{"id":899,"date":"2013-06-12T07:18:22","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T14:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=899"},"modified":"2013-06-12T07:18:22","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T14:18:22","slug":"traveling-the-world-over-for-the-love-of-quilts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/12\/traveling-the-world-over-for-the-love-of-quilts\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling The World Over For the Love Of Quilts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;\">Luisa and Mary are two quilt loving sisters from northern California, who travel the world going to different quilt shows. They have been to The Hague, Netherlands, Austria, the \u201call states region\u201d in the south of France, and even Bali to take a \u201cbatik lovers\u201d tour. Why so many exotic places? Because they love to travel, and they love to foster their common appreciation for quilting.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/traveling-the-world-over-for-the-love-of-quilts\/attachment\/hall__i4c5713\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-901\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-901 aligncenter\" alt=\"hall__i4c5713\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hall__i4c5713.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Their interest in sewing started with their mother who was a Home Economics teacher that encouraged her daughters to sew their own clothes. Mary got in to quilting in the \u201880\u2019s, followed by Luisa in the \u201890\u2019s. Mary started as a traditional quilter but enjoys the art type quilts today. Luisa prefers applique quilting.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/traveling-the-world-over-for-the-love-of-quilts\/attachment\/exhibits__i4c6441\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-900\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-900 aligncenter\" alt=\"exhibits__i4c6441\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/exhibits__i4c6441.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Since raising their families, Mary and Luisa have more free time to pursue their joint quilt travels. Luisa and Mary choose to travel with quilt and textile tour groups. They prefer this method of traveling because, \u201cYou don\u2019t have to worry about your luggage, traffic, or making reservations.\u201d They try to take a quilt tour every three years. This year was the first time they had come to Road. They specifically chose Country Heritage Tours for this trip because Road to California was one of the featured stops. Having heard for years what a great show Road was, they were anxious to check it out for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">When asked if there was a difference between the international quilt shows and Road, Luisa remarked that the international shows are bigger because they feature several different countries at one location. With so many contributors, there is a big mix of quilting styles. They said that no matter where you go, you still see a lot of American influences. At Road, they appreciated the friendly atmosphere and smaller exhibits. They also enjoyed the different vendors.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/traveling-the-world-over-for-the-love-of-quilts\/attachment\/people__i4c6333\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-902\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-902\" alt=\"people__i4c6333\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/people__i4c6333.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Have you ever wanted to go to a quilt show in another country?\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0<\/p>\n\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/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":[22,26,32],"tags":[1022],"class_list":["post-899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-road-2013","category-road-to-california","tag-quilt-travel"],"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\/899","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=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}