Ohio Stars and Rails
It is FINALLY here! A years worth of work, and so wonderful to see the quilts go up yesterday afternoon. We worked from 2:15 to 8 pm getting over 250 quilts hung at Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes DE getting every thing ready!
I had to take a photo of MY quilts that were hanging…My Ohio Stars and rails for Quilts of Valor hangs pretty nicely.
This Boxy Stars quilt that my bee, The Material Girls, worked on together turned out well. Our challenge was to make a Red White and Blue Quilt for Quilts of Valor. One member , Judy B., really got us organized. My part was to work on paper piecing some of the blocks and helping with the layout. Other members sashed and joined the blocks, made the binding and hand stitched it on. The custom quilting was done by Pat Kost. This is the first time I have seen it since we made the blocks in January.
Boxy Stars made by the Material Girls
Both of these quilts will be donated to Quilts of Valor after the show.
The very first quilt hung was one of mine and I got to hang it. After looking at this photo, I realized it needs to be on shorter hooks. Oh well, maybe one of our many “quality control checks” caught that. This picture was taken about 10 minutes after it went up….so I am hoping in the next 4 or 5 hours somebody adjusted it!.
Tshirt Quilt in Honor of Edward Mahoney for Karen Rupp
So; take a road trip and come to see the show! The vendors were working just as hard as our guild members getting ready!
click on the link to get Ocean Waves Quilt Show Info
I promise to take lots of pictures today and tomorrow! I have lots of jobs at the show, including a BARN QUILT demo. So, if you are coming to the show; look for me on Saturday at 11:30 . I will be the one painting back in the corner!
I spent part of the week getting my sample boards prepared – here is a peek at those too:
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- Pattern inspiration
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- taping for the first coat of first color
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- taping off and painting 2nd color
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- color 1 and 2 on; sample board ready for transport
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- 2nd sample board, taped off – 1 color
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- 2nd board with tape removed
Time for me to “get busy” !
Stitching Grandma 
Oh what beautiful work. Wish I were in the area looks like fun!!
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Thank you ! So far it has been fun!
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Gorgeous!!! Have a fun weekend and can’t wait to hear all about it. 🙂
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Thanks Judy! Film at 11 (p.m. on Sunday…)
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You should be very proud of your entries.
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Thanks Lillian!
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Kristin Schlegel and I enjoyed a delightful afternoon at the show. Bought a one day ticket, thinking we would have plenty of time to see everything, but ran out of time. We shut the place down @ 5 pm. Enjoyed everything. Quilts were too much to be taken in in one day. The detail was amazing. Food vendor very delightful, too. Vendors, pleasant and knowledgeable. Can’t say enough about what a great afternoon it was. We spent 4 hours there. Could have spent probably another hour or 2 if it ran a little later into the early evening. Next year, I am going to buy a 2-day ticket and allow myself 4 hours the first day and 4 hours the next day. By time we were done looking at the quilts, I was getting a little glassy eyed, in a good way!
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So glad you came. I missed seeing you. Saw Pastor Judy and Pastor John and Margo. I was working the 2nd time around booth from 2 – close. Glad you came.
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What a great review of the show!! Do you mind if I share it?
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