Wow! Quilt festival is here. I'm so thankful I live in Houston. I get to go every year. Over 50,000 visitors will pass through the doors of the George R. Brown Convention Center. First time visitors stop instantly when they enter and simply gape. It is sensory overload to the max.
There are well over 1,000 quilts on display, all with perfect stitches and color combinations to stun even the choosiest of quilters.
Oh but the vendors! Everything you have ever seen for sale or advertised in a quilt magazine... yup, it's there! Imagine a football field cram packed full of goodies for sale and quilts to see.
And so YES, I am going again this year. I can't wait. On Nov 2, I get to take my friend who is attending her first festival. This is always fun. That facial expression... priceless. I usually open my guest room for a friend from out of town, but this year there were no takers. I asked everyone I knew, but for one reason or another all were unable to come. So now I look to next year, where I have promises of visits.
On Nov 3 is annual pow wow in Austin TX. Thankfully my daughter lives in San Marcos and that is where I will stay for the night. Pow wow is held the first Saturday of November every year. Sadly, this is usually when quilt festival is also held. So I have to hotfoot it over to Austin either Friday night or in the wee hours of Saturday to get a decent seat. Again, a friend will be attending with me. Not her first pow wow, but her first Austin pow wow. Being Native is finally "in" and I am proud to say I am "in".... a member of the Sault Ste Marie Band of Chippewa Indians. My people are not usually represented at this pow wow, though all tribes are invited.
If you have never been to a pow wow you should attend one sometime. You might be surprised at what you see there. Not to mention the vendors of course.
And needless to say, everyone in the world should attend quilt festival at least once in a lifetime, just to see the wonderful workmanship of quilters around the world.
Maybe I'll see you there?
Kathygirl
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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