{"id":8168,"date":"2021-01-26T21:37:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T05:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.road2ca.com\/blog\/?p=8168"},"modified":"2021-01-26T21:37:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T05:37:37","slug":"the-debut-of-roadhome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/26\/the-debut-of-roadhome\/","title":{"rendered":"The Debut of Road@Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Were you part of the historic debut of Road@Home<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 20 \u2013 23, 2021 was the debut of Road@Home, Road to California\u2019s online quilters conference. Road@Home wasn\u2019t simply a virtual version of our premier in-person event. It quickly became a stand-alone experience enjoyed by participants from all over the world. \u00a0Teacher Heather Kojan<\/a> commented, how the debut of Road@Home provided the opportunity for many teachers (including herself) and students to participate in a Road to California show where in the past, it was too time and distance prohibitive to join in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Debut of Road@Home Classes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Offering an online show enabled Road to offer the most classes ever <\/strong>along with the most teachers than ever before.<\/strong> The faculty roster listed over 130 instructors teaching well over 300 classes. Quilt Making, Professional Development for Quilters, and Fabric Art classes provided a well-rounded offering to choose from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attendance varied from class to class. Some classes were \u201csold out\u201d (like Road to California\u2019s award winning quilter Nancy Prince\u2019s<\/a>) and others just a handful of students. Cyndi McChesney\u2019s <\/a>\u201cMath for Quilter\u2019s class\u201d had just four students who appreciated the \u201cindividual attention\u201d<\/strong> they received. Said one student, \u201cThis was a really great class. I was so glad there was only four of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Debut<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the half-day and all-day classes, the debut of Road@Home also offered Road\u2019s traditional Lecture Classes<\/a>. The Lectures were presented by Road@Home faculty and lasted any where from one to one and a half hours. Participants could sign up for a lecture up to one hour before the session started and the cost was just $20. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Debut of Road@Home Vendors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Even though it was an online show, participants could still shop with over 40 vendors who offered special Road@Home deals throughout the show. Sponsors like Moore\u2019s Sewing Center<\/a>, SewBatik<\/a>, and Cherrywood Fabrics <\/a>delighted participants with videos of their featured products. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Exhibits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s a quilt show without quilts? Road@Home participants were treated to 1,000\u2019s of quilts to view. While scaled down, awards were still presented to quilts entered in the debut of Road@Home\u2019s quilt contest. Entrants submitted their quilts in three categories: \u201cCould be Grandma\u2019s Quilt,\u201d \u201cWhat You See,\u201d and \u201cWhat you think you see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unique Special Exhibit was presented by Martingale<\/a> and featured the professional photographs found in 33 of their new and popular titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Road@Home Best of Show, Remembering<\/em> by Linda Anderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Special Announcements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The debut of Road@Home also provided a platform for three new Road to California projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s Sew Road<\/strong>, a weekly talk show format featuring Road to California\u2019s owner, Matt Reese, and quilt personality, Linda Hahn. Beginning in March<\/strong>, tune in to Road\u2019s YouTube Channel to see interviews of famous people in the quilting world plus lots of quilt silliness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Road@Home Education<\/strong> is happening May 21 \u2013 23, 2021 and will be a show that traces its origin back to the beginning of Road to California when it was simply an educational conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The International Sewing Arts Festival<\/strong> will debut January 13 \u2013 15, 2022, the weekend before the traditional, in-person Road to California happening January 19 \u2013 22, 2022 at the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario California. ISAF is a first of its kind conference dedicated to sewing: sewing for garments, sewing for home d\u00e9cor, and general sewing.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Debut<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Look for blog articles soon that will dive deep into each of these events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The debut of Road@Home was a leap of faith to meet the need of providing a quality online quilt show in the time of a worldwide pandemic. We were pleased with the results and look forward to expanding Road to California\u2019s online presence as we prepare for our traditional offering in-person show in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Were you part of the historic debut of Road@Home? January 20 \u2013 23, 2021 was the debut of Road@Home, Road to California\u2019s online quilters conference. Road@Home wasn\u2019t simply a virtual version of our premier in-person event. It quickly became a stand-alone experience enjoyed by participants from all over the world. \u00a0Teacher Heather Kojan commented, how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8174,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168\/revisions\/8174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}