The Antique Quilt Show held September 14-15, 2007 in the Old Clubhouse at the Antelope Hills Golf Course as a fund raiser for the Elks Opera House was a huge success for the Prescott Pines Questers.

You can see lots of pictures from the show by clicking here.
 



The day was sunny, not too windy, and warm enough that we didn't need jackets.  Looking back, it was the best weather weekend of the month.

Publicity and signage proved effective in bringing in approx. 200 viewers.

The owner of the 65+ quilts, Virgil Culler, enjoyed talking to the visitors about the history of the quilts and seeing them all displayed at one time.

Participants took away good ideas given by the quilt demonstrators from how to quilt simply to the quilt story in the Underground Railroad saga to scrapbooking with material to appliqueing.  They certainly promoted quilting for the masses.

Everyone had the opportunity to view various patterns, designs, and methods of quilting. 

All appreciated the informative program book given to each entrant.  Along with information about the Questers and the names of the contributors and workers for the show, the book had five pages of quilting history and thirteen pages with pictures of the quilt collection as well as a page dedicated to Ann and Virgil Culler who made the show possible.

The six historical vignettes were an added attraction using quilts.  The bedroom scene had a lovely gold gilded dresser set and mirror.  The laundry scene brought back memories of Mondays with the washboard and tub.  The four antique portable sewing machines and pin cushions were objects of art as well as utility.  The attic vignette brought memories of toys of yesterday.  The historical spinning wheel, the living room items of books and leisure activities were typical Quester program subjects. The vignettes put the Quester stamp on the quilt show.

We had sixteen lucky raffle winners.  Suzie Fields of Prescott Valley won the grand raffle of the antique quilt.

The crafts and bake sale items were nearly gone by the end of the second day.  Members' hard work and creativity paid off.

Our goal of fund raising for the Elks Opera House was met, and the funds have been handed over to the Elks Foundation.

We enjoyed working with one another and appreciated the learning experience.

All of this adds up to SUCCESS.