Houston, we have liftoff!

I'm so excited to be here in Houston.  Lots of people stopped by the Open Studios booth to see my demo of Superior Threads' new conductive thread and LEDs!  I have been seeing good friends and making new ones. 
I have one more demo on Sunday from noon to 2pm.  Please stop by, I would love to see you!

Open Studios in Houston!

I'll be demoing how to put lights into quilts at the International Quilt Festival in Houston this week!  It's all part of Open Studios, sponsored this year by Craftsy!

Come by and see how I put lights into quilts and see the coolest new technology and conductive threads I'm using!  You won't want to miss it!  Come by and say you saw this on my blog and I'll give you something special!!

UPDATE:  I wanted to tell you this earlier, but wanted to clear it with them first, but I'll be demoing Superior Threads' newest line of conductive thread and LED products!  Check it out!

Thursday November 1

10 am to Noon

Sunday November 4

Noon to 2pm

Open Studios is near the entrance to the Food Court just off the vendor show floor   It's going to be a great time.

Here's the full schedule of artists, and 4 artists will be demoing at each time. 

Thursday, November 1 
10:00 a.m.-Noon
Lynn Roddy Brown, Piecing Triangle Units
Nancy Goldsworthy, Couching Chunky & Challenging Threads
Cheryl Sleboda, Light Up Your Quilts!
Barb Forrister, 3D Flowers

12:00-2:00 p.m.
Joyce Hughes, Thread Painting
Jamie Fingal, Rebel Quilting
Leslie Jenison, Monoprinting on Fabric
Marlene Glickman, Surface Design with Sticks, Clamps, and Stamps

2:00-4:00 p.m.
Sarah Ann Smith, Thread Painting
Teri Lucas, Fusible Appliqué Cards
Sara Hochhauser, Dye It, Sew It, Wear It
Michele Muska, Making Felted Fabric

4:00-6:00 p.m.
Martha DeLeonardis, Twister Designs
Cyndi Souder, Curved Piecing with Tiny Seams and Persuasive Pressing
Christen Brown, Ribbon Work and Hand Embroidery
Ana Buzzalino, Stitched & Painted Landscapes

Friday, November 2
10:00 a.m.-Noon
Christine Adams, Stitched & Collaged Fabric Books
Cathy Franks, Couching with Yarns to Create Leaves and Flower Shapes
Mary Anne Griffin, Painting Fabric
Judi Hurwitt, Gelatin Monoprinting

Noon-2:00 p.m.
Ana Buzzalino, Stitched & Painted Landscapes
Joyce Hughes, Raw-Edge Appliqué
Barb Forrister, 3D Flowers
Helen Gibb, Silk Ribbon Embellishments

2:00-4:00 p.m.

What I bought in Houston

It's a tradition of mine to post the stuff that I spent my money on in Houston to feed my fabric and thread addiction.  Here's the stuff I bought while at the Houston Show!

MMM thread.  I had all of the brights of this line of Superior thread, and it's time to fill in the rest of the colors.

Yummy fabrics from Friestyle (Frieda Anderson) and matching dyed thread from Artfabrik (Laura Wasilowski).

Oh Cherrywood dyed fabrics... how I love thee.  You have outgrown your storage bin and these need to evict other fabric so that they can all live together.

I love these tokidoki style prints.  I have absolutely NO idea what I will make out of them, but I love them.

More awesome Japanese-kawaii (cute) fabrics.  Yum!

More that just were too cute to resist. All of these fabrics in the last 3 pictures came from the same booth!

The show if full of booths with all kinds of wonderful things, and sometimes you find a treasure.  I loved the Victorian era buttons turned into earrings, and just HAD TO HAVE the same period gold mourning brooch. It's the perfect thing to wear in my "Creepy Victorian" parlor room!  

My Make It University Class

I'm more than a little overdue to talk about how my awesome class that I taught at Make It University in Houston went.  I was riding that post-Houston "high" and then time just got away from me.  
That said, you can't really take pictures and stuff while you are teaching, so I am going to rely on my fab friends to fill in...
It's hard to believe it went by in an hour.  I feel like it was the fastest and slowest hour ever...  But it was so worth it.  I learned just as much as they did, I think!

The class filled up so fast! Pic by Catherine Redford

It was hard to make sure everyone heard your instructions, the microphone helped. Pic by Catherine Redford

You don't realize how hectic it can be helping 23 people with the project! Pic by Catherine Redford

Making sure everyone's project lit up was also important! We had 2 dud LEDs in the group.  OOPS! I had it covered with extras, which means "Be prepared!"  Pic by Judy Perez

A quick second to say hi.  It was a lot of fun. Pic by Judy Perez

That's Lindsey from QA/Interweave, who gave everyone in my class a free magazine!  How cool was that?  Pic by Catherine Redford

You also forget how big a crowd 23 people can be! Pic by Becky Glasby

Yup, a guy took my class!  He was super nice and emailed me after the show to say he had fun. Pic by Becky Glasby

It was important to me to make sure I helped everyone, and tried very hard to make it around to each person as much as I could.  Pic by Becky Glasby

My student's work!  So cool! Pic by Catherine Redford

This student was from Australia and clipped that little koala onto my shirt as a thank you! I had a great time teaching and hope to do it again! pic by Catherine Redford

Houston bound!

I am packed and ready to go...

Come by and see me on Thursday at the Quilting Arts booth at 5pm for Open Studios.

Then come by again on Saturday to take my Light Up ATC class at 10:15 am!!!

I can't wait to see you all there!