Yesterday I went to Road to California. It was simply amazing this year. The quilts were outstanding, there were wonderful new vendors, and of course favorite old ones. In addition, harpist Bronn Journey was there at the show, playing LIVE music. Imagine that, live harp music accompanying the quilts. Now I can say that I am TRULY spoiled. Bronn said that this is actually not the first quilt show he has played at. We both agreed that the quilts and the harp music go together quite splendidly. You can listen to samples on his website.
I’ll share a few photos for you to enjoy here tonight and more in future posts. I thought that leaves would be a nice theme to go along with the harp music.
Foliage in Transition, above, made and quilted by Carol Taylor won second place in the Innovative Mixed category. Below is a detail for you to see her beautiful quilting and satin stitching.
Windfall, below is also made and quilted by Carol Taylor.
And a detail. Carol uses such lovely color palettes in her quilts!
Finally, Paul’s Magnificent Treehouse, below, made and quilted by Helene Blanchet is such a lively, fun quilt. This quilt would make a darling children’s book illustration.
I love the way she used buttons for the kids’ faces stitched on with seed bead eyes.
Consider this the first chapter of Road to California 2009. More outstanding quilts, as well as shopping news to come. =(^_^)=