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

Comments

[sheree (sheree's alchemy)]

Looks like a fun day! Goodness, there are quilts everywhere!! :)

[Pam]

Beautiful photos. I really enjoyed the show, your quilts looked lovely up in the trees.

[Chris]

Thanks for sharing all these wonderful quilt pictures for us East Coast quilters who don't get to see this amazing event. One of my dreams-to see this show and Sisters.

[renee]

great site your mother's work and yours will you be having tutorials someday? thanx