cbridges22

Contact Uglycook she might be planing a retreat in the fall.

Mad Mimm

Just wondering... I lurk from time to time here and see what the OR/WA contingent are up to. (Dreaming of the day I will be able to foist the kids on the husband and attend a retreat!)

Are any of you ladies planning on attending the Northwest Quilters Expo at the Portland Expo Center this weekend? Their show runs through Saturday. I thought maybe I might run into some of the QB'ers there?

sew cornie

Hi MadMimm, I'd hoped to go tomorrow but it looks like we may have other plans. If I get to go it will be a spur of the moment thing. I hope you enjoy the show.

Mad Mimm

Thanks, I am hoping to take a few pictures to share with the board, but we will see. Often at these things I end up just looking, gawking and oohing and ahhing and totally forget to take pictures!

sew cornie

How was the show? We got back from our other obligation at 4:15 - I could've made it to the show for the last hour of it but decided it was a high cost to pay (gas, parking, entry fee) for only one hour. Maybe next time. I sure hope you enjoyed it!

Mad Mimm

It was not too bad. I did expect to see more quilts, but what they had was an interesting and diverse mix of styles and techniques. There was a fair amount of hand-quilted items, some very traditional quilts, and some lovely art quilts so you could say there was a little something for everyone. They would not allow any photos though because they wanted to sell a DVD they made so I have no pics to share.

The featured quilter, Carol Brown, was a real treat. Her quilts had a large variety of techniques, a wide range of colors and styles. She is really a diverse and talented quilter who does some very beautiful applique work.

Incidentally, the quilts that won first prize for Applique and Machine Quilted would not have been my choices. I do so wish they would share the judging criteria so I could understand their choices better. Makes me think I was looking at the quilts and missing something important.

Sorry you could not make it but this is a busy season for quilt shows. The Clark County Quilters have their show next weekend in Vancouver - not a huge show but it is well put together and has a fair amount of quilts for a local guild show. The entry fee is $6, I think, but no parking fee. A little more reasonable than the other.

cbridges22

Wish I could have gone!It seems like I have something every weekend and it is not stuff I want to do.

2 Doods

Our next trip is getting closer.....
Gotta get the carpools set up. Hoping we will have some sunshine! Everyone have their project picked out to bring?

UglyCook

I have a BOM project I will be catching up on

CAS49OR

2 Doods, what/where is the next retreat?