What a marvelous twenty-four hours nosotros had yesterday. Attending the Road to California was a bucket listing item for me, hence check! It was an easy-enough drive, taking most an hr to acquire there. We were able to role the carpool lane for much of the way, as well as that cutting downwardly on our drive fourth dimension significantly.
The demo was at the Ontario Convention Center inwards Ontario, California, rattling close the Ontario International Airport. When nosotros could run across planes lining upwardly to nation as well as take-off, nosotros knew nosotros were close. Soon, the convention see came into view.
We were headed for the "B" Lot to park. The demo opened at 9:00 a.m. nosotros arrived simply later 9:00 as well as establish the "B" Lot already full. It meant making a u-turn as well as heading to a dissimilar lot, but at that topographic point was plenty of parking there. I'd purchased my tickets online, as well as hence nosotros walked similar a shot through the doors without delay.
Interestingly, when I handed these tickets to the mortal who seemed to care, she said, "What's this?"
"These are the tickets I paid for," I said, somewhat confused. Well, we'd too been provided with arm bands, as well as she genuinely wasn't interested inwards the tickets. Before nosotros could enter, nosotros had to seat the arm bands on our wrists. Okay. Whatever. But that was the exclusively snafu, as well as I knew it was going to endure fun when the kickoff matter I saw hanging high overhead was this adjacent quilt:
Cats! Bring inwards the cats!
So, I'll acquire to the demo inwards simply a second, but I kickoff desire to state you lot most some of the things nosotros saw alongside the vendors. And allow me state you...the expanse where the vendors were was absolutely mobbed. Mike as well as I are both crowd-phobic, as well as hence nosotros sped through the vendor expanse faster than I would conduct hold liked. It was okay. Our eyes were amount past times that time. And, kudos to Mike, who was rattling braved as well as followed me through the whole demo as well as vendor expanse with nary a whimper.
But, hey...how most these leggings for your sewing day. One size fits most!
As a reminder, however, I've heard that spandex is a privilege, non a right, as well as hence I passed these by.
But here's a quilt I've made. It's e'er fun to run across something I've seat together inwards my ain sewing room. This pattern is called "On a Roll."
This is my version, hanging inwards our bath at home.
This adjacent quilt was hanging inwards i of the vendor booths. I couldn't acquire closed plenty to acquire the whole thing. This i is for Molly as well as Buddy. They've been suffering through their staff's attempts at penguins all during the calendar month of January. Take heart, Molly as well as Buddy. The calendar month is almost over.
And, of course, anything with a truthful cat was photographed. This is a template...pretty some life sized.
This was a cute quilt, but I smacked my hands whatsoever fourth dimension I looked at whatsoever embroidery patterns.
And I loved this one...but again, I was determined non to purchase yet to a greater extent than patterns I won't alive long plenty to make.
Mike genuinely encouraged this adjacent purchase. These are pretty nifty, as well as I tin flame never acquire plenty low-cal over my sewing machine. This i volition low-cal upwardly the whole table, as well as it volition attach to the surface where my sewing machine is. You tin flame run across pictures as well as read most it correct here...and no...we didn't pay the toll listed on the website. There was a pregnant savings at the show. Mine was $150.
Purchases over $100 were eligible for this freebie, as well as hence I got i of these. This volition endure a genuinely overnice low-cal for doing mitt embroidery, as well as it is rechargeable via a USB cable. This i is available on Amazon, as well as you lot tin flame read to a greater extent than most it correct here.
Also, I had a hear to add together some stuff to my adjacent Shop Hop quilt to correspond our attendance at the show, as well as hence I bought a fatty quarter of this one. I conduct hold an thought most copying as well as printing the pretty blueprint from the tickets as well as using it along with this stuff inwards whatever quilt block I come upwardly up with for this.
So, that's non what you lot desire to run across though, is it? You desire to run across the quilts! So let's acquire started. Just exterior where the quilts were on display was this Special Exhibit honoring Road to California.
There were a lot of quilts here, but I exclusively photographed simply this one. For the quilts that follow, I'll kickoff demo the information included most the quilt as well as its maker, as well as and hence I'll demo the quilt. For some, I'll demo some detail.
This i appealed to me because of our see to the California Poppy Reserve final spring.
Okay, as well as from here, nosotros were into the quilt demo proper. I'll overstep away on on showing the quilts every bit I mentioned above. It was difficult non to conduct hold a motion-picture demo of every unmarried one, but I did maintain proper decorum at all times. It was too rattling crowded, as well as hence you'll notice some of the quilts as well as information a piddling off-kilter. My apologies. I recall you'll soundless observe all you lot remove to know...except mayhap this kickoff one, where I managed to cutting off the correct side of the sign. Oh well. I'll seek out to maintain my lip-flapping to a minimum as well as simply allow you lot expression as well as enjoy.
Nancy Stovall had a mitt inwards this adjacent one. Visit a quilt demo inwards Portland, as well as you'll run across lots of Nancy's work. Also, at that topographic point was a participant playing the pianoforte simply across from this one, adding to its ambiance.
This adjacent i was three-dimensional. Where exercise people acquire their ideas?
I noticed most of the quilts were densely quilted, or densely thread-painted. It made me wonder if that was why my flamingos were rejected, since they were non every bit densely stitched. There were a few exhibits where they would conduct hold gibe correct in. I'm non disappointed, since I didn't genuinely await to acquire in. Still, I'd similar to larn for hereafter reference. Either way, this i was interesting. Lots of thread lost its life here.
Those piddling ruby circles were most the size of a dime.
I loved this adjacent quilt. I could conduct hold looked at it for hours.
This adjacent i gave me ideas. I'd dearly love to brand a crazy quilt some day, but I've been intimidated at the thought of making a big one. This quilt was a mini...doll quilt sized...and I believe I could seek out something similar that.
So, I conduct hold lots to a greater extent than pictures to demo you, but I'll break them over the adjacent span of days. As for today, it's a sewing twenty-four hours hither at the Traveling Three Cats Ranch. Truly. No excuses. The fourth dimension has come.