The Show Opens

Time to open the doors

Vendors are ready for shoppers

Patient husbands

Quilters don't waste time. . . Lois Dedeaux is stitching on a binding

More Day Four

 The Boutique is set up with hundreds of handmade items--great for gifts. The 19 vendors moved in and began transforming this room into a shopping paradise. More vendors are in the main hall and adjoining rooms.

The judge, Lorraine Covington, gave a presentation this afternoon for our members who could break away from their jobs. She stressed that quilters need to adopt the motto "Progress, not Perfection," which should help us enjoy our improvement without feeling guilty about not reaching perfection.

Day Four Progress Report

Sharon Harris, Pat Faulkender, Lesie Kiger--checking winners list

Preview of coming attractions!

Joe Bingham, Joyce Canady, Donna Crager--hanging the Hoffman Traveling Exhibit

Doris Aultman with the Silent Auction--34 items up for bid

Hanging the Show

Day Three: The Lake Terrace Convention Center staff had the pipe and drape equipment erected when we arrived. While judging continued in the Garden Room and Executive Conference Room, teams began moving judged quilts to the exhibit hall on rolling carts.ID tags remained on the quilts to assure they were kept in order.

The cords that hold the pipes (which thread through the sleeves) had to be unwound from storage, and we used members and LTCC staff. Seeing the large exhibit hall with all these empty rows waiting for the quilts gave us a shudder--it seemed a daunting task to accomplish in the two days we had remaining before opening. But Linda Flanders and Pat Valadez had prepared a map showing a place for each of the 390+ pieces, and we began hanging. Extra-long quilts had to be pinned up until muslin could be placed on the floor to protect them. By the end of the day the judge had completed judging all 22 categories and only had the final special awards to be decided.
The boutique team began filling their room with handmade items we had worked on over the two years since the last show. Vendors will be arriving and setting up on Day Four, and Day Five becomes opening day!

Judging the Show

L to R: Gloria Green, Sharon Harris, Judge, Leslie Kiger, Vivian Plummer, Linda Flanders

 We have received all the quilts and have sorted them by category and entry number and laid them out on double or triple tables. Show Judge Lorraine Covington examines them while PBQ members help with moving them about from table to table as they are judged and placed with their category for hanging on the pipe and drape system at Lake Terrace. Actual hanging will begin Wednesday, working toward opening the show on Friday morning at 10:00 a.m.

Judge giving comments to scribes Rhoda Libiez and Donna Burges

Show Preparations

Our September 19 meeting was involved with assigning show duties, answering questions, receiving bags and labels to pin to quilt entries, making sure everyone knew their schedule. We pre-registered quilts from members, which will help reduce the load on check-in day. The registrars for the three off-site locations picked up all the paperwork for these quilts. Our space for receiving and judging will be less than we've had before, so care is being taken to keep the quilts in proper order for the hanging process.

We were reminded to distribute flyers and cards to advertise the show, sell the remainder of our raffle tickets and get the stubs and money turned in. 

It is exciting to know that we will have 19 vendors with fabric, thread, machines, patterns, etc. to tempt us. The catalog has gone to the printer showing 401 entries.  We're ready for a great show!

Remember to check the Schedule of Events back a couple of posts to see what lectures/demos or featured speakers you don't want to miss. Let's hope this fall weather continues!

Quilts for the Veterans Home in Collins

Jackie Page, assistant administrator at the Veterans Home in Collins, was present at PBQ's September 19 meeting to accept our gift of 15 colorful string quilts. Our member Dorothy Aultman makes and brings in these squares every month, and the (first Tuesday) Children's Quilt Group assembles, quilts, and binds them. Jackie said the residents were always cold and would enjoy these quilts, both for the warmth they provide and for the appreciation they represent for the residents' service to our country.