atc – transplant studio

my mom and i recently got back from the international quilt festival in houston. we had a great time…! lots of quilt oogling, vendor perusing and mixed-media class taking. while i sort through which of the 300+ photographs i took of the quilts to show you , here are images of the atc’s i traded for:

top row (l to r): pokey bolton, founder and editor-in-chief of quilting arts magazine, lisa mallette of studio rose, pat schultz (no web presence that i could find). bottom row (l to r): ana buzzalino of patches & paint, adena joseph of sew4real, maddy sibley (no web). here’s an image of the backs:

i’m very pleased with my “trades” as each one spoke to me… other than maddy, who i was able to meet and exchange cards with personally, i have no idea who grabbed the other ones i stuck on the wall… maybe they will contact me, maybe they won’t – it’s all part of the fun.

stay tuned for future posts on the quilts featured at festival, and to see what mom and i produced in our mixed-media class…

the 35th annual international quilt festival starts tomorrow in houston. on the way there, i’m going to swing by the airport to pick up a certain someone so she can see for herself why i was so taken by it last year… it is the festival for quilters, sewers, mixed-media artists and every combination thereof to attend…

in preparation, i’ve been making some atc’s (artist trading cards) to swap with other people i meet there. since the cards are small (2.5″x3.5″) they don’t take much time to make, and are a good way to use up the bits and pieces of fabric, ribbon and printed images i’ve had lying around forever… random, but fun for the muses…