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It Takes a Village
Quiltfest Wrap Up
Quiltfest 2011 is
history. What a great show! The positive comments (and
there were lots) made all the hard work worth it. The
decorations (Martha Elliott and Grace Oakley) set the fall
mood. The admissions workers (headed by Nancy Gillis and
Flo Campbell) received compliments on their friendliness and
helpfulness. Midge O’Conner helped us get started
collecting door prize before she left for the summer and
Betty Ireland and Martha Neher put them together. Frances
Allen and Carleen Brock took care of ticket sales for the
raffle quilt (designed by Peggy James, stitched by Darlene
Barnes and her committee, quilted by Appalachian Quilting).
Silent Auction was
headed by Betty Babinsky and Anne Horne. Proceeds will go
to Habitat for Humanity. Kendra King and Melodee Hoeltke
did a fantastic job with the Boutique. The number of items
and the display were awesome.
Connie Tackett and
Joyce Schultz and their team were responsible for
registering the quilts, receiving the quilts for judging and
for returning the quilts to their owner after the show. The
whole process worked like a well oiled machine.
Once the quilts
were registered, the program was put together by Sally
Barker who also took care of printing the winners list once
judging was finished. The sponsor ads were solicited by
Joanne Olson who collected $2400 in sponsor money from local
businesses.
The Judging Room
was handled by Nancy Jensen and Sue Royal. This duo also
had their workers well organized. There were over 200
quilts to be judged in a day and a half.
The ribbons on the
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and
honorable mention quilts in each category were made by
Scottie Blumke and her committee. Over 500 hours were spent
embroidering and putting together these beautiful ribbons.
Katie Dawes, B.J.
Foster and their team of hostesses answered viewer’s
questions and assisted with turning quilts for a closer
look.
Cheryl Powell was
responsible for the First Aid, whose workers were also the
elevator operators. Connie Cobb recruited the 16 vendors.
Martha Batchelor did the interior signs.
Nancy Smith did a
great job of getting the Quiltfest in the local papers and
in magazines. Lydia Bradley got the show on various
websites (NQA, GA Quilt Council, guild websites etc.) Nancy
was also the key person for getting our 4 new banners made.
The lovely
memorial to our sisters of the cloth, Mary Jenkins, Jean
Meadows and Pat Crick was put together by Scottie Blumke.
The new stands
were a project of the unofficial “MMQG Auxiliary”. Dan
Lachmiller (the unofficial co-chair of this show), Steve
Olson, John Adkins and their helpers did a great job
constructing the stands and bases.
Thank you to all
the wives who brought their husbands to help set up and take
down. Three days went into setting up the main floor. Two
hours to take down and return everything to the storage
unit. It was fantastic to have so many hands to help.
Told you it takes
a village. All the chairs mentioned had dozens of people to
help them. Thank you to all who worked so hard to
make the show a success.
Debbie and Leslie
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