I was at the Langley Quilters’ Guild Quit Show, “Quilting Between Friends”, last night. This was only the second quilt show for this group, but it was fabulous.

I sat through a demonstration on how to make a folded Shoo-Fly coaster. I thought these would make excellent gifts for my quilty friends.

I wanted to show you the following quilt because it can’t help but bring a smile to your face. It had many of the quilters talking. The quilt was called, Menopause and the story from the quilter that went with the quilt went like this. “For those who have been there and for those who are there now, this quilt is my tribute to this time in life. The flames for hot flashes, the snarly look for mood and body changes; no matter how many jewels, we just don’t feel ourselves”.

The most interesting “piece” wasn’t a quilt, but drew a lot of attention none the less. The entire piece was fabric – watering can and flowers. The water streaming from the watering can was made from beads.

I love to attend quilt shows because they attract the nicest people. Quilters are such warm friendly people to be around. Quilt shows are also such great places to built up my inspiration. I hope you enjoy the following quilts as much as I did.

First, this one’s for you, Colette . Sorry you had to miss this show–especially when it was held in your old neighborhood. I thought of you when I saw the “Golden Arches” landmark on the Lougheed and again inside when I saw this quilt.

This quilt would be great for using up leftover strips. The story that went with this quilt indicated that the scraps were cut 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ and then traded with three other ladies. All the scraps were then stuck in a bag and pulled out randomly and sewn together.

This quilt was a chevron which is great for using up scrap strips as well. The thing that really interested me about this one was the choice of quilting design used to finish it off. The quilting gives an optical illusion quality or secondary design to this quilt.