Friday, October 14, 2011

Trunk Show

Yesterday presented a delightful opportunity to meet Wayne and Linda. They were at a quilt shop in my city to present a trunk show, a small part of the quilts from Wayne's amazing mind. For this display, he used quilts that came from the idea of nine-patches and pinwheels only. Each quilt is named after a town in our province. The variety is astonishing. You can go to his blog and click on that category from a list down the side.

While the quilts were even better "in live" than the photos and ideas from the blog, the best part for me was the delightful personalities of Wayne and Linda. They are fun, down-to-earth and very friendly. This matches both their talents in designing and making quilts. 

Hop on over to Wayne's sketchbook and poke around. He has a website, a book on designing, and another one in process. If you are every in Alberta, look him up. He sells patterns too, and his patterns are not only well-executed, but he also gives several suggestion in each for variations in using them, a real bargain that shows his heart... he wants everyone to share in the fun of "I designed this myself!"

Thanks for a super couple of hours, Wayne and Linda!
 

2 comments:

Wayne Kollinger said...

Elsie

Thanks for the kind words.

Linda and I enjoyed our visit to Edmonton. We met a nice bunch of ladies.

However, you may have gotten me into trouble. You ended your post by saying thanks Wayne and Barb. Linda keeps asking me who Barb is.

Elsie Montgomery said...

Oh, that's funny! I know a Wayne and Barb... so it was a senior moment! I fixed it. No, Linda, there is no Barb. Heehee