Valori Wells

Quilting in the Garden.....

Last Thursday mom, Violette and I headed down south to Livermore, Ca for the Alden Lane Quilt Show - Quilting in the Garden. I had the honor of being the featured artist. Very cool! Violette was such a great traveler...she would sleep for three hours then we would stop and eat, then she would sleep again. No fuss..... On Friday I taught a class based on my Bloom quilt. Friday night I gave a lecture on seeing and inspiration. I show lots of photos and quilts and talk about where my inspiration comes from and what you can gain from seeing the world around you. Sometimes we tend to just pass things by as we go through our busy lives.
Anyway, Saturday and Sunday were the quilt show - 45 of my quilts and 15 of mom's were to be hung in 300 year old oak trees that were nestled in a beautiful nursery. Unfortunately Saturday it rained - odd for this time of year in that area - but the show went on. As it should...they were very inventive in finding spaces to put the quilts - they took the room that I taught in and used metal garden structures with bamboo to hang the quilts.

It was still a great day......
Sunday was dry and overcast! Perfect day for photos and we arrived at the nursery the quilts were being hung outside - Yeah! I took so many photos.....what an amazing setting.....I had to really pick and choose what to post! But here you go......the 2007 Quilting in the Garden Quilt Show........and some pretty photos that I couldn't help taking in the nursery.....




This is Cyndee - the organizer of the show - she is awesome!!!!



Here are some of mom's quilts......

















I met some great people at the show and some new friends - HI Kim! - what a great time we had.........

Have a great day!!!
Valori

Mini Quilt Show

There is an annual event in Oregon that we love - Cycle Oregon....it is a week long bike ride that travels around different parts of the state each year. My husband and I did it about 3 years ago - before babies! This year it started and ended here in Sisters. Very Cool!! A good friend of ours suggested that we do an avenue of quilts as the cyclist come into the finish line. The finish line was in the parking lot of our Athletic Club and new Lodge (which is VERY cool!) On Saturday morning we set up quilt frames......and quilts.....


I think one of the greatest parts of putting together this little display was that all of the quilts were from our employees! They are such a talented group of gals!!!
The cyclist started arriving - we had to come cheer on our friends riding in....


We heard from cyclist that it was the best finish of the 20 years! Part of what makes Sisters such a great place is our community....the High School Jazz Band also came out and played for the bikers as they rode in....Liv loves to dance to their music.
It was fun to be a part of the event...maybe we will get to ride the week again sometime......dreams!
Have a great day!
Valori