KoKo

I am alone tonight while KoKo spends a couple days with friends.  Since he came to live with me in August 2016 there have not been many nights that he hasn't been here with me.   And I am really missing him.   He can be very demanding and sometimes I need to accomplish something and can't stop to play.  I will miss my little bed warmer tonight. 

KoKo in his chair with Froggy.  November 2019

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Waiting 11-07-19

Everyday he waits for the mail lady and then goes berserk.  He sometimes lays here to enjoy the sunshine.  I don't know where he had left Froggie, usually he is nearby. 

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Wordless Wednesday 11-06-19

A repeat from 02-04-15

Lonely KoKO and Thanksgiving decor 11-05-19

I have been working at the computer to compose the quilt descriptions for the Ruth B. McDowell quilts that will be at Visions Art Museum January - March 2020. 

 So, KoKo is feeling very neglected that I can't stop and play with him as often as he would like.   He brings me toys to toss and will lay them in my lap or just at my feet.  He brings the ones he usually likes - Froggy (of course), the Christmas Tree, Ducky, and the green ball that squeaks.  He is very disappointed that I will not play, so he stands and barks at me.  Poor neglected doggy. 

What an appealing, questioning look!

When we walked last night I noticed that almost all of the Halloween decorations had been taken down.  But one house replaced their blow-up ghost with a blow-up  Thanksgiving turkey.  Then there will be a blow-up snowman in December and they can probably leave that up through February when they could replace it with a blow-up heart.

It is all getting too much for me!

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The Best of Show at Quilt Festival in Houston 2019 11-04-19

I have read some moaning about the winner of the Best of Show at Houston.  Some feel that it is too traditional!  Well, only a few years ago some were complaining about the winning quilt not being a REAL quilt because it wasn't

traditional!  Someone will always disagree, I think.  I think this is a lovely quilt and I wish I could see it in the fabric.  

Congratulations to the maker. 

There are many sites with pictures of the winners and a lot more quilts.  Just Google "Quilt Festival 2019" or whatever phrase you can come up with, it will lead you somewhere.

Here are a few videos from the weekend. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHrUXl1NoYw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJDE-Q0cMis

Amy Milne of Quilt Alliance did some nice videos with voice over, but I don't see them on their site yet, maybe she will do it after she rests up from the jam-packed weekend.  Check back later in the week.  

https://quiltalliance.org/

And if you have pictures you want to share, send me the URL and I will post it here.

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A quilt from the past in TCQC 11-03-19

Terry Grant has been in Houston this weekend with some of her quilts as part of an exhibit "Rising Stars".  I think that is a little deceptive since Terry has been making quilts for many years and has been in many shows.  But I am just happy she is there showing her work, whatever it is billed as.  There are a number of Terry's quilts in TCQC, including one that was hanging at Houston, "Douglas Fir Cone".  Below is a repost of "Oregon Junco" which I posted in 2011 and 2015.

https://delquilts.blogspot.com/2011/03/terry-grant-quilt-in-tcqc-posted.html

Revisiting a tiny quilt by Terry Grant 

This is such a charming image and reminds me of my childhood in Oregon where the Juncos stayed all year.  With the change in climate I'm not sure what they do now.

The snowflakes are each two tiny white stitches.

"Oregon Junco"  Terry Grant  2007  9" x 9"

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