Quilt Show!

I mentioned the Belknap Mill Quilters Guild in the previous post, they have provided a quilt on every bed in the rehab facility where my Dad is currently residing. It just so happened that the guild was holding their annual quilt show this past weekend. After telling dad "good-bye" I was able to stop and visit the show on our way out of town. The show was held at a local Community College, this clothesline of colorful quilt blocks led visitors from the parking lot to the entrance door. I was impressed with the attention to every detail behind this show. The publicity and promotion team is to be highly commended, there were posters and lawn signs advertising the show everywhere, also many businesses in town showcased quilts in their front windows along with show information. If one didn't attend, it was because they chose not to, certainly not because they didn't know about it! 

I snapped a few photos of quilts to remember, there was so much to see! I loved the scrappies, of course, and am always looking for ways to use up my pre-cut bins full of scraps! The applique quilt shown here was so interesting: it is composed of all batik fabrics and each block is individually finished and bound; somehow these were joined together in some fashion to hang as a whole, it was just beautiful. I loved the fact that there were "viewer's choice" awards for each quilt category. I voted a LOT! I also bought a book of raffle tickets but, apparently, someone else won; I never did get "the" call. 😉

Since returning home, energized and inspired completely by the show, I have dug into my bins and begun constructing 8" Churn Dash blocks. And, as usually happens... bonus triangles result... and SEW it goes!

Life is Good!