Mom, GLFF, & More Quilts

Mom was able to return home today. Her labs were showing good results after the transfusion and adjustments to her meds. Her swelling was down and she was in less pain. Doug and Xander will visit her and bring her home. I am relieved that she did not have to stay any longer. The doctor said her leg is going to turn all sorts of colors and could take about a year for all of the bruise/hematoma to go away.

I finally made it the Great Lakes Folk Festival today!!! At the M.A.C. stage I met up with Ruth, Carol Se, and Lisa and we saw Revillons! a group of musicians from Quebec. Their music genre is called Quebecois. They sang in French and played great music. It was very danceable too. From that stage I headed to the City Hall stage to see French Connections. It was a combo of two or three people from three different bands that all have musical roots from French Canada: Quebecois, Acadian, and Cajun. These are some of my favorite folk music types. I would have to add Cape Breton fiddle as well. Luckily the City Hall stage had a covered tent because the sky opened up and rained. Not too hard, but enough to get everything wet. The music played by the musicians was fantastic and no one wanted to leave the tent event though the rain had pretty much stopped. I ventured on to the Dance stage to see Jeffrey Broussard & The Creole Cowboys. Fantastic!! They play Zydeco another danceable type of music and it has Cajun roots. It was fun and lively, one of my favorites.

I didn't want to miss seeing my friend Anshu at the Henna Tattoo tent so I headed over to Valley Court. Anshu is from India and she teaches this folk art, by day she helps handle the budget for the State of Michigan.

My tattoo will last a few weeks, I hope. Last year I got one on the top of my foot and I loved it.

The weather got cool and the sky got darker and threatening looking so I headed home early. I was thankful to see a few of the groups I wanted to see and greatly disappointed that I did not get to enjoy all the music I had hoped to hear. Oh well, there is always next year.

This evening I have been watching the Beijing Olympics. I got to see Dara Torres and her teammates win a gold medal in the medley last night and I hope to watch more of the women's and men's swimming tonight.


Well here are more pictures from NQA in Columbus in 2007. Enjoy!
Unique technique.
Love it.
This reminds me of the work of Picasso.
Up close.
OOH!!!

Must have been a bad hair day.
Unique technique.
Up close.
Black and White and "Read" All Over.
This one combines photos and fabric. Cool.
Close up.
A woven quilt.
Flower Power.
Up close.
Closer. Love that orange.
Fuscia. A prize winner.
Up close. Great applique.
Up close.
I just loved this leaf quilt.
A close up.

Another close up.
And another.
I must have been thinking about making a replica. I took lots of photos of this one.
This quilt of a turtle was fantastic. Great use of fabric.
A bright mosaic.

Caladium.
More great colors.
A quilt of a quilted coat.
Now this is ART!!
Wonderful landscape with an egret.