{"product_id":"toulouse-betty-ford-smith","title":"Toulouse","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetty Ford-Smith created \"Toulouse\" originally as a teaching piece and ended up dedicating it to her French friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetty says of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eToulouse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\"This quilt weighs 28 pounds. I started this quilt as a demonstration piece for the Florida Folk Festival, but completed it for the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. I dedicated it to my French friends after returning from a teaching trip to France.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist Statement\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003e\"I started this quilt one week before participating in the 2018 Florida Folk Festival in White Springs, Florida, during the three-day weekend of May 30, 2018. I worked on my quilt at the Festival and then nine days later, I left for France. I continued working on the quilt when I returned from France. The quilt reminded me each day, row after row, of Southwest France, Toulouse, Penne, Bezac, and Salvage and the fantastic time I had there. I kept thinking of the cheese, the purple flowers, the food, the gardens, farms, pigeon houses, and the friendship of all the women I met. I could still see the old houses on the hills, the rivers, the churches, cemeteries, and the memories of women bending over their first pine cone quilt lesson with me. It seemed fitting to name my 10th quilt \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eToulouse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e because of the memories.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e Betty Ford-Smith \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eQuilter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Betty Ford-Smith \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eYear Made:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2018 \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOwned By:\u003c\/strong\u003e NA \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e NA \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eShows \u0026amp; Museums:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Quilt Museum - Paducah, Kentucky \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAwards:\u003c\/strong\u003e NA \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Betty Ford-Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54046414209299,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/4575\/5155\/files\/28271-toulouse-betty-ford-smith-76-1708718293_a247d7cc-2b93-4255-a1a2-1ec1f87abc93.jpg?v=1776144483","url":"https:\/\/gallery.thequiltshow.com\/products\/toulouse-betty-ford-smith","provider":"The Quilt Show Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}