Do Quilters Like Quilt Shows?
MID-VALLEY, OREGON — Quilting has a long, strong heritage of family quilting, quilting bees, and quilting frames (with little girls sitting “underneath the quilting frame at grandma’s house.”)
Nowadays the little girl may be sitting beneath the frame singing to her iPod, but there are still quiltings, quilting bees and quilting frames.
As all these quilts accumulate, some go in the baby’s crib, others hang on the sewing room walls, and some even are used as bed covers.
In the past five years Peggy has made a quilt for all six of our grandchildren—even Carter, our only grandson. We have quilts on our bed and down on Dane’s bed. She has even made appropriate quilts for our B&B suites upstairs. Our den has at least three wall quilts!
Yet with all these quilts "showing" on walls and on beds, Peggy likes to put her quilts in a real quilt show.
It's clear there are many other quilters who like to share their work with others. From “Show & Tells” at monthly guild meetings, to the annual guild quilt show, Peggy and many other quilters like to show their quilts.
In 2007, the Santiam Scrappers Quilt Guild is involved in a large number of quilt shows, quilt hangings, and quilt bed turnings.
Here is a list of Santiam Scrapper's...
“Quilting Fun in Linn–Benton.”
“Quilters Do Like Quilt Shows!”
PS… We even have kind of a patchwork dog pillow. However you can be assured it’s not going to be in a quilt show!
Nowadays the little girl may be sitting beneath the frame singing to her iPod, but there are still quiltings, quilting bees and quilting frames.
As all these quilts accumulate, some go in the baby’s crib, others hang on the sewing room walls, and some even are used as bed covers.
In the past five years Peggy has made a quilt for all six of our grandchildren—even Carter, our only grandson. We have quilts on our bed and down on Dane’s bed. She has even made appropriate quilts for our B&B suites upstairs. Our den has at least three wall quilts!
Yet with all these quilts "showing" on walls and on beds, Peggy likes to put her quilts in a real quilt show.
It's clear there are many other quilters who like to share their work with others. From “Show & Tells” at monthly guild meetings, to the annual guild quilt show, Peggy and many other quilters like to show their quilts.
In 2007, the Santiam Scrappers Quilt Guild is involved in a large number of quilt shows, quilt hangings, and quilt bed turnings.
Here is a list of Santiam Scrapper's...
“Quilting Fun in Linn–Benton.”
—Monthly guild meeting—On the 1st Tuesday there is a “Show & Tell” during the meeting. They meet at 7 PM in St Martin’s Episcopal Church at 1461 Grove St in Lebanon.If you know of any other quilt happenings this year here in the mid-Valley, please tell us. Tell us so we can tell other local quilters… Because as you know…
—May 12–13 —Another Bloomin’ Quilt Show
Tom’s Garden Center, 350 Hickory NW, North Albany, Saturday 7:30 AM–7:30 PM, Sunday 9 AM–5 PM
—June 1–2 —Strawberry Festival Flower Show Adds Quilts, Art
Quilts from SSQG & Local Art. Evangelical Church Annex, 75 E Ash St, downtown Lebanon. Friday 1 PM–4:30 PM, Saturday 12 Noon–4:30 PM.
—June 23 —Quilt Bed Turning & Mini Show, Sale
Antique & Yard Art Sale, Santiam Place, 139 S Main St, Lebanon. 10 AM–5 PM
—July 19–22 —Linn County Fair, Albany
Enter your Quilts! Quilting Demos, Bed Turning?
—July 26–28 —Albany Quilts Downtown Quilt Show
Santiam Scrappers invited to participate
—September —Quilt County, Benton County
SSQG Displaying Quilts at Corvallis Library
—October 19–20—Santiam Scrappers Quilt Show
Episcopal Church, Lebanon. 10 AM–5 PM
—Mary’s River Quilt Guild, Meeting: Monthly–Last Thursday 7:15 PM, 2nd floor, Benton County Historical Museum. 1101 Main St, Philomath
“Quilters Do Like Quilt Shows!”
PS… We even have kind of a patchwork dog pillow. However you can be assured it’s not going to be in a quilt show!
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