Something About Nothing

Quilters Take Manhattan  is a fund raising event for Quilt Alliance.  Quilt Alliance 's mission is to document, preserve and share our American quilting heritage.  Pokey Bolton was the emcee for the day, and the main speaker at the conference was  Sherri Lynn Wood , where she spoke about "Afterlife."  You can read about the fascinating project on her blog  where she took part in a four month residency at the Public Disposal and Recycle Area in San Francisco. Who knew so much could be inspired by going through the dump! The second speaker was  Merikay Waldvogel , who has written several books documenting quilts in the south.  Dr. Carolyn L. Mazloomi  then interviewed quilt artist,  Michael A. Cummings . I really enjoyed Michael's art, and learning more about him.  On Sunday, there were presentations from all of the sponsors.  It was interesting to find out a little bit more about each company, and the people who h...

It was a fun week of packages! I ordered one of these awesome apron's  from Cheryl Sleboda of Muppin.com . It fits my daughter's personality perfectly! She has dreams of becoming a Costume Designer. The pockets in the apron make it perfect for the sewing room. I got a fun surprise in the mail too: I purchased the at-home ticket to Quilters Take Manhattan which included this fun bag of goodies!  Included in the bag were a business card holder, thread, fabric, magazines, and coupons! Lots of fun fodder. I also put a package IN the mail filled with three pincushions made with Lynn Krawczyk's new fabric line but I can't show even a glimpse until after Market at the end of the month.  I am also working with some new stencils from Artistcellar (more on those next week) and with a stencil I created to make some postcards for Festival Pet Postcard Project .  Proceeds from the sale of all the post cards will benefit Friends For Life , a no kill shelter ...