Heading Out For Houston Festival

Finishing packing for a middle of the night flight to the IQA festival in Houston.
I'll be:
Teaching all week
Picking up a cash award tomorrow night ( I don't know any details)
Hanging out in Hollis Chatelains Imagine Hope Booth #814 Thursday night 5-7pm
Hosting in The Quilt Show.com booth Saturday afternoon 4 - 5 pm
Demoing in the Meet The Teacher area Saturday 2-2:30p
Hope to see you there! Patt

Up for Auction at Houston International

Quilts, Inc which hosts the International Quilt Festival will hold a silent auction on Fri, Sat, and Sun of the October Festival. Donated pieces from numerous artists will be available for bid including this one by me. Hope you are there to bid and hopefully win. Update : The bidding is over... some quilter I hope to meet and learn about picked this piece up for $495.00.

Winter Hunt will place at Houston

Nice call from Houston International Today. I've been notified my Mountain Lion hunting in Snow will place for a cash award in Octobers Festival. Quilts Inc.... informs cash prize winners but doesn't tell them about what prize... until the awards ceremony. Bottom line, they are hopeing you come so they give you some notice. Needless to say, I am THRILLED! Ofcourse I will be there. I'm arriving early enough to go to market before my teaching engagement starts. Last year, of the 4 awards in my category, three were international entries from outside the U.S. I placed 3rd last year and was thrilled beyond belief to have been the only American in the bunch.
I strongly suspect there is at least one other American in the mix this year. I can't wait to see Hollis Chatelains entry. It should be large powerful imagery, and beautifully executed.

One Great Temecula, Ca. 2009 Retreat!

18 people, wine and horse country, beautiful quiet surroundings, lovely dining, fun students, bottom line WONDERFUL! The 2009 Retreat is done.... see Patt's teaching Blog link for detailed examples of student work. Planning for 2010 is underway. Watch for details in July via Patt's Retreats link on the right side of this page.
Janmarie Halliday incredible work in progress.

Painted Quilt Art Retreat in Wine and Horse Country

Four gloriously fun days starting tomorrow May 22 of creating quilt art with 17 friends / students. Click on the upper right Patt's Teaching Blog for photos of a spectacular campus/classroom. I can hardly wait. 2010 dates are posted on Patt's Retreat's link above right.

May/June Fons and Porter Love of Quilting

Their current issue features an extensive article on equine quilts, including my equine piece called Windsong. Very nice .. Thanks Fons and Porter!

Newest Article in Print in Machine Quilting Unlimited

I love this magazine designed specifically for those quilting those quilt tops. Machine Quilting Unlimited is a subscription only magazine you might find interesting : http://www.mqumag.com
The magazine has just published my article on making thread color choices...Thread: The Linear Paint! This topic could easily be a book, tho this article focuses mostly on how complementary (to fabric) thread colors in differing values might be used for impact. Shown here is a snippet of the article. Contact mqumag.com for past issues and subscriptions.