{"id":76,"date":"2009-05-12T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/road-to-california\/76\/"},"modified":"2009-05-12T11:37:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T18:37:00","slug":"76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/12\/76\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

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Paula Reid<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.battsintheattic.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Paula\u2019s classes will be sponsored by Bernina and she will be teaching three days of machine quilting classes.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

How many years have you been quilting?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\"\" \n\n

19 years<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

What motivated you to start quilting?<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

A friend of mine took my husband and I to a quilt show in 1990 and she and I were looking at the quilts for so long that my husband thought I might like to try it and bought all the rotary cutting equipment from one of the vendors.\u00a0 I made my first quilt three weeks later.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Where have you traveled in your quilting teaching career?<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

All over the US and to Switzerland to visit the Bernina factory!<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

What is the most, unusual, frightening, funny, frustrating experience you have had in your quilting career?<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

For years I had a machine quilting business, typically quilting about 3 quilts a week for customers.\u00a0 Every year, between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I would go into total panic mode trying to get everybody\u2019s quilts done for Christmas giving.\u00a0 Every year I absolutely knew I wouldn\u2019t be able to get them all done, but the worst year was the one I finished the last one on Dec. 22!<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Who is your favorite author?<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

I have so many, but right now it has to be mystery writer Allison Brennan<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

What is the last book you read or are reading?<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Embarrassed to say this, but I am reading the middle book of a vampire trilogy set in Victorian times, <\/span>Rises the Night<\/span><\/u> by Colleen Gleason<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

What is your birth order, only child, first, second, third, or ??<\/span> <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

I\u2019m the oldest of two girls, but my sister is the bossiest<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Where did you grow up?<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Buffalo NY until 7<\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span><\/sup> grade, then Sacramento CA until college<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Where did you go to college?<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

UCLA<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Do you have children \u2013 grandchildren?<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

I have three grandchildren \u2013 Sidney (boy) 11, Vanessa 8 and Zoe, almost 3<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Do you have any pets? <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

No<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

What is your favorite food?<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Cr\u00e8me brulee \u2013 food of the gods<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Do you have any other hobbies besides quilting?<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

Cooking \u2013 no easier way to get instant gratification<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

What would be on your \u201cbucket list\u201d (like the movie) if you could do anything and money was no object?<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n

I would travel all over the world taking cooking classes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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