Fun with friends at previous quilt festivals......

Every year it gets better:  the time I share with friends at quilt festivals!  Many of us rarely see each other outside of these events so we make up for lost time while we are gathered together.  The subculture of mixed-media and fiber art brings us together, but the sheer joy of spending time together bonds us.
Here are a few images, randomly selected, of previous gatherings:

Leslie & Karey Bresenhan @ the SAQA/Quiltart reception

2003

Frances Holliday Alford with her sisters at the tiara parade

2003

Tiara parade hits the show floor!  

Kathy York after she realizes her quilt, "Little Cities" has won first prize

Kathy talks about her winning quilt, "Little Cities"

Frances poses by her encrusted quilt

Austin art quilt group at the awards ceremony for "Kiwi and Fuschia Meet For Mojitos"

L-R: Frances, Leslie, Connie, Sherri, Raewyn, and Kathy

Frances & Leslie pose in front of "Guadalupe Goes Shopping"

2008

Rachel Parris "wears" one of Frances' wreaths as Judy Coates Perez catches a photo

Melly Testa rocking a spoon

Leslie & Jamie Fingal

'Dinner At Eight' having dinner at eight @ Spencer's in the Hilton

After-hours painting in our room:

Clockwise from bottom:  Judy Coates Perez, Leslie, Nina Perez, 

Barbara Delaney, and Frances Holliday Alford

How you feel the day after festival!

(Jamie Fingal crashed on my studio sofa)