Today is the first of the three day 19th annual Black Canyon quilt show at the Montrose Pavilion. This is a show for the Columbine, Friendship and San Juan quilting guilds. Karl said, "Let's go," when I told him about it, and go we did! There were about 150 quilts on exhibit, plus the ones vendors had displayed to tout their wares. Not a lot of vendors, like we have at the January quilting and craft fair in Phoenix, but not shabby for a rural area.
I was simply amazed. Mostly I took photos of quilts I thought I might used as springboards for future creations...and a few that just blew me away.
Karl actually had a good time. He spent a lot of time talking with and exploring a long arm quilting machine one of the vendors had as demo. He has never seen one, so had to check it all out so he was satisfied that he knew why it worked the way it worked, etc. He wasn't the only man at the show and several of the quilters displaying their creations were men. Tomorrow the special lecturer is nationally reknown quilt designer and teacher, David Taylor, who calles his lecture, "The Reluctant Journey of an Art Quilter". Too bad we'll miss it. Oh, get this! In the acknowledgements in the printed program they recognised "The Men's Auxiliary of the Black Canyon Show, Inc."
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| Hey, Mom. Here is another way to use the Dresdan Plate! |
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| I actually think I have enough fabric and scraps in the bin I have in the storage area under our bed here in the RV to do this one! |
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| Karl checking out the "long arm" machine |
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