I was a lucky lucky lady this Saturday- I ditched the husband and the kids and spent the entire day at the Denver National Quilt Festival.
There was loads of eye candy- as always, it's kind of overwhelming. You can only take in so much beauty, talent and inspiration before you hit sensory overload... I took photos of my favorites for later perusal. In case you didn't know where my loves lie, you will see that I favor modern, bold and bright quilts over traditional and less bright ones... I would LOVE to see photos of someone else's faves- I bet it would look like we went to completely different shows!
To check out what inspired me, click the badge below. It will take you to a Flickr set of my photos from the show. You can also see 2008 by clicking HERE and 2007 HERE.
It seemed to me that the show was far less crowded than in years past, and that fewer quilts were on display. It also seemed that the vendors were not so very interesting- great for my budget, blah for my shopping. Fabric you could get anywhere, boring patterns, etc.- or it could be that I personally am frustrated by traditional quilting at the moment and took it out on what I saw?
I came home with very very little new fabric- which is just fine- but I was sad that there was less to be inspired by- not so many hand dyes or prints, and the folks who made my favorite X rated fabric from last year were not in attendance :-( I'm not sure is the lack of attendees and vendors was due to the economy or not, but I hope next year is back up to speed!
Meanwhile, I'm going to bask in the photos I took and be inspired. Unless I get depressed by seeing so darn much talent and start thinking "I could never do THAT." Guess I'll just have to get braver.
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