International Quilt Festival in Long Beach, CA

International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA - begins on Thursday, July 26th at 5:00pm and continues till Sunday, July 29th at the Long Beach Convention Center.  There are classes to take, shopping for fabric, tools, notions, and fabulous quilt exhibits.

Here is what some of the artists who have work in the Rituals exhibit are up to at Festival in Long Beach -

RITUALS EXHIBIT
Located on Main Street in the exhibit area, in between Tactile Architecture and SAQA
Preview Night @ 5pm - Leslie Tucker Jenison and Jamie Fingal will be in the exhibit, selling books and chatting with viewers; come by and say hello

OTHER EXHIBITS

Tactile Architecture
The Artists Village - Frances Holliday Alford, Jamie Fingal, Barb Forrister, Leslie Tucker Jenison, Judy Coates Perez, Kathy York

Text on Textiles

"A Gentle Heart" by Terry Waldron

Twelve by Twelve

with work by Deborah Boschert, Gerrie Congdon, Diane Hock, Karen Rips and Terry Grant.
 

VENDOR AREA
Desiree Habicht will be working in Gingers quilt shoppe booth showing her patterns





CLASSESJane LaFazio - Faculty
7/26, Thursday, Text and Textiles (all day)
7/27, Friday,  Intro to Surface Design (all day)
7/28, Saturday, Create on the Spot, 11:15-12:15, Felt like Stitching
7/28, Saturday, 2-5pm: Rubber Stamps, Design and carve your own 

Judy Coates Perez - Faculty
July 26 Alternatively Bound & Stitched
July 27 Color Theory
July 28 10 Textile Techniques Using Acrylic Inks

more info about Judy's classes http://judyperez.blogspot.com/search/label/IQF%20Long%20Beach%202012  

 Terry Waldron will be teaching "Transparent Terra Firma" at the Saturday Night Sampler from 6:30-8:30PM in the ballroom

SAQA Exhibits
"Masters 2" and "Sense of Adventure" 

Saturday, July 28th - 10:30am with Terry Waldron