Lovely day. took an hour to go tooling about looking for views and photos for the grant project. Had a nice time. It was warm enough that my pile vest over a long sleeved shirt was good enough – chilly at first, but ok in the sun. I **MUST** remember to put boots on before doing any more “off-roading.” Of course, I was walking in a few places today where I thought – if I go through the pack, I’ll be up to my hips and might be here til spring REALLY comes. Speaking of which – Happy Spring!
Tonight was East Side Quilters’ meeting. We had a special show and tell of first/early quilts and current quilts. I didn’t bring my newest quilts – they see those on a regular basis. I did bring photos of two quilts made for previous boyfriend. And I brought the quilt I made during my engagement (quilt as you go attic windows) and my danish cookie tin quilt. Pat recalled our strange field trip to a quilt show in Ocean City NJ. We were new at this then, and when I was asked to display this little round quilt as an invitational there, we took off. Stayed at a great little B&B, found a great quilt shop. The show itself was a guild show and to amuse ourselves, we went around and privately judged all the quilts. That was actually a good experience for us.
It was valuable for me, as I told the East Siders, because I thought I’d made this superlative quilt – WAY outside my box and experience. And I lost to Charlotte Warr Andersen. Who? Well, I got to see that quilt in person. Wow. 1990.
