Friday, April 24, 2009

Internationa Quilt Festival in Chicago

Last Friday I attended the International Quilt Festival in Chicago. It was tons of fun. I took two classes, one with Melanie Testa and one with Belinda Spiwak. The photo is a picture of the class with Belinda. It didn't photograph too well...Think I need a better camera. It is a puffy heart on wood and made with paint, canvas, muslin, and paper.
The class I took with Melanie Testa inspired me to try dyeing my own threads again. I hope to attempt that soon and post my results.
If you are close to a quilt show/festival, I highly recommend going. It is very inspiring and you never know what new stuff you will learn.

3 comments:

Cyn said...

Hi Beth,

You can see it better if you enlarge the picture. Looks very sparkly/glistening! :-)

Is that some of your new stash that I see off to the left in the picture?

Cynthia
Windy Meadow

Von said...

Very pretty indeed! Lucky you to get to go to IQF! :)

Beth in IL said...

To Cyn,
No that is not new stash, but beads that I ave from my stash! I am hoping to dye some threads here soon and will try to post when I do.