{"id":95,"date":"2008-06-23T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-23T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/road-to-california\/2009-faculty-christine-porter\/"},"modified":"2008-06-23T12:39:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-23T19:39:00","slug":"2009-faculty-christine-porter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/23\/2009-faculty-christine-porter\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 Faculty – Christine Porter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>\n\n\n\nChristine Porter, Stoke Bishop, Bristol, United Kingdom<\/span>
www:christineporterquilts.com<\/a>\n\nChristine will be teaching four classes: Chevrons, Tumbling Blocks, Patchwork Pavements and Chinese Lanterns. She will also be one of the judges.\n\nMore about Christine<\/span><\/span>\n\nCarolyn:<\/span> How many years have you been quilting?
Christine:<\/span> About 20 years but have been sewing since I was a child taught by my grandmother and mother.\n\nCarolyn:<\/span> What motivated you to start quilting?
Christine:<\/span> On a visit to the American Museum in Bath, I saw the collection of antique quilts, I was so moved and it literally changed my life. I gave up my career as a college lecturer in Health Studies to become a quilter.\n\nCarolyn:<\/span> Where have you traveled in your quilting teaching career?
Christine:<\/span> I have traveled the world: USA, Canada, Norway, France, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, all over the UK including England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. I also teach once a year on cruises for Quilt Celebration based in Seattle. www.quiltcelebration.com <\/a>I will be teaching on a Baltic cruise this coming July\/August\n\nCarolyn:<\/span> What is the most, unusual, frightening, funny, frustrating experience you have had in your quilting career?
Christine:<\/span> Difficult to say without incriminating others!\n\nCarolyn:<\/span> Does anyone else in your family quilt?
Christine:<\/span> I am teaching my grandchildren aged 7 and 8 but I seem to have missed out on my own children\n\nCarolyn:<\/span> What is your birth order, only child, first, second, third, or??
Christine:<\/span> Second child
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Carolyn:<\/span> Where did you grow up?
Christine: On the Isle of Wight in the south of England\n\nCarolyn:<\/span> Do you have children \u2013 grandchildren?
Christine:<\/span> I have 3 children, two daughters and a son and 5 grandchildren – don’t get me started on them, it is a love like none other. (I also greatly love my husband!)
Photo is Daniel and his dragon quilt.\n\nCarolyn:<\/span> Do you have any pets?
Christine:<\/span> We have a black Labrador called Rosie\n\nCarolyn:<\/span> What is your favorite food?
Christine:<\/span> I like especially seafood – lobsters and a good white wine with them\n\nCarolyn:<\/span> What would be on your \u201cbucket list\u201d (like the movie) if you could do anything and money was no object?
Christine:<\/span> I would fly first class everywhere and have a house in the south of France or Tuscany
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Carolyn:<\/span> Do you have any other hobbies besides quilting?
Christine:<\/span> We (My husband and I) love gardening and open our garden to the public once a year.
We also love traveling especially to Europe and photographing tiled floors in Italy and exploring the vineyards on our travels all over the world
Cooking is also a great love of mine]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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