Monday, April 4, 2011

Masterworks and More NYC

Many of you will recognize this block. I was thrilled to see the Civil War Bride's quilt at the American Folk Art Museum exhibit.
Another beautiful applique quilt.
I'm a sucker for a folksy eagle. Love the hand with the fingernails!

Bev (no blog) from Australia set up a get together at the Russian Tea House on Friday night. There were 20 of us and what a fun time we had. Thank you Bev!!! Pictured above are the ones with blogs.
Seated: Jan and Vicki from What A Load A Scrap
l-r Humble quilts, Jo Morton, (lets leave her a message that she needs to update her blog more often)
Mary Koval, (just started blogging about 2 weeks ago) Sue from I Sew Quilts, Linda from Quilts in the Barn 
and Diane from Quilty Pleasures (quiltmaker magazine)
Sue from UK and myself. I was so looking forward to meeting this beautiful woman. She has a lovely spirit.
I did attend the Empire Guild quilt show. It was packed and felt really crowded. My favorite display was the President's challenge "Landmarks of NY".  This one caught my eye and didn't have anyone standing in front of it! LOL It was made by Ruby Horansky.

24 comments:

  1. More gorgeous quilts! Thanks so much for sharing! Your pics look like it was such an amazing trip! Russian Tea Room, Jo Morton....a trip of my dreams!! :-)

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  2. So much fun! Thanks for sharing more gorgeous quilts. I really like the Ruby Horansky.

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  3. What gorgeous quilts, makes me want to start a new one.

    Debbie

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  4. Lucky you to get to see the Bride quilt. And fun to meet all the people that you did. It is a trip that you will remember.

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  5. More memories in the making - thank you for sharing with us.

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  6. How wonderful to see all those antique quilts! Do you remember what the outline of the eagle is? I can't tell if it's the applique stitching or something else.

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  7. Ahhhh quilts, quilts, and more fantastic quilts. All that and The Russian Tea room with other quilt addicts. Priceless!

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  8. It's wonderful putting faces with some of the blogs I follow. I really enjoy the gals from What a Load a Scrap, Jo Morton and, of course, you. Thanks.

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  9. OMG- I didn't expect to see a mug shot of us plastered all over blogging world.
    I don't know about you but I am still buzzing from the whole experience- I love you too Lori:-)

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  10. What a lovely get together! You have had lots of fun in NYC! Great to see that gorgeous applique.

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  11. Oh Lori - you're making me cry :0)You saw the CWB quilt too!! What a trip you had. Looks like you ladies had a lovely time at the Russian Tea room - I don't imagine you had any trouble finding something to talk about :0) Thanks for sharing your pictures - the applique quilts are marvelous to study and get ideas from.

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  12. What great memories from that night. But you forgot to mention how you almost had us thrown out that night!!! l wish we had had more time together.

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  13. What an all star dinner party!! What fun!

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  14. Love the ongoing quilt show! How wonderful to sit in the Russian Tea Room and talk quilts!

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  15. oh what wonderful memories you will always have from this trip
    I am just so sorry our schedules didn't work out
    to meet up. I loved that appliqué quilt too, the cherry tree just makes me smile everytime I look at it!
    Seeing those quilts in the American Folk ARt Musuem will always be a treasure to me
    the sunflower quilt was the oldest quilt on display right?
    The Bride quilt was incredible, different then I expected though...
    Kathie

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  16. Thanks for your posts. It was great to see the red and white show and your fun time in NYC.

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  17. I spent my weekend in NYC with a non-quilting friend--while it was great fun, as part of our negotiation (and somewhat controlling host who also had his own ideas about how she/we would spend our time), I didn't get to the Folk Art Museum and really regretted it--I did by the book at the gift shop at the Armory). I really wanted to see the original Civil War Bride's quilt, sans groom.

    On Friday afternoon, I heard some ladies talking about dinner at the Russian Tea Room and inviting others to join them. Had I been on my own, I might have joined the conversation ... and met you ;-)

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  18. That bird is fantastic! I love the Baltimore album quilts. What eye candy!

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  19. So much fun to go to the Empire Guild meeting! I really like the quilt you posted from there. I've seen some of their other things online and they are a creative bunch.

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  20. Thank you for sharing highlights from your fabulous trip -- I'm so jealous.

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  21. that last quilt ~ very cool~!!!~

    :-)
    libbyQ

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  22. What a dream trip Lori! I would have loved to have been able to join you, and to meet Sue in person. What fun you must have had!

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  23. What amazing quilts! So nice you got to meet some friends, and I imagine you had a lovely dinner too! Thanks so much for sharing your trip.

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  24. I'm afraid if I saw that Civil War Bride quilt in person, it would end up on my wanna do list. Beautiful quilts!

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