Reconnecting

I'm reconnecting here at Quilt Festival, with all the things that I love. I spent yesterday morning gazing at phenomenal quilts with admiration and a renewed excitement for unleashing creativity when I return home. I spent lunch time catching up with old friends, time slips away and I suddenly realize how treasured and dear these friendships are, and have been, to me. Pictured here, in the foreground, is my very first quilt teacher! She moved away several years ago. I credit her with awakening a passion for quilts in me that may have remained asleep had it not been for her caring support and enthusiastic encouragement over the years! It was my delight to bump into her at lunch, we had a a great time catching up and making plans and promises to get together soon. There's a resurgence of traditional work being displayed in the vendor booths as well as at the show; more that I can remember in years past. Handwork; I'm reconnecting there, too. Having said that, I'll close with photo (and detail) of Nancy Prince's "Longing For the Past", a thread painted masterpiece! I'll post more photos and relate further experiences after I get back tomorrow. Until then, I wish you happy times and re-connections of your own! Quiltkeemosabe and I are off to the vendors mall...

Life is Good!