I am busy working on another scrap quilt. I am calling this one, Yin and Yang after the Chinese symbol by the same name. 
I boldly entered this quilt in our upcoming guild’s quilt show on October 17 and 18 even though it isn’t finished yet.
This quilt will be 8 blocks wide by 13 blocks long. So far, I have 8 columns put together so technically I am more than half way done. 🙂
On Saturday, I attended the Countryside Quilters first quilt show. Despite the small number of members–only 27–this group put on a huge show–over 400 quilts!!!
I have seen pictures of quilts displayed in the sanctuary of churches before but I had never attended a quilt show in person where the quilts were displayed in this way.
The golden glow created by the lighting in the church combined with the colours of the quilts made the display breathtaking. I was glad I was there first thing in the morning though as the aisles quickly became crowded.
I really liked this scrap quilt. I am going to have to try this layout for some of my string blocks in the future.
I have a maverick star quilt on my list of quilts to make. I really like the effect of the red background on this star quilt. Red is not always a colour that you see as a background, but it really works on this quilt.
The group also hosted old fashioned bed turnings at different times during the day. I was there for the 10:30 bed turning. One of the group members told me that the quilts displayed during the bed turning were not necessarily the fanciest quilts, but they were the ones with the best stories. She was right–many of those stories were enough to bring you to tears.
For a slideshow of more pictures of the show, click here.
This quilt show proves that you don’t have to have a huge membership to put on a great display of quilts!
Update: I found another slide show on YouTube that someone else had posted for this show. It is always interesting to look at someone else’s pictures for the same event that you attended to see things from their eyes. Click here to enjoy!
Happiness is when the son of a quilter visits another city, checks out the local quilt shop and takes a picture of his favorite quilt for his mom. The quilt is Spirit Fish and the shop is Bayside Quilting in Olympia, WA. Great quilt!
This weekend was our small community’s annual Fall Fair.
The fair kicked off Friday afternoon with midway rides, some entertainment on the stage, and fireworks. We are lucky that we are able to enjoy the fireworks from our back yard.
View of the Midway from our backyard.
Saturday morning was the annual parade. As you can tell by a lot of the parade entries, the theme of this year’s fair was. “the Year of the HoneyBee”.
After the parade, it is tradition to head to the hall to look at the exhibits and see what prizes our family members have won. This year, our daughter entered 5 items in the baking and craft sections and took home 4 first places and 1 second place which gave her $24 in prize money and a $20 gift certificate from Bernardin. I entered 6 quilts and took home 6 first places, earning $27 in prize money. There was quite the debate in our house over who took top honors and whether the $20 gift certificate should be included in the total tally.
DH having a look at the exhibits.
The Quilt and Sewing Section.
More exhibits.
DD with her gift basket entry.
DD’s HoneyBee themed cookies.
DD’s HoneyBee themed muffins.
DD’s cake.
My quilt on the left – Mexican Tiles.
My quilt on the left – Pumpkin Patch.
The quilt blocks for both Mexican Tiles and Pumpkin Patch are made using the technique in HD Design’s quilt pattern, 4-Patch Stacked Posies. The setting of the blocks is my own design. Mexican Tiles was quilted on my long arm using the Loricircles’ Swirls pattern board and Pumpkin Patch was quilted on my Bernina using vertical lines spaced about every 1/2″ or so.
My Snowman Table Runner.
My Snowman Table Runner is made from the Designs to Share With You pattern, It’s Fast, It’s Easy.
My Miniature Quilt – Chickens in the Farm Yard.
My Chickens in the Farm Yard quilt is made from a paper piecing pattern that was in a Miniature Quilts magazine years ago.
My quilt – Crayon Box.
My Crayon Box quilt is one of Bonnie Hunter’s free quilt patterns by the same name.
HoneyBee Themed Challenge.
My quilt – HoneyBee Themed Challenge – Home is the Best Place to Bee!
My HoneyBee challenge quilt was made from an out of print pattern that I picked up at a quilt show garage sale table for 25 cents earlier this Spring. The pattern is called, “Bee Home Pillow – 105” from Bird Brain Designs. My quilt measures 17.5 inches square.
Sarge – DD and DSIL’s dog.
My husband and I were able to puppy sit for the evening on Saturday night while our daughter and son-in-law attended a wedding.
A Deere family.
Our son-in-law is a John Deere fan so I couldn’t resist taking a “family” picture with the tractor.
By Sunday morning when we got up, almost all evidence of the fair was gone. The Midway had packed up and moved on and all the tents and exhibits were removed from the field behind our house. This year’s fair is now only a memory. …looking forward to next year!