Three wonderful days in the surroundings of Houston:
Galveston Island, Brazos Bend State Park and George Ranch Historical Park.
Thursday we were back in the George Brown Convention Center
for Quiltfestival. A beautiful exhibition with great quilts. Even quilts from
Europe: there was an exhibition with the prize winning quilts from the Open
European Quilt Championship.
And very many booths: bags, jewellry, sewing machines,
clothes, scissors, buttons, rulers, even massage and healthy shoes. Less fabric
than we expected. Many visitors were fancy dressed because of Halloween. The
atmosphere was wonderful.
In the afternoon Maaike had a book signing at The
Craftsmen's Touch-books from Bemidji, Minnesota. A large booth with several
authors signing their books. Maaike was sitting beneath mystery writer Clare
O'Donohue and mystery writer Arlene Sachitano was sitting just around the
corner.
Friday Maaike bought a lot fabric for new projects and we visited the exhibition again.
The George Brown Convention Center is centrally located in
Houston. At the backside a highway and in the front the city with the beautiful
park: the Discovery Green. Houston is a nice and hospitable city.
Have a nice day, Maaike
(time to come home, Maaike....with my book....Françoise)
