Saturday was the annual Airing of the Quilts in Huntsville, Texas. I went with three good friends on a typical Texas spring day - windy, sunny, and 85* - that would be summer in many parts of the country, but here, it's Semi-Spring. It comes right after Official Spring, which is one of the two days a year we can open our windows.
Anyway - Airing of the Quilts is put on by the
Tall Pines Quilt Guild and it's a fabulous and fun outdoor show. All the quilts are hung from the 4 balconies of the courthouse, the storefronts surrounding the square, and in the streets. They use the old movie theatre for the mini quilt auction, the guild challenge quilts, and the featured quilter, who happened to be
Carol Doak a very funny (and silly!) author, designer, and teacher.
Many of the stores had quilts displayed, some for sale, some not.
I just liked this window.
A cute little log cabin right on the square.
Thomas Ball's banner - the town I live in was named after him.
And look what I found!
More wooden spools for my collection!
Ok, I finally finished the Improv Workshop quilt from last month - the one with Mark Lipinski's Katmandu fabric. I ended up not embellishing it at all, since my daughter wasn't sure she wanted to hang it - she might use it as a coaster on her desk, and any beads or buttons could make her Iced White Mocha a little unstable. Just looking at this makes me a little unstable. But it's done, and I can cross it off my list.
These blocks were the result of a class with Jan Mullins back in...I don't know...2001?
Saturday was the annual Airing of the Quilts in Huntsville, Texas. I went with three good friends on a typical Texas spring day - windy, sunny, and 85* - that would be summer in many parts of the country, but here, it's Semi-Spring. It comes right after Official Spring, which is one of the two days a year we can open our windows. 
It's from Becky Campbell at Sewforever. She makes the hanging loops, quilt covers, and pole covers out of archivally-safe Tyvek. We've been rolling our quilts, but hadn't had the time to make covers for the heavy duty cardboard tubes they're stored on. I guess I don't have an excuse now. If you want to read more about Tyvek and its appropriateness for textile storage, take a look at this info from The Quilt Broker.
They've got knobs and drawer pulls, and even though they're a little pricey, I want them all! We're building our new house, and I get to outfit a whole new studio. These are so going to be on all the cabinets, closets and drawers in there.
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