Last month I got a phone call from France. QuiltMania editor
Carol Veillon was on her way to the Houston quilt market.
Could she drop by to interview me?
This Friday????
I corralled some willing friends (fans of the magazine) to help dress the set
at the new house.
We hung our Paducah prize-winning dog quilt.
Quilts everywhere...
After a flurry of activity things looked pretty good.
Carol was primarily interested in my antique quilt collection.
They photographed a few reproduction quilts.
Here is photographer Guy working with one of Roseanne's Smith's
star quilts.
Combination Log Cabin/Crazy about 1900
The new living room became a photography studio.
Is this not a fabulous quilt? I've got room to hang a lot of quilts now.
Zig-Zag quilt of 60 degree diamonds, about 1915.
I never get to see these so it was great to see them up.
Carol and I went through the quilt closet.
Deb and Linda hung quilts and Deb photographed.
Here's a mid-19th century ten-pointed star.
Pretty soon all was in gorgeous disarray
But we all had fun, including Dottie Barker.
We are planning the article for spring, 2015
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