fun with a friend

I got to go up to NWA today 

to a quilt show

with a quilting friend.

We looked at quilts, and fabric,

and talked quilting for 8 hrs.

It was so much fun!

We even tried out an Innova long arm.

Nice!

We tried out a smaller Babylock long arm (mid arm?) too,

but neither of us were impressed.

It wasn't smooth and the stitches didn't look nearly as nice as the Innova's.

My favorite quilt was a reconfigured rendition 

of Lori Holt's Farm Girl Vintage,

made by Barbara Hamernik

and quilted by Darlene Szabo

We got to talk to the maker for 10 minutes or so,

which was great.

I recognized it right off as (sort of) Lori Holt's pattern,
which I am not at all fond of
as written
(sorry, Lori)
but  made up like this,
with differently sized blocks,
(and some of the most 'country' blocks eliminated)
and in all reds and whites,
beautifully quilted,
I really like it.

(the judges really liked it too,
because she won first place in Judges Choice category)

We also visited for several minutes

with a spunky 75(ish) year old lady

who just recently started quilting.

I liked her!

😊

That's all for now;

I'll share a few more pictures later...