IQF Day 5 Part 2: Surviving the Runway- Carmen Miranda Style

All the photos in this post are by Nina Perez

The Surviving the Runway Action League

Pokey, Melly, Me, Jane, Jamie and Leslie

While channeling Tim Gunn, our job is to pass out supplies to participants for creating their wearable item, assist in challenges and design consultation.

We take this job very seriously.

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Melly Testa

Jane LaFazio, Leslie Jenisen, Jamie Fingal

Me

Maggie Winfield

Kathy York

A security guard even came over to express how much he enjoyed working at Quilt Festival, he said it was the best convention each year.

 the judges in deep contemplation

The winners!

IQF Day 5 Saturday Part 1

Barb Forrister and Kathy York stopped by to say hi after I finished my session of Open Studios Saturday morning.

Leslie, Me, Pokey and Jamie stopping for another photo op

Kristin Rodriguez owner of Fiber on a Whim and Jane Davila, who always have booths next to Make It University are always up to some mischief.

After lunch I taught my workshop making embossed metal origami pop up books.

I handed my camera to Kristin to take a few photos for me while I gave my workshop and this is what turned up among the photos, lol, very cute Kristin!

So nice to have Jane LaFazio in my workshop too.

Jane Davila

The two Janes

Kristin's turn at Open Studios

Chicago land art quilter Cheryl Sleboda discussed how she included interactive lights in her art quilts.

Stay tuned for Part 2: Surviving the runway.

IQF Day 4

Friday began with demoing free motion quilting and promoting my new DVD; Design, Paint & Stitch in Open Studios.

Art quilter, blog friend and fellow art school college alumni Kristin LaFlamme stopped by to say hello with her daughter Katja.

 

Me, Melly and Australian art quilter Sue Dennis after Melly's lecture on inspiration.

In the evening we had a dinner with many of the artists who participated in the Beneath the Surface exhibit.

I believe this is about the time I began describing my experience with middle age dating in the new millennium, I think the best option is to find lots of humor in it.

Sarah Ann Smith, Deborah Boschert and Linda T. Minton

 Frances Holiday Alford, Rachel Perris and Jamie Fingal

 Jane LaFazio and her friend Paula Elliott, Sarah Ann Smith, Deborah Boschert, Linda T. Minton

Nina and Me

Spooning with Friends

What can I say, we are a group of women with many talents. One that is sort of becoming tradition at festival is hanging spoons off our noses at dinner.

 Leslie Jenisen

Melly Testa

 Melly and Jamie Fingal getting ready to spoon in the Hilton bar.

 Jamie

 Me

Quilting Arts editor Helen Gregory showed her talent by hanging a spoon on her chin.

Pokey, is a novice at this, but I am sure by next festival she will have mastered this new skill and will be weilding a spoon just as well as a rotary cutter.