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Quilters' Workshop Retreat in French Lick, IN
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Phil Beaver's Travelogue Photo Diary Western Alabama Quilt Guild Tuscaloosa, Alabama April 2005 |
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I was invited to join the Western Alabama Quilt Guild at Tuscaloosa for a three-day workshop including slide lecture. The participants were an enthusiastic bunch of top-notch quilters, and soon after I arrived they welcomed me into their group with sincere friendship. Each participant painted four one-half yard pieces of white cotton fabric, and the following photos feature some of these quilters posing with one of their half-yard pieces. The accompanying photo with each individual quilter shares the end product as rendered by each participant. No one found enough hours to bind and finish their work. Everyone, however, painted the two yards of fabric, cut out the pattern pieces, and built the sunflowers and/or poinsettias. Many chose to include rabbits, butterflies, flower containers, pumpkins, and other subject matter, and all quilters layered the batting, back fabric and front surface images. And many moved on to free motion quilting and rough edge appliqué.
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No visit to the deep south would be complete without an azalea souvenir. |
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Jolanta |
Jolanta |
Deb |
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Sherrie |
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Sherrie |
Ana |
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Judy |
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Doris |
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Doris |
Laurie |
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Kathy |
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Candice |
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Candice |
Adelia |
Adelia |
Charlotte |
Charlotte |
Joann |
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Joann |
Steven |
Steven |
Dianne |
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 Dianne |
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 Barbara |
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 Christine |
 Jo |
 Jean |
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Before I boarded for the flight home, Joann led me through a walking tour of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. |
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We spent most of this time in the "old" section of the campus. This is the Govenor's mansion before the state capitol was relocated to Montgomery. This architectural wonder was presented to the University in 1944.
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 President's Mansion |
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| The campus was burned during the Civil War and only four structures remained after the fires. Soon the burned memories were replaced with new and beautiful buildings that exist today. Here are four of the "replacement" masterpieces. | ||||||||||
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| Interiors were done in the same superior and lavish design principles as the exteriors. My tour was becoming a bit overwhelming. |
The Gorgas House was built in 1829 as a university dining hall, remodeled as a residence in 1840, and occupied by the Gorgas family from 1879-1953. This is one of the four structures that was left standing after the Civil War campus fires. |
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And perhaps the sweetest of all,
Maxwell Hall. It was one of the four survivors of the Civil War fires.
(Please enlarge text photo.)
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It was a great workshop and everyone produced superior work, but it had to end and time came for me to return to French Lick. |
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