Gracie chose her hat. The one she did not choose is supposed to be for Marsha, but I think Willa has captured it for her own. Astrid has been a very busy sewer these last couple of weeks. She made Willa a stuffed doll named Tilly. Tilly is a little freaky looking.
Gracie chose the tall hat with the wide brim! I think Willa is sneaking up on Gracie, with her Tilly doll! Who is doing some quilting??
Astrid has been busy very busy sewing witches hats. She made her first one about a week ago and gave it to Gracie to try out. She is making another one, which is a little smaller than the first one. The first one is a bit on the tall side. Gracie will get to pick which one she wants.
Just days after the quilt show was over, Marsha finished another tribute quilt. This one is in Gwen Marston style. Marsha really knocked herself out on this one!
She was trying to get it done in time for the show, but it just was not going to happen with all the business just prior to the show. The show went very well. Our only glitch was trying to keep the skirt on our admissions table from coming undone. We need to put some Velcro on it for a permanent fix. Otherwise, we got lots of enthusiastic comments from people visiting the show. Next time, we will have a way for people to vote for their favorite quilt, so we can award a ribbon for people's choice. We do not award ribbons in our show because all the quilts are amazing and very well done. It is our chance to show off and that is enough.
We all spent three days at the quilt show! It was wonderful. So many people really enjoyed the show.
We all worked so hard today to get everything packed in a friend's pick-up truck. It is everything we need for the Good Friends Quilt Show, taking place Sept 26-27, at the Western Idaho Fairgrounds. I sure hope we remembered everything! Tomorrow, we have to get it all set-up for the Friday opening.
Tomorrow we will all be tired out. It seems everyone except Jane lost their name tags from last year. What to do? We hope you come to the show! We will all be there!
This evening, we all met up at Kirsten and Jane's place for a quilt meeting. What a fun time! Astrid and Kirsten have been collaborating on a Gwen and Freddie tribute quilt. What a surprise!
Of course, it is called "Gwenny's Baskets". It is simply lovely. I think this year we have made more quilts than ever, and we still have four months left in the year. Of course, getting ready for a themed quilt show has a lot to do with it.
This is the first time to one of our meetings, for Gracie. She brought several of her quilts to show us. This is her liberated log cabin quilt. She quilted it herself on her domestic sewing machine.
Gracie is contributing a quilt to the quilt show. She is making a red, yellow, black, and white fractured log cabin quilt, in the style of Gwen and Freddy.
