I met Mother and a few of my sisters in Pigeon Forge for a week together.
The WonderWorks house behind us there would have been an interesting place to visit. However, we didn't take in a single tourist attraction.
Instead, we enjoyed each others company and sewed when we weren't out and about. Emily found an old Milky Way Feed Sack and added quilt blocks and flying geese to make a nice throw for her son Adam. She found the perfect table cloth at a thrift store for the back.
Barbara took a "Dancing Dots" class with ...
... me and ...
... Emily. We learned how to machine applique to make it look like hand applique.
Our teacher was Nancy Mahoney.
This bear quilt was an amazing work of art.
I was so "proud" of our Possum Town Quilter, Judy Stokes who won "Excellence in Hand Workmanship" in the Mountain Heritage Challenge.
Another quilter I met was Paul's dad's mother's brother's son's wife's, sister, Fannie. Somehow we found a connection! She is a professional longarm quilter and made this lovely "Blueberry Deight."
I also met Cynthia England who made the amazing quilt behind us. Her technique is interesting and something I'd like to try. Everything is sewn with straight lines.
This man provided lovely background music for the quilters. He is with the "Smoky Mountain Aires" and has been playing for 28 years.
This quilt belongs to Dolly Parton. It was made by her aunt ...
... from her stage & costume clothes.
Lunch with Mother, June, Barbara, and Emily (taking the picture) at The Tomato Head was wonderful on this pleasant day.
One evening we had BBQ at Corky's. Delicious!
Emily, lovin' the pig!
Inside the lobby was a nice waiting area.
We found and stopped at a lot of thrift stores.
I took this picture for my friends from church, Thelma & Louise.
This is a truely amazing quilt with all the colors and values changing around the quilt. It was drafted by the quilter's husband and inspired by Judy Mathieson.
I like the crisp, clean look of this quilt.
This is one view from the upstairs balcony at Wyndham where we stayed.
The pansies at the front office were beautiful!
June working on her velvet comforter at our "home away from home."
It's going to be beautiful with the feather stitching.
Our hostess, Cindy showed us a "Stack a Posie" quilt she is making.
She is also cutting up her husbands old shirts to make a quilt.
6 comments:
This was an incredibly interesting post.
That looks like one extremely fun trip! I like that Bear quilt too. And we should take a Cynthia England class together. I love that!
Love Cynthia's quilts!! I've been watching video classes and studying her books to learn her technique... Would love to see her quilts!
Looks like you had a great time with your family!
Oh my! What a wonderful, wonderful trip that must have been! Cynthia England's quilt fascinates me. I want to look up her technique. I chuckled about you finding a connection with Fannie!It looks like the man playing the music is using wrenches to play his instrument. And some sweet day I want to make a cathedral quilt!!!
Hey I bought Cynthia's book and it came in the mail today! Yay!!!I am excited to try that technique too!
Terry
I wish I'd have known you were there. I took off work on Friday so I could go. So many nice quilts to be inspired by. And so many vendors with lots of goodies.
Sandy in TN
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