Since I had to fly out of Houston Sunday morning, I missed the entire last day of the show. It was not until I was back home that I was told that “Prairie Fire� had sold during the show. I had several inquiries about purchasing it, but so far I do not know who bought it. I hope they enjoy living with it as much as I have.

Before I left on Saturday, I checked the status of my “Prairie Fire Mini� in the Silent Auction and it was at $260.00. I’m anxious to see what it eventually brought and who got it.

There were lots of opportunities to purchase quilts at Festival, and I was lucky enough to come away with two 12 x 12� pieces from the SAQA Auction.

“Squirrel Food� by Nancy G. Cook and “Woman Of The Year� by Bodil Gardner. I feel very fortunate to have them as they are both beautiful and made by artists that I admire. It was great to see the actual quiltlets on display- they are even better in person than on-line, and I am thrilled to have them.

The purchaser of my little Yorkie postcard for the Pet Project came by where I was sitting with “Prairie Fire” to tell me how much she loved it and I was so glad someone got it that really appreciated the work in it.  I think I heard that this will be an ongoing feature at festival so I hope to get an earlier start on some cards for next year. I know that this year’s event surpassed the goal for the no-kill shelter in Houston.

For the last couple of days I have had a table at my quilt guild to sell no longer needed items — my plan was to re-home some books that I no longer need. Mostly traditional or beginner or historical that I haven’t opened in forever that are taking up valuable space that art quilt books want to live in. There were hundreds and I sold 35!!  Not too bad! I also sold a wonderful Pfaff sewing machine that I didn’t need, since I also have my Bernina and a Viking for back up. And one of my 12 X 12 pieces mounted on stretched canvas – “For Wrent”. And some acrylic template sets and stabilizers and other stuff I’ll never use. It was a very successful endeavor that I may have to do again!

Today I am off to staff the Topeka Art Guild Gallery all day long – it is going to be a very cold day with the possibilities of snow flurries in the afternoon – yuk! So being inside is the thing to do. Maybe I will have time to think about my next project.