Hi Quilters!
thank you all for your emails and well wishes! They have certainly helped.
Despite not wanting the get out of bed yesterday, I did travel to Central California because the show must go on — so today, I did a lecture for the Olde Towne Quilt Guild of Nipomo. I feel so much better. I’m looking forward to my workshop tomorrow, Shadows and Light:
(Okay, so that is not a flattering picture. Mental not to take a new one…)
BigGuy is traveling with me, so we went to one of our favorite places tonight — the Farmer’s Market in San Luis Obispo. It’s one of the finest Farmer’s Markets ever. Every Thursday night, except for. Thanksgiving, when it happens on friday night.
We souvenir eat — it’s no secret. Here’s what we love the best at the Market:
Isn’t their oven lovely? It bakes a pizza in 4 minutes flat. That’s the best part : )
there’s a new quilt shop in town, but they closed before I got there. table linens and modern fabrics. i have to come back soon. Picking Daisies is closed on Sunday-Monday. Every other day from 11:00 – 5:30.
More to come!
But, I’ll be back with an all-new podcast next week! Stay tuned!
We are both totally overjoyed to be here!
Our first stop was at the 
a study in Value. It looks like there is light shining on areas of the quilt. An optical illusion made by fabric.
by my favorite Japanese quilter, Ayako Kawakami — I LOVE her quilts. Here is a closeup of one of the blocks:
this is the back side of the quilt. Everything on the front was stitched with black thread, everything on the back was stitched with white thread. How Judith did that and manage to keep the thread tension perfect defies my comprehension!
This is my favorite quilt from the entire show of hundreds of quilts. Aki Sakai is the quilt maker. Here is why I love this quilt:
Gayle Allen Grier, long-time podcast listener. We challenged each other to enter a quilt in this year’s show — I have fallen short of that challenge. How about you Gayle?
We had lunch with the lovely Callie Charles Appelstein, also long-time listener. Do you love the photobomb or what?!
And Surprise!! who should be signing her new book but Marie Bostwick!!
And here is my friend, Karla Overland, in my very favorite booth at any show where they are: 
Sue Nickels and Pat Holly, my two favorite quilt designers — their quilt “Two of Us” won Best Home Machine Workmanship award. It was the 2013 Block of the Month quilt for Alex and Ricky’s Quilt Show. You can visit it in the 
and this is us, with happy feet:
and this is the shoe store, Groundfloor Shoes, where they serve even happier feet:
(If you didn’t know, I have a major shoe fetish) Aneda and I each bought a new pair of shoes.
Yes, even Walmart gets into the spirit of Quilt Week!
I love stopping at Welcome Centers, especially ones like this lovely home:
Kirsten moved to Lousiana two months before giving birth to:
She has a new fabric designing tutorial on CreativeBug
