Clearly, ONE DAY is not really enough time to do a big show like the Wisconsin Quilt Expo. I did my best to pack every minute of my time there -- but I know I missed a lot.
The one exhibit I was really looking forward to was the Landscape Quilt Exhibit. Many of you know that Nancy's happy place was making landscape quilts. Her quilting buddy was the wonderful Natale Sewell -- and together, they created MAGIC.
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| Of course, they wrote several books on the topic they loved. |
Nancy died last November, and Natale died in July...so seeing this exhibit, and thinking of the two of them, together, quilting and laughing and creating...was going to be very emotional.
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| It was a wonderful exhibit. |
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| As far as I'm concerned, Natale and Nancy came together and created a new art form... |
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| It felt like I was in a wonderful art gallery... |
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| This one is my personal favorite. |
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| My mother's favorite flower was the iris. |
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| Each quilt reminded me of an earlier time with Nancy... |
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| All the times Mary and I shared a cup of tea in Nancy's office...every wall decorated with one of her landscape quilts. |
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| Or the time I was the auctioneer at Nancy's fundraising event -- and a print of this quilt was auctioned off... |
That print is hanging somewhere in Texas....
Nancy Zieman changed many peoples lives -- including mine. And I am grateful.
But I miss her.
I could not sew to save my life, just quilts. But I LOVED watching Nancy!!! So nice and so positive. She made me feel like I actual could make the project. and her ideas! wonderful! I was so saddened by her loss. You have my sympathy.
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