As I said in my last post, I entered my Dear Jane's Journey quilt in the Yamhill County Fair and won a 3rd place ribbon. I was very happy at how it was displayed. This is what you saw upon entering the crafts building! The quilt on the right won the 1st place ribbon and Best of Show. It is a beautiful quilt and the quilter who made it also made 2 other quilts that I will show.
Here are the 2 other quilts and these were designed by Crabapple Hill. I'm sorry, but I didn't take a picture of the quilter's name.
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| Snow Days |
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| Snow Days |
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| Snow Days |
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| Mystery of the Salem Quilt Guild |
Here are some other items I saw at the fair that I liked:
I recently joined another quilt guild because it meets during the summer, Gone to Pieces. They are making a 14' tree skirt that will be sent to Washington DC to go under a 20' tree at the Department of Agriculture for Christmas. Here are a few pictures of the tree skirt. It is designed to look like a wagon wheel with each section of the wheel depicting an aspect of the State of Oregon. All the Christmas trees for the DC government buildings will be from the Willamette Valley forests, which is where I live (not in the middle of a forest, but in the valley).
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| Mt. Hood with skiers skiing down the mountain |
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| Light House with all the light house names in their respective locations |
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| Eastern Oregon John Day National Park and a wagon train, etc
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Making a 14' tree skirt is a huge undertaking and there is still a lot of sewing to do by hand which we all will participate in at our next meeting.
Stay cool and happy quilting!
