Show and Tell

Summer 2006

Show and Tell ~

RPLOTN quilters take on challenges!

These photos are from a challenge that my local quilt guild held at the end of June. The quilt could not be rectangular or square and it must have either a log cabin block or photo of a log cabin in it and the theme was Connecticut.

So I did the five circles, with photo pictures of the Charter Oak Tree - Where the Connecticut Constitution was hidden, the Whale with Whaling Ship in background- major industry in Connecticut also the State's Animal, The Log Cabin - our homes at the start of 1623 and the Old Mill - making Threads, fabric and carpets and finally the National Championship Flag of the University of Connecticut Men's and Women's Dual Championship in Basketball. Also here is the back of this quilt, notice the Courthouse Step Blocks with embroideries of roses and an Iris. It was a challenge, but the next challenge will be more interesting, it must not be square, round or hexagon, it must be a triangle using a flower theme only.

qD's Challenge Quilt - Charter Oak Tree	qD's Challenge Quilt -Log Cabin
qD's Challenge Quilt - Whale and Whaling Ship	qD's Challenge Quilt -Old Mill
qD's Challenge Quilt - Center
qD's Challenge Quilt - Front	qD's Challenge Quilt -Back

Here is Cyn/CT's challenge quilt. She made it look like the scroll of the Constitution with a log cabin block and then snippet the Charter Oak Tree. This was her first challenge in a long time and she did a wonderful Job and won Fourth Place in viewer's choice

Cyn/CT''s Challenge Quilt

Butterfly Brenda's Travels.... have taken her past some "interesting" sites....

I don't have any pictures of quilts for you but while on vacation we passed this motel.

Dog Bark Park Inn bed and breakfast Hwy 95, Cottonwood, Id.

It is also on the internet.

Brenda

qD's travels take her to the Vermont Quilt Festival!!

Donalyn and Denise - looking rather scrumptious!!!

Miss Teddy she is ready to shop and she did shop at Tala's she had to be measured for some minkee fabric and got a Tala's Quilt Shop Pin.

Thanks Needles ! I love Miss Teddy.

On June 30th, my Best Friend Denise along with Miss Teddy, began our journey north to Vermont. Of course we had to stop at three quilt shops on the way to Festival, like there would be no vendors there? We arrived in Burlington, VT, on the Eastern side of Lake Champlain. It was a new location for the Vermont Quilt Festival and I think it is the best. After a lite dinner and a walk, we discover that Joann's is right behind the Comfort Inn. Well you guess it, off we go to close the place down for the evening.

The next morning our adventure began in the Common Breakfast Room at the Comfort Inn. We invited people to sit with us at our large table and lo and behold right across from me is the first lecturer I ever heard. It was Barbara Barber from Westerly, RI. Well of course were was the camera, in the room, oh well she remembered me, cause my Grandmother lived about three houses away from her when I was a youngster. Then on to the show. This was the best show they have had, it had Air Conditioning and it was in the large Expo Center. So you could shop, view and rest all in one location, instead of hopping on shuttle buses or climbing hills to get the next vendor or display of quilts. Thanks for moving it to Burlington.

Here are the photos I took, Starting with # 1, Miss Teddy buckled up and saying "quilt shop till we drop". At the end of the show we headed home, but we needed refreshment so here we are at Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory. It was a lovely time and we came home poorer in the money department, but with lots of riches for our stashes and for our imagination in making new quilts.

The Vermont Quilt Festival - 2006... please do not copy these photos, they are here for your viewing enjoyment and appreciation. Click on the photo for a tour of the festival....

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