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2008 Quilt Show Challenge

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This is a picture of the fabric for our quilt guild’s 2008 Quilt Show Challenge. The name of our show (to be held in September 2008) is: “Quilts From the Heart”.

The “rules” of the challenge are simple.

1. Purchase your kit for $2.00. (The low cost of the challenge fabric is thanks to the Liquidation World fabric sale!) The fabric is a strip 8″ wide by WOF. Basically, the organizer bought what fabric was left on the bolt and divided the piece by 24 (total number of kits). You don’t need to use all of the fabric, but we are to use enough that it is clearly visible (a 1″ square would not suffice).

2. Your quilt must include at least one heart motif.

3. The outside perimeter of your work should be no smaller than 72″ and no bigger than 168″.

4. Your work must have a hanging sleeve.

5. You must include a label on the back of the quilt, and then cover the label with a piece of fabric to ensure anonymity.

6. Quilts are to be submitted at the September meeting in an unmarked bag.

7. Winners will be determined at the quilt show by Viewer’s Choice.

8. Have fun!

This sounds like my kind of challenge–especially, rule #8!

Chilliwack Quilt Show – October 20, 2007

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These are pictures from the second quilt show that I attended in October. I was able to attend with my quilting friend, Colette. Colette was the friend that got me started quilting. Because she no longer lives close by, we don’t get the same opportunities to spend time together that we used to.

As we entered the show, this was the quilter that greeted us!
Colette forgot her camera so I took pictures of this quilt for her. This is a string quilt with applique. The applique was raw edge.

There was a challenge sponsored by the guild where you were to make a quilt with a “leaf” theme.

My favorite quilt in the challenge category was this bear paw quilt with appliqued leaves in the corners. The machine quilting was beautiful!

There were a number of round robin quilts at this show.



Spending an afternoon at a quilt show with a friend is the best!

Harrison Mills Quilt Show – October 14, 2007

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I am so behind in posting. I realized yesterday that there are pictures still on my camera from two quilt shows that I attended in October.

These pictures are from a small local quilt show in Harrison Mills. Each year there is a small dedicated group of women who live in the community who put together a quilt show inviting all local quilters to display their quilts. The proceeds from admission to the show support a local initiative each year. This year’s proceeds went towards a bursary that will benefit a deserving high school student in their graduation year.

This was a particularly special day for me as my DH agreed to attend the show with me! Yes, my DH attended a quilt show! Of course, because this quilt show is local it is attended by many of the people who live nearby so he was sure to know someone there so there wasn’t much danger in attending. I promised that when I blogged about this show, I would also mention that my DH paid my admission! Consider me living up to my promise.

The first two quilts were wonderful stitcheries that made me smile. The first one could be me and the second could represent any of the local families in the area.


The hall is quite small and located out in the country amidst dairy farms and corn fields. The women on the committee have reflected the countryside in their hanging of the quilts by hanging the quilts from clothes lines with clothes pegs.

We were given an opportunity to vote on our favorite quilt and this was my DH’s favorite. This is a miniature Stack’N Whack.

I enjoyed the next two quilts–probably because they feel antique to me. They were both made from scraps using very old patterns–the spider web and pinwheel.



It was a beautiful day and on the way home we stopped by a very small cafe for lunch. This is one of those places where you help yourself to the coffee and refills and the person taking your order is also the one who goes into the kitchen to prepare it. We had always intended to stop and try this place out but never seemed to be going by when they were open. This was the day to try it out and we were not disappointed.

Quilt BC – Kamloops – May 5, 2007

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On May 5, 2007 our Quilt Guild chartered a bus to take us to Quilt BC in Kamloops. The National Juried Show was disappointing. I enjoyed the quilts in the smaller shows held elsewhere in town and the Trend-Tex Challenge more than the Juried show. We weren’t allowed to take pictures of the quilts in the Juried show show I can’t show you those quilts. I purchased the catalogue of quilts that were exhibited so that I would have pictures of the quilts but I have nothing to show you here.

There was a large merchants mall where I managed to find some items to bring home with me. 🙂

The fabric on the left was part of a kit to make place mats. The middle fabrics were bright and cheerful–simply irresistible. The fabrics on the right are fruits and vegetables. I was inspired by a BQ quilt in the Fall/Winter 2006 issue of Quilt Sampler. The quilt was featured in a shop in Tuscon, Arizona called The Quilter’s Market. I have scanned the photo just in case you don’t have access to the magazine. The photo is a little grainy but hopefully you can see the BQ quilt on the table done in vegetable and black and white fabrics.


I also found a cute crate of black and white fabrics and some Laurel Burch cat fabric that I couldn’t leave behind.

I also picked up a show pin and CQA thimble for my collection.