Marsha Finished Another Gwen Marston Tribute Quilt!

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. 

What a weekend!

 We all spent three days at the quilt show!  It was wonderful.  So many people really enjoyed the show.

Jane and Kirsten hanging up quilts on Thursday.

Gracie posing with her fractured log cabin quilt.

Norma and Astrid visiting.

Edna checking out Jane's handiwork.

Jane selling raffle tickets.

Marsha and Willa enjoying the show.

Marsha Exhausted Getting Ready for Quilt Show this Friday and Saturday

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.

Gracie and I (Kirsten), found this great couch at a discount furniture store.  It is Marsha's new favorite place to hang out!

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!  

Quiltin' Meetin' With Show 'N' Tell

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.

This is a liberated medallion quilt, made by Gracie.  She really fits in with our group.  It has nothing to do with her bringing chocolate chip cookies and kitty measuring tapes for us.

This is Gracie's Fractured Log Cabin quilt.  She just completed it this week.  She had been working on it to contribute to our upcoming quilt show.  The show is at Expo Idaho on Sept 26 and 27.  Kirsten and Jane have all the quilts for the show curated, and we are all working on last minute things that need to be done.  We went over those at our meeting, then had a fun time chatting and eating cookies.

Gracie is Working on her Fractured Log Cabin

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.  

This is going to be an amazing quilt show!

So Much Going On!

Marsha here.  Yes, yes, we are gearing up for our quilt show in September.  However, P & C went on another camping trip.  They invited Willa and I to come along.  We went hiking on the Payette National Forest in the western area of Idaho.  

Here is Willa hiking along Hornet Creek.

Here we are taking a break.  It was beautiful up there!

More quilting posts to come.  Bye for now.

Kuna Days Parade, Today!

 

Jane here!  We had so much fun at the Kuna Days Parade today.  It started out breezy and overcast which made it less hot in the waiting for the parade to get started.  About half-way through, Gracie fell over.  Marsha managed to help her up, so she could wave some more to the crowd.  We were all a bit wind-blown by the time it was over.  It was a great crowd this year.  

The parade theme is "Under Western Skies", so we all wore our bandanas.  We put Kirsten's down-on-the-farm quilt on this side of our float.  That is Gracie in the middle.

L-R:  Kirsten, Edna, and me (Jane)  The amazing thing is how noisy it was this year, as we were followed by 15 motorcycle riders with very loud engines.