Last weekend I flew to Houston with my sisters and mom for the International Quilt Show and a visit with my younger sister Rachel, who currently lives in Houston. We had a great time together enjoying the quilt show, seeing a little of Houston, and relaxing together - kid free!
Some of the quilts we saw were beyond amazing. It was the 40th anniversary of the quilt show and was celebrated with this special display "Ruby Jubilee" of red and white quilts.
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| I love this one because each quilt square could be it's own quilt. |
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| This wall hanging quilt had squares smaller that my finger nail! |
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| I think this spiral quilt might have been one of my favorite red and white quilt. |
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| This quilt was beyond amazing! |
A fourth of the convention center was quilts on display, but the other 3/4 was filled with booths with ANY THING relating to sewing and quilting or just women in general.
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| This was one of my favorite booths - beautiful batik fabrics and great quilt patterns. |
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| This is the convention center in Houston where the quilt show was held. This only shows 1/3 of the building - it was huge! |
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| Across the street from the convention center is a park where we had lunch one day, taking a break from walking. |
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| Here is mom with "George". She just recently got a George machine so we told her to pose with this virtual guy by the George machines. My dad teases that George is the other man in her life and she now spends more time with George :) |
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| Just having a little fun in a photo booth - we could have had this picture printed on some fabric. |
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| Wings of Houston! In the park across from the convention center. |
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| A selfie in the park. |
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| Our very lovely accommodations - Rachel's apartment. She painted quilt squares in her pumpkins in honor of our visit! |
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| I've seen so many pictures of dinner parties on this back deck, so glad I finally got to enjoy one myself! |
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| Better than a restaurant meal! |
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| From left to right - my sisters Rachel and Grace, sister in law Tonya, me, sister in law Andrea and Mom. |
I did buy a quilt pattern, so hopefully in the next year or so I'll buy fabric and get started on it!!
Cool! Looks like fun!
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