Saturdays are all Right!

We made it to the quilt show today. For a local show, it was well

organized and the quilts on display were absolutely gorgeous. I spent

most of my time looking at them and little time taking pictures.

Oh well, good intentions.

I did find some cute fat quarters. I especially like the reproduction

prints that they are coming out with now. So 30's and 40's...not that

I remember those times, cause I wasn't born yet! But you know what

I mean. One of these days before I'm crippled with arthritis or blind as

a bat I am gonna make a quilt. They had an event that they called a

"bed turning" which was really a showing of people's antique quilts.

There was one documented that was cut in the 1860's and pieced in the

1930's and by the time it was quilted it was in the 1950's...took almost

100 years to get it finished. So there you go...I might can cut it out and

if I never get it finished maybe one of my descendants will finish the

project for me. You never know......

So anyway after I came home and dropped my Aunt off I decided to go

to the grocery store. As I was leaving I saw these two women getting

ready to leave the store with these balloons filled with helium.

There were about 25 in each bundle and they had a big plastic bag

over the top of them. I got to my car first and I sat and watched the

ladies trying to get the balloons in the car. It wouldn't have been so bad,

but a front had gone through and the wind was blowing about 15 to 20

miles an hour. I watched as the wind whipped those balloons into

a frenzy, but I had the presence of mind to snap a couple pictures:

I bet they were glad to get those home. Good luck ladies....I hope

you weren't planning on having an outdoor party, cause I don't think

these will be around long if you do!

Weekend Quilt Show

Quilt show this weekend...wahoo! It's the 2008 Berrien Town and

Country Quilt Show at Lake MI College Mendel Center. Over 250

quilts and a Trunk Show by Laurie Simpson. The quilt above is for a

raffle and there are vendors and a Boutique that the members will

sell their quilts and things. Sounds like fun to me, my Aunts and I

are going for sure.

LogCabin Quilter's Show

This was a busy weekend for me. Celebrated my

mom's birthday and then celebrated mine. Its

taken me two days to get over it too! Wah! I don't

recover as fast as I used too. Could it have been

the bowling that I hadn't done in 25 years...or the

beer? 53 ain't like 23 that's for sure....:0(

Best part of the weekend was going to the Quilt

Show in Kalamazoo. The Log Cabin Quilters

sponsored it. Lots of nice quilts to look at.

It would have been nicer if they had run

the air conditioning. It really sucks all the

joy of looking at stuff if your sweating like

you've been sitting in a sauna. Sheesh! Did

manage to shop for some fabrics. Got some

really wild Halloween prints, I want to do a

table runner. After I bought the fabric I

thought, "Wait I need a pattern!". But I

rethought and figured I could do one on

my own. I have much more confidence about

my artitst ability lately. I thank the BJP group

for that.

One of my favorite things to look at are the Art dolls.

I should be looking for a doll show to go to . Than I

could really go crazy. Add doll making to the list of

things I want to do.

Heirloom Quilt

I spent most of this weekend gathering stuff for our

Fall Rummage at church. And boy howdy, am I glad

to be done with that! As I was struggling to get out of

the closet, I found some blankets that for lack of a

better place to keep them, were thrown on the floor.

As I was going through them I found Geary's Grandma's

quilt (shame on us) in the pile too. Grandma Adams was

never able to finish it, so Geary's sister put a backing on

it and tied it with pieces of yarn. I know this has to be

at least 55 years old and could be even older. It has the

most beautiful fabrics and it is hand sewn.

I'm going to gather as much of the history of the

quilt as I can. So I can date it. My intentions

are to have it quilted the right way if possible, but

I think it needs to be cleaned. There are some

stains and small openings where the threads

have come undone. I took the yarn ties out, but it

left gaping holes where the yarn spread the threads.

My question to any of the quilters out there is this...

Should I just leave it as it is and not remove the back?

Is it hard to find a professional to consult with...there's

a quilting show in Kalamazoo next weekend.

How should I store it? Can anyone help me? It's so

beautiful and I could kick myself for not taking better

care of it sooner. But what do I know about quilting,

I'm a beader!!!