Fun at the Houston International Quilt Festival - 2018

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Fun at the Houston International Quilt Festival - 2018

I had a blast working with Reen from Embroidery Garden at the Houston International Quilt Festival last week! We were easily found under the AllBrands and Brother "umbrellas"!

This was the 2nd year that Reen invited me to work with her at the fest!

 And this is the 2nd year we had a blast!

I spent a lot of time working on the Brother Dream Machine 2.  I learned a lot and created and stitched out a ton of designs, thanks to Reen! Below are just a few that I designed and stitched!

Reen taught many classes on the Design Center of the new top of the line machine...
The Luminaire Innov-is XP

We were next to Brent Taylor from Durkee Hoops, and Mike John's of Mama's Boy booths again this year! We also were neighbors with Scott from Hot Fix Fabrics They were all fun neighbors!  

Look at the size of that Durkee hoop!

Angela Wolf was also there! It is always great to see her!

  

I got to spend some snippets of time with many, many people...The talented Earlene Stalks and Barbara Douthat Chatelain were just two of many!

I had the pleasure of running into and meeting Vivian Varble of @_stitchesandseams_who I knew of from the weekly sewing show, "That Sewing Blab".  She is a fun, sweet sewist!

Everyone had fun!  Look at all the great smiles!

I got to see Sonja again this year! Sew fun!

Reen taught this young lady how to design and make her own luggage tag by using the Design Center on the Dream Machine 2 in just a few short minutes!  That smile says it all!

I've known Karen Pharr for many years, but we only get to see each other at sewing events! I was thrilled to see her!

Views from above!
The event was on the 1st floor of the convention center.  These photos were taken from the 2nd floor!  I think they give you an idea of the expanse of the space!  You definitely need a good pair of walking shoes!

Reen made Angela a "fish" Christmas Stocking! How adorable!

Wow! Check out Reen's blinged out Event Badge Pouches these ladies made!  Sew Creative!

And what would the Quilt Festival be without antics!
This was my runway walk! HAHAHA!

 More Antics!

Massages!  Ahhh!

 I wish we'd done this on the last day of show!

  We had a blast, but we were tired!

I hope you enjoyed this mini-tour of the 
Houston International Quilt Festival!

Happy Endless Sewing!

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Houston International Quilt Fest

Oh what a blast I had at HQF!

I had the opportunity to work with Reen Wilcoxson from Embroidery Garden at her booth for all 5 days of the Festival! Molly Madison was with us as well. She is the designer of the her wonderful Artisan Apron and the beautiful SVG cut files for Reen's cork front Zipper Bags.

We arrived on Nov 1 and set up in preparation of the 1st night. 

Molly made matching Cork Front Zipper Bags for us! 😄

The week was a great experience!  I met a few people from my Facebook Group. And of course Reen met a ton of members of her group and saw others that she'd previously met in some of her classes.

The week was a great experience!  I met a few people from my Facebook Sewing Group. And of course Reen met a ton of members of her Facebook In the Hoop group and saw others that she'd previously met in some of her classes. 

It was a blast working with the AllBrands and Brother Teams!  We actually got John from Allbrands to pose wearing Reens' Cross Bag! He is such a good sport! 😊

Reen, Molly and I reconnected with several "Sewing Stars" we already knew.

 And met a lot of other "Stars" and a ton of vendors! Such fun!

 

 Jenny Doan from Missouri Star Quilts 

Angela Wolf

Brett and Mike from Durkee Hoops

Mike from Durkee Hoops and Mama's Boy Design

 

Cindy Hogan from Cynthia's Embroidery

Reen taught classes twice each day on the "Brother Stage"!  She is such a great teacher! Many people were intrigued by the In the Hoop process and this was a great opportunity for them to see it first hand.

That's all for part 1 of our HQF adventures! Watch for part 2 - shopping, quilts and just plain fun!

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