Lenore Crawford is featured frequently on our blog. Why? Because she has a knack for making award winning quilts.



Lenore Crawford is featured frequently on our blog. Why? Because she has a knack for making award winning quilts.
Emma in the Looking Glass was made and quilted by Lenore Crawford who won $5,000 from sponsor, Handi Quilter.
You never know who you will run in to on the viewing floor at Road to California.
Standing by the 3rd Place Art Pictorial was the maker and quilter, Margot McDonnell, having her picture taken by her friend to record the honor.What did Margot have to share regarding her winning entry?
A quilter for the past 15 years, Margot said she didn’t normally do quilts like this unless she was “obsessed with the theme.” Moody Beach, Maine, 1957 took 2 years to make. Margot spent the first year just “thinking about it.” “I think a long time before I get going on a project,” said Margot.You don’t see this very often on our Blog, Facebook, and Twitter accounts: a chance to win not one but NINE GIVEAWAYS!!!
Starting today and every Friday until the second week in January, we will be offering prize packages made up of books, patterns, DVD’s and novels– all written and signed by our distinguished Road faculty. The final giveaway on January 9th will include free passes to Road to California 2015 – 20th Anniversary Show, event tickets, and other show surprises.
Here is a preview of what we will be giving away:
Entering is Easy!! There are up to three ways you can enter to win each week:
1) Write a comment on the weekly blog post featuring the giveaway and tell us why you want to win that particular prize.
2) Write a comment on Road to California’s Facebook Page post featuring that week’s giveaway and let us know why you want to win.
3) Tweet out that week’s giveaway on Twitter using the hashtags #road2ca2015 #giveaway and @Road2CA
Entries for a particular week are accepted beginning on the Friday the giveaway is posted until the following Wednesday. Winners will be chosen each week using Random Number Generator and will be announced each Thursday for the previous week’s giveaway on Road’s Facebook Page. Any questions? Contact Caryn at carynpayzant@roadtocalifornia.com
A HUGE THANK YOU to all our faculty who contributed to our giveaways and GOOD LUCK to all who enter!!!
Now, for our first giveaway for November 14,2014:
Here’s what’s included in this week’s giveaway:
Modern Quilts and More by Kimberly Einmo *** Zen Quilting Workbook by Pat Ferguson***Mastering the Art of McTavishing by Karen McTavish***Mastering the Art of Longarm Quilting by Gina Perkes***Four different technique CD’s by Lenore Crawford.
Ready — Set — Enter!!!
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Knowing what it takes to win in an exceptional quilt show provides great credentials for a quilt teacher. Three of Road to California’s upcoming 2015 faculty were winners in Road’s 2014 Contest:
Lenore Crawford:
2014 Outstanding Art Quilt sponsored by SewBatik.
Lenore won $3,000 for her work.
Lenore will be teaching 2 classes at Road 2015:
4601R Thursday – Saturday Fusing/Fabric Painting to Create Impressionable Fabric Art
Lenore will demonstrate her techniques to help you use your own photo to design a fused project utilizing fabric painting and machine quilting.
7003R Sunday Shredded Fabric Art
Students will learn to create their own shredded fabric impressionistic art quilt using a technique originated by Noriko Endo
Jerry Granata:
2014 Third Place: Mini Quilt Sponsored by Busy Bee Quilt Shop
Jerry won $50.00 for his work.
Jerry will be teaching three different level classes on how to quilt using your domestic machine:
3005C Wednesday Introduction to Domestic Machine Quiltling
4006C Thursday Quilting for Show on Your Domestic Machine
6006C Saturday Introduction to Domestic Machine Quilting
In addition, Jerry will be guiding students in a quilt/art form he has perfected:
5006C Friday Quilting with Unusual Fabrics
You will learn how to quilt with unusual items such as silk, satin, vinyl, theatrical gels, even aluminum foil, among many others!
Cathy Wiggins:
Road 2014 Best Painted Surface sponsored by BlocLoc Rulers USAUS LLC
Cathy will be sharing her longarm quilting techniques to assist students in four classes:
3012R Wednesday Quilting for Show
Students will practice techniques as well as walk the show floor to discuss the award winning quilts.
4014R Thursday Discover ‘Your’ Quilting Style
Students will go through a series of exercises to determine their personal quilting style as well as walk the show floor to discuss the award winning quilts.
5013R Friday Quilting the Art Quilt
Cathy will teach how to successfully quilt texture into landscapes, animals, plants and even people.
6012R Saturday Quilting Leather
A hands-on workshop on everything involved with the fun, new medium, leather quilting
Please go to the Road to California website for more details on these upcoming classes. Registration begins Sunday, July 13th at 8:00 a.m. PDT. For information on how to register, visit this previous blog post.
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