{"id":203,"date":"2013-09-01T00:23:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T04:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/birmingham-videos-online-part-2"},"modified":"2015-03-07T00:07:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T00:07:30","slug":"birmingham-videos-online-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/birmingham-videos-online-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham Videos Online – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend I have a 2nd batch of videos up
\nfrom the Birmingham
\nQuilt Festival<\/a>. Bonnie McCaffery and I met up to make several videos
\nabout the art quilts and the artists<\/a> at this big European quilt gathering.<\/p>\n

eQuilter was the sponsor of the Pictorial Quilt category, and I was delighted
\nto interview the winner of the exhibit – Stephanie Crawford. <\/p>\n

I've also posted my review of the Group Quilts in Birmingham, and a 2-part
\nvideo with the Dutch quilters who call themselves Wiolan.<\/p>\n

There are 8 videos online now from Birmingham, and more on the way in the
\ncoming week! Watch out for my interview with Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably.<\/p>\n

Due to new ownership, this year in Birmingham the names of the quilters were
\nposted next to their quilts. This may seem like a no-brainer, but previous to
\nthis there was just a number next to the quilt, and you had to look up in the
\nshow book to see the name of the quilter.<\/p>\n

In this age of social media, and ever-evolving ways of online promotion, I
\nthink it is fantastic that now the attendees (and fellow quilters) can
\nimmediately see the quilt, identify the quilter, and share the image and name
\nonline. <\/p>\n

I was surprised when I went to the Canada quilt festival in May, that the still
\nwere not allowing photos of the quilt exhibit. I think it is the only quilt
\nfestival I have been to in many years, that was still forbidding photos of the
\nexhibit. They
\ngraciously allowed me to come in and take photos to share with you<\/a>, but I
\nhope next year you will open up the show for you to also share images of those
\nbeautiful quilts.<\/p>\n

The truth is – quilters LOVE to take photos and share their excitement with
\neach other online! I get a kick out of the Tokyo
\nQuilt Festival<\/a> because there can be 10 people tightly clustered around a
\nquilt at one time, taking closeup photos of stitching details with their
\nsmartphones.<\/p>\n

The most important thing is that the name of the quilter always go out with the
\nimage when sharing, so she or he gets credit. Those images can be reposted and
\nrepinned hundreds or even thousands of times, so it is important that we
\ninclude that information from the start. On my photo page<\/a> you will see
\nthat I now make the image file name – the name of the quilter – so if someone
\ncopies and saves the image it can carry the name of the quilter along.
\nSomething to think about…<\/p>\n

I am leaving for India in less than 2 weeks, so I am working on getting more Birmingham
\nquilt photos<\/a> posted before taking off on my next adventure!<\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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