Houston... here comes Oliver!

It's official... *Oliver* has been selected as a finalist to be exhibited at the 2011 International Quilt Festival/Houston in the annual IQA fall Judged Show, Quilts: A World of Beauty. And according to IQA, this year’s jury had the difficult task of narrowing a field of 652 entries to 380 finalists.

So as soon as Oliver gets his tushy-tail feathers home from Quilt Odyssey in Hershey, PA, he will get shipped off to Houston... WOW!!! I can't stop saying that. HOUSTON -- the biggest and best quilt show there is... HOUSTON!!! Yes, this is my first quilt juried into Houston and in my mind there could be no better quilt for this first than Oliver. He has almost become a part of my family, everyone refers to him as Oliver, not that owl quilt. He has an identity... truly! I must once again thank Sharon Schamber, for without her knowledge and insight Oliver wouldn't have turned out as fabulous as he did! Spending a week with her and creating Oliver was an amazing experience, one that I will never forget.

Houston Hang... almost

Wow... International Quilt Festival - the quilt show of quilt shows! I have yet to enter a quilt at Houston... perhaps 2011 will be my year, not sure, we will have to wait and see. But, I have officially "hung" at Houston this year... not in the show, in Fil-Tec's booth. Previously, I had made a quilt for them to use in their booth at shows -- who knew I'd make it to Houston! In my little world this is a big thing!!

Here's a picture of Fil-Tec's booth with my quilt in the background (white with appliqued flowers).

Thanks so much to Kathy for snapping the picture for me since I wasn't able to attend! Check out Kathy's website when you get a chance. And as always, check out Fil-Tec's website and try Glide thread!