Quilt Festival…the early Classes….
Well, I’m a bit of a dolt… here I get to teach in Houston at Quilt Festival, which frankly is a GINORMOUS career leap, and I forget to take the camera to take pictures of my classes not just Monday, but Tuesday as well! So, I only have a couple pictures from Fine Finishes (the bindings class) and Machine Applique 3 Ways. Sigh…. This picture is of the front of the room. I was lucky to be in the Janome classroom, the same one, all four days, so I could just lock up my stuff at night and didn’t have to pack and move. The IQA staff are the ONLY ones with the keys–not even the convention center has them for the duration–so your stuff is safe!
Of course, I took home the laptop, videocam (for live demos projected up on the foam-core in lieu of screen) and digital projector. Have I mentioned that a prime requirement to being a quilt teacher is a strong back and wheeled everything? I think the worst thing about traveling to teach quilting is airports and air travel; the second worst thing is schlepping stuff everywhere…being a human pack mule! Anyway, I did something fun (inspired by Jan Krentz‘s classroom intro), and did up a pre-class slide show set on autoplay of Where I Live… how many miles from Camden, ME to Houston, TX, what our neighborhood looks like, and our lovely town and, since everyone is always curious, my studio/workspace (with the requisite pics of the adorable pug). I’m happy to say it went over well. As soon as class began at 8, that show went off and class began. FUN!
This is the “store” area with my book, patterns and assorted stuff folks might need (but forgot to bring) in class. I ONLY sell things I will use, so if they don’t sell, I have a goodly supply of stuff I like!
The ironing station, as you can see, is just to the left.
Here’s a view of the classroom from behind my table, at the front:
Since I have a TON of pictures from the Wednesday class, Tame Fussy Fiddly Threads, I think I’ll do a separate post tomorrow with those, then later in the weekend the Thursday postcards class. The latter was small but boy did those ladies have fun! So did I!
November 14th, 2009 at 8:12 am
With so much to schlepp around, it’s amazing you remember anything!