Paducah 2022 and a wee one:)

Not my first choice, but rooms

went fast in Paducah this year!

Thankfully the view was pretty

and watching the tugboats

with their multiple barges

was interesting!

I had the wonderful honor

to appraise at the AQS

Paducah show along 

with taking my 

appraiser class.

After work, I was able

to peek about and see

the fabulous quilts on display.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Janet Stone's work 

is magnificient!

Keiko Morihiro's quilt

blew me AWAY!

I am completely inspired

by her lovely,

intricate work.

Linday Roy Never

disappoints!!!

I have been a fan

for many years and 

every time I see

one of her quilts, I stand

and gawk in awe!!

I want to be her when

I grow up:)

While in Paducah, I went 

to see the Red & Green and

the Night Before Christmas

exhibits by Sue Reich.

Here I am with 

my sweet friend, 

Brenda Grampsas' quilt.

Paducah offered wonderful

weather, meals with old

and new friends

and plenty of visual 

overstimulation-lol!

My husband decided to 

come along this year

so that we could make 

a trip north to visit the little 

after all my work was done:)

Gorgeous golden fields

adorn the state of KY

this time of year, keeping

us stocked up with

canola oil.

ALL those miles

on the road were

worth it for this

SMILE!!

Keep Stitchin'

A quick look back before forward to 2020

Hard to believe 20 years have 

passed since this crew was 

together for a new year, decade,

century, millennium!!

We were stationed in Puerto Rico

for 2000 and what a party!

January in Florida is prime

'drink and a nosh on the water' time:)

February was full of appraisals-yay!

March was more hockey watching 

the Bolts kick some ass 

(before imploding later in the season). 

Wearing my new awesome fingerless 

gloves my mom made for me:)

I find them so comfortable for 

handwork too.

April brought a new adventure working

the Connecting Threads booth in Paducah

with this crazy crew!  SO FUN

Meet Amy, Barb, & Micki.

May showed me my 

cutting table for the first 

time in Months...(over a year)!
It was clean once....

Too bad it hasn't stayed clean:)

June was another workshop but  

closer to home.

Thank you Largo Cracker Quilters

July we met some local people

for a day out in Clearwater.

We had a lot of fun once I 

forced my husband out of the house-HA!

August was the BIG trip to 

Grand Rapids, MI for my

long awaited appraisal test!

Great little city and I made 

some new friends too.

My baby girl came to visit

while I was there too!

September brought the news that I PASSED

my appraisal test when I just knew I hadn't...lol

We also celebrated the wedding of

my sweet Lauren to her sweet Clayton!

October brought another birthday

and my baby girls sent me 

this sweet floral arrangement:)

October/November fulfilled 

another bucket item!!!

I was part of the 2019 faculty

at Houston International Festival-WOOT!

Here's to being picked up again for 2020:)

Great life long friends came to 

spend Thanksgiving with us and 

we took them to their first pro

hockey game. So Fun being with them!!!

We have ages of shared history

and love.

I am Very Excited to look forward 

to 2020!!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

~R

Cheryl Sleboda of Muppin.com 

for more blogs to follow.

AQS Publishes Robin's Wreaths

IT'S HERE!!

The magazine hit AQS member mailboxes early 

June and newsstands late June. 

"Robin's Wreaths" will be the series quilt

 this year presented in 5 parts.

If you are not a member, consider becoming one. 

There are many other benefits like all the

access to their digital content as well 

(a treasure trove in itself).

 Plus as a member you can find the first issue in the

 Members Only section of the website:) 

And, my name is on the cover which for some reason

 I completely didn't expect and 

therefore am surprised and delighted!

 Here is the layout on page 18....

"ROBIN'S WREATHS" at Paducah

in the Authors Section!!!

This quilt will also be displayed at the Grand Rapids, Virginia Beach, and Fall Paducah AQS shows this year.  I am On Tour:)

I started a Facebook Group for those of you that would like to sew with friends and receive extra tips on my process for making this quilt.  The above picture shows the Group header and 

click JOIN to become a part of the fun!

The Group name is Robin's Wreaths, AQ Magazine

 Part 2 reviews have been done and ready for printing....

I do hope you will follow me on FB: 

https://www.facebook.com/NestlingsbyRobin

Instagram: @nestlings1 and sign up for my newsletter

by emailing me at robin@nestlingsbyrobin.com

THANK YOU!

Crystal Coast Quilt Show 2009

The quilt show was wonderful as usual. We had over 120 entries along with the Alzheimer's:Forgetting Piece by Piece exhibit. I conducted a bead demo on Friday and Saturday with positive turn out and sign ups for a September class.

This is 'Swarley' (long story for a goofy name). 'Swarley' didn't make it to Paducah this year but was juried into the Mancuso Mid Atlantic show in February and won an Honorable Mention at the guild show in the group quilt category. It is all hand appliqued and then long arm quilted by my friend Beth Denmon, Illinois.
This is 'UP UP UP' and my entry for the guild challenge. Our challenge this year was to correspond with the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Innitiative in size only. Requirements were that the piece not be bigger than 9" x 12" to fit a priority envelope, monochromatic, and have a theme of Journey.

I chose a photograph of a balloon from a festival we used to attend every September in St. Louis. As I watched every year I imagined the journeys the participants would have along their path. It won 2nd place for 'Most Unusual Journey' and will eventually be donated to the Alzheimers Innitiative.

Last but not least is 'Wonder Under the Waves' by the Beachrageous group of Susan Hinzman, Lynn Strausbach, Mary Henris, Robin Koehler, and Eileen Williams-respectively.

It really is stunning hanging all together and everyone was impressed.

Hope you enjoyed the mini quilt show.