While in Houston for quilt Market & Festival recently, Anita Grossman Solomon (of Make it Simpler) and I met with Jackie Kunkel for a podcast interview. Please join us!

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Location: International Quilt Festival, Houston

Topics:

• Make it Simpler Fusible on a roll;
• Cathedral Window quilt design (example);
• Barbara Johannah; Georgia Bonesteel;
• Timeless Treasures Fabrics – Hollyhock Garden;
• Quick Star Quilts; Quick Diamond Quilts;
• Glowing Jewels quilt pattern;
• I Do, Too quilt by Cherri House;
• personalized phone cases Case-Mate.com;
• 2014 Sochi Olympics logo & theme;
• Lone Star Quilts DVD.

Jan with Anita Solomon, Schoolhouse - Starburst quilt

–I am looking forward to this new series! Watch on your local PBS station this fall (2011):

http://www.whyquiltsmatter.org/welcome/  If your local station does not carry the program, please write or call and request they add it to their programming! You may also purchase the series on DVD for future viewing.

The Kentucky Quilt Project – Why Quilts Matter

Today was really interesting! Don and I went to Balboa Park’s  Natural History Museum to see the exhibit “Body Works“. If you have not seen it in person, you will marvel at the inner workings of the human body – the muscles, organs, tendons, nerves and blood vessels are all real. Humans have donated their bodies upon death to the scientific plastification process so the rest of us may benefit from seeing the human body in a unique way.

In addition to the “Body Works” exhibition, we enjoyed viewing the water-wise exhibit educating Southern Calfornians about our water source (90% imported) and extreme water conditions (drought) ever seen on record. The Museum of Natural History has a wonderful prehistoric exhibit with dinosaurs, skeletal remains from archaelogical excavations and much more!

Find this museum at Balboa Park right near the big fountain. Weekends are a popular time for families and tourists alike to enjoy the many museums, gardens and sidewalk musicians at Balboa Park.