Great Quilt Show

This past weekend I went to a quilt show sponsored by the North Central Washington Quilt Guild at the Wenatchee Convention Center. It was a great show--many quilts and many vendors. The featured artist at this show was a woman named Ruth Geyer, who had several exquisite quilts on display. The majority of the quilts at the show were made by members of the local quilt guild (all skill levels, all ages), but there was a row and a half of space dedicated to Ruth Geyer. I walked from one end of the row that displayed her quilts. I noticed that she had some very different techniques in her quilts. They were all very beautiful. As I got around to the last of her quilts, I could hear someone complimenting Ruth on her quilts (she was out of my view at this point). Well, as I rounded the corner, I was pleasantly surprised to see a very delightful white-haired elderly woman. I was so surprised that such a delicate woman could be responsible for making these elaborate quilts! She said that it wasn't until after her 4 kids were raised and her husband had died that she started to make quilts. I didn't ask her how long she had been quilting for (could be 5 years, could be 20...who knows?), but wish I had. She was dressed very pretty and sitting next to a small end table with a small lap quilt draped over, and 2 large quilts hanging up behind her. It was such a pretty display, and with her sitting there, I thought how I'd like to have a picture of her. I asked her if I could take her picture to which she replied, "I would really rather you didn't, but feel free to take pictures of my quilts." I couldn't help but laugh! I guess I thought that being photographed with her quilts would be something she would be proud of, but she seemed very modest like that. If I had to guess her age, I'd have to guess 85...so hard to know.

One of the tasks for those attending the show was to vote for your favorites in a variety of categories. My favorite was one made by Linda Riesterer. It appeared to be hand quilted, and it was just SO beautiful.

I did joing the Guild, so I am now tasked with sewing my name tag (a small quilted patch, 3 inch x 3 inch with an apple at the center). I'm glad I joined, and it appears that I could possibly be one of the youngest in the guild.

Here are the kids with Candy, the bus driver--all the kids love seeing the bus, although Andrew wasn't too keen on being ON the bus! Candy drives Bowen home from school, and he likes her bus best because "it goes fast and it is bumpy."