I can't make a block on the road, but I can draw one. So this image is from my observations of a few women scrutinizing the quilts at the recent show.
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
Visit to the Art Institute of Chicago.
As an artist, my photography, art and creations with textiles blend into each other, the edges are blurred. As a child I would spend hours reading art books, looking at the pictures. I loved the colors, I loved the line and I committed them to memory. Now as an adult, I like the same things…
Funny Ikea advert
I love this Ikea advert. I'm sure she's very craft oriented.
Chicago
I'm rather tired and it's late so the blog has to wait till tomorrow…. but here are just two of the images I found meaningful today.
Chicago Quilt Festival 3
Gallery No 3.
Chicago Quilt Festival
My observation is that the floor was busy, the crowds were significantly interested and purchasing the goods… or else they had lots of samples…
Gallery No 2.
Gallery No 2, Photos in Chicago. It's the last day of the event today. It will be extremely busy, but fortunately I did manage to get a good rest last night.
International Quilt Show Chicago.
Participants at the luncheon came up close and personal with some highly decorated camels. The race began in a flurry of dust and flaying legs and then Robot jockeys with little hats, and patchwork silks bounced on rounded backs around the 10 mile track and we the viewers followed in four wheel drive amid the noise of the official course broadcaster and the noise of ‘hand on horns’…
somewhere over the rainbow video.
Somewhere over the rainbow.
Somewhere over the rainbow.
Just finished reading some of Winnie the Pooh to Tilly over skype. I'm so tired I started typing the blog into the google word space…!!!! I've been up since 3.30 am and now it's 10.45 and the eyes are and body are not even functioning.. Class was just wonderful and they were the nicest ladies….