ATCs from International Quilt Festival

As promised, here is a shot showing all the ATCs I traded for at International Quilt Festival a few weeks ago. What fun! The swap was hosted by Quilting Arts and Cloth Paper Scissors magazines, and took place in the Make It University/Open Studios area on the convention center floor.

In this shot, Michele Muska talks about her work as part of Open Studios, and you can see the ATC trade wall in the background:


Lots of the cards I traded for came from people in Texas, but a few came from farther away. This is the first time I’ve ever participated in an ATC swap. I only met a handful of the people whose cards came home with me. Here’s some of the information on the back of the cards about the artists:

First column (far left):
1. Stalker by Ruth Steinhagen
2. Yellow Flower by Linn Shimek
3. Go raibh maith agat by Colette in the UK (Gaelic for thank you)
4. Secret Agent by Kim DeCosto

Second column:
1. "Wishing for Fall Foliage" by Lou Castaneda of Austin, Texas
2. Love flower by Katie of Flying Woman Studio, Austin, Texas
3. "Paris for Jesse" (7 of 36) by Colleen Bouchard
4. "Vintage Garden" by Ann Mays

Third column:
1. Cake by Kaye Martindale
2. Moth by Jennifer L of Waller, Texas
3. Yellow flower by Katie of Flying Woman Studio, Austin, Texas
4. Green by Lyric Kinard of Raleigh, NC

Fourth column:
1. Fish by Madalyn Sibley, 10 years old ("I love art!")
2. "Cassy Zinnia" by Lynn Shimek of Sebring, Florida
3. Green by Ann Buzzalino of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
4. Red and gold by Nicole Rivera of Fresno, Texas
5. Witch by Deb Morley of Hockley, Texas
6. "35 and Counting" by Dorothy Cochran of Lufkin, Texas

Fifth column:
1. Men on moon by Ruth Swinhagen
2. 35 Years at the Big Dance" by Sherry BOram
3. Bee by Lori Bedo of Jacksonville, Florida
4. Butterfly by Lori Bedo of Jacksonville, Florida
5. Gold on gold by Nicole Rivera of Fresno, Texas
6. Boo by Lynn Shimek of Sebring, Florida

Sixth column:
1. "Paris for Jesse" (28 of 36) by Colleen Bouchard
2. Black stalks by Kate Kline of Tulsa, Oklahoma
3. Yukon Sam by Ruth Swinhagen
4. Space girl by Sharon of Houston, Texas

Here are the cards I made and traded:


Sharon, the artist who created the last card on my list, got one of my ATCs, and posted about it on her blog, E14Studio. Cool.