BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain Quilt Guild hosted another spectacular "How the West was Warmed Quilt Show," exhibiting several of their completed projects since their last show in 2011.
The show took place at the Battle Mountain Civic Center Aug. 3 - 4. Doors opened both days at 9 a.m. The cost was $5 per adult and $3 for students.
The civic center was covered wall to wall with small baby quilts up to king size bed quilts. All of the quilts were created by Battle Mountain Quilt Guild members and their fellow quilter friends and family members.
There were approximately 10 vendors with booths overflowing with yards of colorful matching fabrics, fat quarters, needles, threads, patterns, kits, sewing machines and some already assembly quilted items. This show is none other than a quilter's paradise.
The show, of course, is a major attraction for quilters to come to Battle Mountain and do a lot of shopping for a lot of projects they probably would like to get done for presents during the holidays this year or maybe even next year.
Vendors and quilters come from all over the state to this quilt show. There were guests from Jamestown, Calif., Portola, Calif., Fernley, Minden, Elko, Ely, Carlin and Winnemucca.
Shoppers came in and out all day both days during the weekend show. There were raffles for fat quarter baskets, a bits and pieces basket raffle, and the Battle Mountain Quilt Guild big quilt raffle, which will be drawn on Dec. 19.
As popular as quilting is today in America, the Battle Mountain Quilt Guild is a real asset to the community by putting this show on and drawing in people to come and see this state-of-the-art show.
The talent on display was breathtaking and unbelievable, especially to those who have trouble sewing a patch on or even a straight line.
Quilting used to be a necessity because people could not afford to buy new bedding. They reused old clothing to cut out pieces and sewed them together in layers to form warm bedding, more clothing or padding under armor.
A quilt is like a cloth sandwich with a top, a back, and stuffing in the middle. Historically, there were three types of quilts: a plain or whole cloth quilt; an applique quilt which has designs on cloth squares; or patchwork quilts designed with different geometric shapes such as squares, rectangles, triangles and "sew" on.
Along with a huge population of other American women, the Battle Mountain Quilt Guild has taken it to a new level from the three basic quilts used historically. They use beads, ribbon, embroidery, paint and digital photography to create many quilts and hangings that tell stories of their family, holidays, favorite pets or just beautiful creativity with designs and colors.
This year the guild honored members Marian Filippini and Betty Thompson as their "featured quilters." The stage displayed the completed projects of both ladies and the exhibit was amazing, showing quilts made for family members and quilts that could tell a story.
The Battle Mountain Quilt Guild once again put on a top notch quilt show. They are great hostesses from the time you enter the door until you leave the show. As usual they had the kitchen in the civic center open selling breakfast and lunch items, and beverages. Guests were leaving happily with bags of fabric anticipating their next project and whom it was for. The ladies proudly displayed some real Battle Mountain talent.
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