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We have been watching and all indications show Earl arriving Friday evening and blowing his "Earl-lite" bad breath around during the night hours on Friday and wee hours of Saturday morning. We begin setup this morning and the first sessions start today. It is possible that there may be some alterations to the schedule, but as for now - the seminar is not cancelled and the hearty New Englanders continue to arrive for the event.
Whoo-hoo!
Notice my new shirt!
The locals on the Cape and at the conference center are moving forward with "business as usual". One New Englander says, "Don't worry, Ricky, we New Englanders are a hardy bunch. A little or a lot of rain and wind won't stop us. We'll all show up!"
We are formulating some possible adjustments to the schedule for Friday evening, but for now, nothing has changed and we're looking for an exciting, memorable event. Stay tuned here for additional updates or changes.
See you soon!!! Whoo-hoo!
Tuesday, August 31, 2:30pm
We continue to watch the reports on Hurricane Earl and expect a rainy windy weekend. At this time there are no plans to cancel the event. Please check back here for updates.
Reports:
This from Cape Cod Today - 08/31/10 · 12:21 pm
Earl will most likely miss us. His forecast track takes him 100 miles SE of Cape Cod. That takes the true force off the hurricane off the table for us. You'll have to make an extra effort (surfing, kite-flying, etc...) if you wish, for whatever reasons you may have, to perish in this storm.
However, even a near-miss from a storm like the Duke could pound us out pretty badly here on the C Double. Our local forecasters all agree that the storm will miss us to the SE, yet they all also agree that Cape Cod and all of SE Massachusetts could suffer tropical storm conditions...Earl Lite.
Keep in mind, the margin of error in a forecast track is 100 miles a day as the storm nears us. Earl could curve to the east and we'd never see him. I consider this to be the second highest probability. Read the entire article.
For those who may be wondering what's up with our Hyannis Seminar and Hurricane Earl. We are keeping an eye on things. We do not expect having to cancel this event - quite the contrary, we plan to be hearty quilters and weather it together.
On Saturday morning, Justin and I left La Veta driving east and as of this post we are between Erie, PA, and Buffalo, NY. We will arrive in Hyannis on Tuesday evening.
Please visit this blog to find out if there are any changes to that plan. - Hyannis and Hurricane Earl - here we come! Whoo-hoo!
This just in from Facebook - gotta love it! I'm with you Vicki!
"Hi Ricky - Earl or no Earl, I'm packing my bags this evening and will be heading out tomorrow for the Cape. No hurricane is going to stop me from this event. I'll see you in Hyannis."
Justin and I are currently on a four day drive from Colorado to Cape Cod on the east coast - yes, expecting hurricane Earl to be a problem. During the drive I've been tweeting and posting on Facebook and The Quilt Show and folks wanted us to wave as we whizzed pass their town. I suggested someone get a quilt and tell us what mile marker they would be at and we would have the world's first drive-by quilting. We'll, it worked!!
Kathyl in Iowa City was following us and sent a message that she would be at the overpass at mile marker 242. Sure enough, we waved and snapped a photo as we zoomed by. Follow me on Facebook and Twitter for faster updates.
Kathyl, thanks for playing. Maybe more drive-by quiltings will happen today - we're on day three of four days. Oh, and then there's the drive home (wink).
Read all about drive-by quitlings here.
Today I started making a mini-quilt for the miniature auction at the International Quilt Festival. The proceeds benefit the International Quilt Association. If you are heading to Houston for festival, be sure to stop by and take a look.
This is just the start of it. I'm heading off to a Ricky Tims Super Quilt Seminar in Cape Cod and won't be able to work on this one again until I get back.
Life sure got in the way after Big Bear arrived, but we managed to get it hauled out to Autumn Rock and the poles were raised. You can guess the next step.
This week I had a student at retreat who was working on a quilt that I thought could benefit from a particular technique - a la Libby Lehman. However, she wasn't "seeing it." So, I spent some early morning time before class creating a small sample. I liked the sample enough to quilt and finish it. After seeing this, the student "got" it and loved pursuing her project in a similar manner.
Sometimes doing something small and quick can be a real shot in the "creative" arm. There's a couple of technical things I wish were different, but the fact is - I had fun - and I like it. I'm open to a better title if you have suggestions.
Do you ever side step from a big project just to do something small and fun - to break the monotony? If not, maybe today is a good day to do just that!
Lifelines II by Ricky Tims (40" x 30")
Susan, my newest collector!
Detail of Lifelines II
I'm happy to present my newest quilt, Lifelines II (approx. 40" x 30"). The technique used is the improvisational technique I call Quilting Caveman Style. That means there are no templates, no rulers, no measuring, and no quarter-inch seams. Whoo-hoo!
Of course, the fabrics are hand-dyed in the bright colors I love so much. It is quilted with Rainbow thread by Superior, in particular the one called Carnival.
This new quilt belongs to my good friend Susan who lives in Wichita Falls, TX.
We had a wonderful quilt seminar in Rocklin, California with about 650 attending making it our second largest super quilt seminar ever! Whoo-hoo! Many thanks to the Foothills Quilters guild who enlisted volunteers and to Colleen Voet who started this ball rolling in 2006 and stuck with us for four years.
Everyone who attends the seminars attend all the sessions. There is no sewing, no class selection, just intense learning and a LOT of fun.
As always, thank you Bernina of America for the support and hat’s off to Meissner’s Sewing Center for providing a beautiful 830 for the stage.
Find upcoming seminars and information here.
Read what others are saying. Check out these blogs from those who attended the Rocklin seminar.
Redefined – Whoo-hoo – by Sandi G
Quilt With Us – Rosalie Hughes
