!
Thursday I was at the Quilting Arts TV studio, taping 2 segments for next season, with host Susan Brubaker Knapp. We’ll be sure to let you know when those video clips are posted on our video page. I was invited to speak on a couple topics, as a Color and Design expert. What fun!
For now, you can see my 2 recent segments from another PBS show – Fresh Quilting – recently uploaded to our video pages. One is about the value of traveling abroad to international quilt festivals, and the other is about Japanese Quilting and the Tokyo Quilt Festival.
Our oldest son Mason has a new-ish job for a music nonprofit, and his work took him to NYC this weekend too! So lucky me, I get to meet him for dinner here on Sunday. He was born in NYC so that is kind of special.
BERNINA has generously donated a new model machine as first prize for the ‘Love Your Mother’ Quilt Challenge, and now Brewer has donated an EverSewn Sparrow 25 machine for the 2nd prize!
To participate in this challenge you must use 1 of the 3 versions of the challenge panel:
North/South Americas
Australia/New Zealand
Arriving in 3 weeks – AFRICA
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana
