I flew in to Reno today and was met by the hotel shuttle and after a short ride arrived at my home for the next 10 days. I found my packages had arrived and got settled in the classroom. I had dinner with Teri Springer, Liz Berg and Carol Soto (both old friends from quilting venues.) My roomie is from Virginia and still on east coast time so I am going to get this posted and get some early shut eye.

First, here are some pics:

Two of my favorite people – Sue Benner and Liz Berg. That is Hollis Chatelaine who made it in to the photo.

I really miss Mrs. Mel (and I am not the only one!), but here is her quilt to promote her class at Art Quilt Claremont next spring:

And here is Rayna’s quilt, promoting her class at Claremont in the spring. I will be taking that class – wheee!

I was very attracted to this basket of Valdani variegated Perle cotton:

And of course, the ever popular feature of AQT, the dessert du jour:

I have a new camera – the Canon Powershot A640. It is 10 mega-pixels. I am trying to learn all of its functions, but so far I love it – especially the movable LCD screen.

That is my report for day one of my AQT 10 day marathon.

Yesterday, Terry, June and I made our way to Tacoma on the train. The time flew as we caught up with our various activities since we were last together. Terry had been to the Virgin Islands for two weeks. June was Artist in Residence at the John Day Fossil Beds in Eastern Oregon or as Terry says, she was fossil in residence.

Once in Tacoma, Terry’s friend, Carla, picked us up and gave us a driving tour of Tacoma and to a great place for lunch where I feasted on one of my favorite fall delights ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù pumpkin ravioli’s with sage butter sauce and Parmesan cheese – oh yum!

The it was off to the American Art Company to see the invitational fiber show. I love to see fiber art hanging in a gallery. The owners said that they had gotten a very positive response to the show and several pieces have been sold. I will point yo to June’s review when it gets posted for more of our comments on the show.

Here are some pics of the show:

Most of the quilts are hung a couple of inches away from the wall, suspended from fishing line, which I thought was very effective.

We next went to the Tacoma Art Museum where we saw The Art of Eric Carle, the children’s book author who does tissue paper collages for such books as The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We also saw an amazing exhibit by mixed media (but a lot of fiber) by this amazing woman: Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. Here is another link. She has created over 20,000 works of art in her lifetime.