Podcast 209 – Officer Annie and the Quilt Police
(Right-Click or Ctrl-Click on the icon below and select “save link as…” to download the podcast to your computer)

Running time: 01:04:30 Size: 61.9 MB

Several times a year, I get to be a bona fide member of the Quilt Police.

(Photo courtesy of Anna of craftygirlsworkshop.blogspot.com)

No, not one of those women who take the title upon themselves to point out everything that is wrong with your quilt — but a real official Quilt Judge.

So, listen to the podcast to find out more about what it’s like to be a Judge — and what judges look for when they judge quilts. It would take more than an hour to talk about everything having to do with quilts in competition and judging – but if you have any questions about what I talked about, or if I didn’t cover something you want to know about, please email me at annie@simplearts.com.

For an actual pattern for a Quilt Police, visit Debra Gable’s website, Zebra Patterns. Here is a picture — absolutely fabulous!

Isn’t she great?!

Talking about “great” here are a few pictures of the one who kept me from podcasts on my trip to North Carolina…

Cambria loves technology…

and her mommy…

and her daddy…

and flowers…

and her slide, which makes her say “Wee-e-e-e-e-e!”

she loves to color and wear necklaces…

and swim…

and me…

but not beans… ; )

Happy quilting, more to come!

©2011 Annie Smith   All Rights Reserved

I really don’t know what’s wrong with me…

I’ve been in North Carolina for a week now, and do you think it has crossed my mind at all to do a blog post?! Oh, heck, no — and that’s obvious, until tonight. : (

I’ve been in the planning stages for two new podcasts that still need a little more coordination before they can be posted — but hey, that shouldn’t keep me from reporting on my time here.

When I travel now, I use an iPad (the first version, so no internal camera) and as much as I love it, it still won’t allow me to upload photos to my blog. So I’ll have to rely on WebGuy to do it for me… You got that, WebGuy?? Photos below:

This last weekend, I taught a two-day workshop at my favorite
store in Chapel Hill, Thimble Pleasures. I love everything about the shop and had a great class of students– Debra, Robin, Marnie, Barbara, Mary, Linda, Ella, Karen and Bev — who all played with FABRIC. I love to teach when I come to NC to visit my son and his wife, and of course, Cambria:

Picture here

My days are filled with hanging out with her, and so much fun. It’s so blasted hot here that we pretty much stay indoors unless we’re running to the air-conditioned car and then running into an air-conditioned building. Ryan is taking me on a souvenir-eating tour of the greater Raleigh area. So far we have visited The Hibernian (pub food), The Pig (BBq), Dixie Belle’s (BBq), Daniel’s (to-die-for Italian, Ryan’s favorite), Morrisville Deli, Sunrise Biscuit Cafe, Goodberry’s (Frozen Custard), and LocoPops (Gourmet popsicles) and that’s just the first week. I have one more
to go!
We’re spending the weekend in Williamsburg, VA, home of our German Ancestors. I hope it’s cooler there — and there’s sure to be more souvenir eating and hopefully a couple of quilt shops in my future.

Here’s one more photo of Cambria’s new swoopy-do, courtesy of her new hair stylist: Me!

<>

Oh, by the Way, do you happen to know what a “New Traffic Pattern” is? I saw the advertisement on the side of the road today, but I don’t think it has anything to do with quilting… : )