The 3rd weekend of July finds us in Glenns Ferry, Idaho attending the Elmore County Fair. Quilts are always a significant part of the textile/needlework divisions at most fairs and this one was no different. There were quite a few quilts to look at and enjoy; however, it doesn’t seem there was enough room to properly display them all. Even the grand champion and reserve champion weren’t displayed in their fullness, but they did give them more room – these…
May 17th and 18th of 2024 found us in Yakima, Washington enjoying the Quilts in the City show put on by the Yakima Valley Quilters’ Guild. There was an entire convention hall filled with quilts and another filled with vendors. They labeled all the aisles as street names, like you were in a city of quilts! There were a lot of imaginative roads to be found. I am always partial to Halloween, so here was my favorite Halloween quilt –…
Our first adventure takes us to Cambridge Idaho and the 2nd Annual Upper County Quilt show. This is the first time we have been to this quilt show – the theme for the show was “One Room School House”. Since we had never been here before we were excited to see the variety of quilts displayed. There were quite a few quilts to be admired (almost 100), a student division, plus a challenge block wall with quilt blocks focusing on…