Dinner at Eight Artists

Friday, September 13, 2013

An Exquisite Moment featured in Quilting Arts Magazine

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that our exhibit "An Exquisite Moment" is featured in the most current issue of Quilting Arts Magazine! The article is titled "An Exquisite Moment: Inspiring Quilts from the Dinner at Eight Artists." page 38 (Oct/Nov issue)

Please join us in congratulating the artists whose work was selected!

XXOO - Gerri Congdon (on the cover!)
California Dreaming - Diane Doran
Ode to Lavandula - Sheila Frampton-Cooper
The Visitor - Susan Fletcher King
Stitching, interrupted - Pamela Price Klebaum
Geschwindigkeit - Cheryl Sleboda
Winter Walk II - Cynthia St. Charles
Water Dance - Terri Waldron

You can “see what’s inside” and purchase the magazine if you desire. Here’s the URL: http://www.interweavestore.com/quilting-arts-october-november-2013 . It hits newsstands September 24.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Artists Dinner at Festival in Long Beach

One of our favorite traditions is the Artist Dinner associated with each D@8 exhibition. We reserve an evening at each venue the exhibition is showing (when Jamie and I are present) to host a gathering of the remarkable artists who have work in the show.
Here are a few scenes from the dinner for An Exquisite Moment in Long Beach. We invited a few honorary guests to join us.

Here's to strong women.....

Spoon Women

L-R: Cindy Cooksey, Peggy Calvert, Sheila Frampton-Cooper, Jamie Fingal

Pokey Bolton chats with Yvonne Porcella.

Yvonne tells a story...

Happy Leslie

Yvonne and Peggy get a good laugh!

Jamie looks on as each artist talks about her piece in the show.

Jeannie Palmer Moore (center), Rachel Parris, and Leslie

Pokey Bolton, Yvonne Porcella, Cindy Cooksey, Peggy Calvert.

Terry Waldron & Sherry Kleinman

Cindy Cooksey discusses her Exquisite Moment piece.

Stacy Hurt shows the group her quilt in the catalog.

Books were passed around and signed by each artist.

Raise your glasses!

Leslie enjoys looking through the book

Jamie and Sheila share a thought

Jamie, Carmen Beck, and Trix Buhlmann

Thursday, August 8, 2013

"An Exquisite Moment" exhibit debuts at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach

These picture were actually taken on Sunday, getting ready to take the exhibit down. After removing the music stands and plastic tape, we had a clear view of the quilts. The colors flowed well from one end to the other.

front portion

More front, fading to white at the end

other end of front portion

turning the corner

The back

corner and back

end of the back

Our new sign for Dinner at Eight. The @ is not done, but it was close enough for the exhibit in Long Beach. Jamie created them, and Leslie did most of the free motion machine quilting!

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Bonnie McCaffery's Vidcast for Rituals (taped in Houston)

Bonnie McCaffery interviewed all the artists from the "Rituals" exhibition who were present at the 2012 International Quilt Festival in Houston. Please enjoy! Thank you, Bonnie, for the lovely interview!

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Hanging Day at Festival in Long Beach

Greetings! Jamie and I worked on banners to make use of an open wall in our exhibit space at the Long Beach quilt festival. For two days prior to hanging the exhibition we worked in Jamie's studio stitching the already-fused pieces (by Jamie). We had fun working together, as we always do.

Wednesday, July 31: Our wonderful hanging crew met us at the Long Beach Convention Center
to hang "An Exquisite Moment". The crew was amazing! There was quite a "quest" for the proper length of hanging rods amongst the show supplies but we eventually pieced things together. With the great eye for detail Judy and Indigo Perez helped us arrange, then re-arrange pieces so they looked fabulous together. Everyone on the crew: Peggy Calvert, Stacy Hurt, Sherri Kleinman, Jeannie Palmer Moore, and Indigo and Judy Coates Perez were awesome.