Ingrid Whitcher

I decided this past week that I was going to go ahead with entering a quilt into the Des Moines AQS show. I am glsd I decided then because the pictures and paperwork have to be in by Tuesday. Tonight we took the pictures and got them up-laoded to a disc, thanks to Mark.

I am also shipping out my quilt, “In Her Arms” to spend a month away from home. Hopefully when she comes back there will a pretty decoration hanging on her. =) I am hopefully going to be able to attend the show in Knoxville so I will be able to see it hanging.

I have a new class this weekend that I am teaching. So many people ask me how I come up with the quilting designs for my quilts, so I thought we would get together and work through the process. I really enjoy designing the quilting for my quilts and hope to share ways that will help others. The students are to bring quilt tops that they need help in designing the quilting and we are going to work as a team to design several different ways to quilt each quilt. I am planning on taking several finished quilts as examples.

I received word today that my quilt “In Her Arms” has been accepted to the AQS Knoxville show in July!!!!!! I am so excited. Now I guess I will have to put on the sleeve. =)

We are safely in Indianapolis for the week. The trip (13+ hours) was fairly uneventful except for having to buy 2 new tires. The pictures of the stop in Alabama will be a good memory for us and the people that helped us were so nice.

The scenery at my Mom’s house is so great. She has a view of her back garden from her sewing room and the back screened-in porch. The weather is so nice that it is hard to leave the porch.