This has been a very busy week. On Sunday, I flew to Ohio for the taping of a segment of Quilting Arts TV. Just because of the way things worked out with flights and timing, I was there for 3 full days to do something that in the end will probably take up all of about 5 minutes on the show. But it was fun, and I got to meet several new people, fabulous artists, and the lovely and charming Patricia (Pokey) Bolton. I was honored to have the opportunity to talk about my work on this very well-regarded PBS show. I’ll let you know when I get the details about when it will air.
Left to right: Victoria Gertenbach, Susan Brubaker Knapp, Candy Glendening, Jeannie Palmer Moore, Jamie Fingal, and me in the aptly-named “green room.” (Photo by Jeannie Cook-Delpit, director of national events for Bernina.)
Since I had so much time there, I used the opportunity to take lots of pictures in Cleveland and Akron. I’ll be posting some of them in the next few days.
All of this happened right in the middle of trying to get a lot of work finished for the Evenings with Monet show, which we hung yesterday, the day after I got back. With 4 of us working on it, I think we managed to hang well over 50 pieces in the space of about 90 minutes. Then it was off to a nearby restaurant for a well-deserved margarita.
Deirdre, it was such a true pleasure to meet you and to see your beautiful work and photography. Both resonated with me and left an indelible impression. Also, after cruising your blog posts, I wanted to leave a comment on the one from June 16th, titled “Priorities”, however I saw no box for me to type, so if you don’t mind I will do so here… Thank you for so perfectly and courageously putting into words that which I feel everyday.
-Victoria
Victoria, thank you so much! It was a pleasure to meet you as well, and I’ve been enjoying your blogs also. I know there are a lot of people out there with similar sentiments. But the media have been so successful in subverting the interests of the people with all their noise about nothing, I don’t know if we will ever be able to get together with common cause to do anything about it.