If you love to talk and love to quilt, there are few things more fun than talking about quilting. Count me in!
GUILD PRESENTATIONS
This year I’ve had a chance to share my quilts and thoughts on quilting a number of times. Guild presentations are the best! Here are some photos from my talk with the guild in Waverly, IA. Click any photo to open the gallery and see them bigger.
I have presentations on medallion quilts, the Mill Girls, and the Underground Railroad Quilt Code. The latter two are very appropriate for historical societies or other groups, as well as quilt guilds. Besides my classes on medallion design and construction, I’m currently developing a couple more workshops. Check my page on presentations and classes, and please contact me if you’d like to know more.
PODCASTS
Besides guild presentations, I had a whole lot of fun talking with Elizabeth Townsend Gard, head of research on the Just Wanna Quilt project. I have two podcast interviews in the can and am scheduled to speak with her again soon.
I wrote about the project and linked my first podcast here. Click on this link to find the recording. It’s 52 minutes, on the long side. We talk about how and why I started quilting, what medallion quilts are, how I see green quilting and our responsibility as quilters to make the Earth a better place, and more. The second podcast is shorter and can be found here.
MY QUILT IN HOUSTON!
The last fun thing I want to share with you is that I had a quilt at the Houston International Quilt Festival in November! Okay, full disclosure: it was in Houston at Quilt Festival, but it was in a booth, not on exhibit. The Just Wanna Quilt project had a non-profit booth, to reach more quilters and investigate the dynamics of a large quilt show. My quilt Dizzy helped decorate the booth.
Sharing about quilts and quilting, not much better than that!
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Your quilts are great!
Thanks!
Wow! Congratulations that is fantastic to have a quilt at Houston International – whether at a booth or in the official show display – still very awesome! I will listen to your podcast in the background while I am quilting 🙂
I enjoyed your post and immediately signed up for Just Wanna Quilt 🙂
That’s great. I’m enjoying it a lot.
How wonderful that guilds in the Iowa (and beyond?) area can have you give a talk that doesn’t involve vending, and is educational. Sorry, but one of my guilds ODed on such programs.
You really do your part to share love and knowledge of all aspects of quilting!
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Really exciting to read how you are finding different ways to enhance the quilting world: for those who are curious and looking in to it and for those of us taking part but in need of guidance to keep it a safe and fair place to operate.
Thanks, Allison. I seem to have found my niche! 🙂
I’ve been at some of your presentations. You do good ones. 🙂
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You do beautiful work. Thank you for taking time to share with us.
You’re so welcome. THanks for taking a look!
Passing it forward is the most fun in my book.
YES. Helping others find the joy, too.
I was in that booth, so I must have seen your quilt!!
Maybe! They actually switched out a few quilts halfway through the show, so it might not have been up when you came by.
Gorgeous quilts! The Stained Glass 2 I had to really look hard at – to me it looks like a water colour painting.
Thanks, Kerry!