WINTER RANCH ACTIVITIES: Winter Ranch Quilt Show

Today the Quilt Show was held from 8AM to 1 PM in our Large Hall. There were a lot of ladies doing all kinds of jobs to keep the show running smoothly.

Kathy Pitts Selling Tickets at the Door

Nila Rezac and Ellen Hicks selling quilted items

Dot Lewis checking out a quilt

Mary Jane Jensen selling Quilting Items

The Stage had a lot of antique quilts

Faye Campbell checking out the quilts

Linda Doerschug and two John Deere quilts that she made. The quilt on the left was made for her husband, Ron, who worked for John Deere six years and has owned their tractors. She wanted to showcase the various fabrics that were collected as well as the tractors. This was going to be Quillow but became too large. The quilt on the right she named "Jim's John Deere." She collected John Deere fabric for several years. When Jim Henderson was diagnosed with cancer, she made this throw for him. He had a John Deere tractor and talked with Ron about tractors frequently.

Mary Lawrence and Pat Mower

Cheryl Graff (right) and her sister (left)

Linda Campbell made this quilted hanging that was painted with acrylic paint and then quilted and the following two pieces.

There were lots of quilting items to look at

and/or purchase at the show.

Bev Nutzmann, Theresa Zimmerman, and Ann Lindstrom

Linda Thompson doing some shopping

Carolyn Nieland checking out some of the quilts.

Jan Howard and Rose Williams

Marvin and Della Orndorff and Marge Janke at the sales table

Quilts on display

Barb DeGaramo is standing in front of the

quilt that will be raffled off in March

The flowers on this quilt were done in crayon by anyone who volunteered to color a flower and then the colors were heat set. Each flower was embroidered by Barb DeGaramo. The quilt was assembled and then quilted by Della Orndorff. The whole process took about five years. The drawing for this quilt will be at the end of the March craft show.

Bonnie Langfield in front of her quilt

Ellen Hicks in front of a quilt she made. She did English Paper Piercing on the top of the quilt and she bordered the rest.

Here's Ellen with another quilt she made.

Her husband Frank quilted it by hand.

Pat Mower in front of her quilt

Mary Lawrence in front of her quilt . This is the 2014 All Iowa Shop Hop Quilt. 94 shops took part in this. Mary and her daughter went to all 94 shops. Each shop gave you a 6" square and that is how this quilt was made.

Jean Holmes in front of a quilt she made. She was in a quilt club in Peoria, Illinois. They had Strip Quilt Groups. Their requirement was that each person in the group was to add a 7" strip. The original owner gave the theme of their quilt and some original fabric. I had said "Build me a Christmas Tree." This past year it hung in our Texas room and was our Christmas tree.

Linda Thompson in front of a quilt she

made called "Star Light, Star Bright."

Faye DeBoer made this "Quilt In A Day Quilt" in the "Around the World" pattern which she says can be made in a day. When she was younger she could make one in a day. Now it takes her a little longer. This is number 79. She has made many for her church and for their large families. The hardest part for her is picking out the six colors.

Nancy Hutchins with her "Military Appreciation Quilt"

Her oldest son enlisted in the Air Force in the fall of 1986 and served four years. Since then he has finished college, become a teacher and has a total of almost 29 years with the Alabama National Guard. He was scheduled to go to Afghanastan last April - his third long term deployment. A diagnosis of R/A prevented it. He was disappointed so she decided that he needed a Quilt of Valor to cheer him up.

Nila Rezac and her quilt. The pheasant is South Dakota's State bird so she liked the big scene on the panel.

Nila Rezac is standing before a quilt that a friend of her did.

Joyce Harris made this quilt called "Fenced In Flowers" using the pattern "Anka's Treasures." This quilt was made with the intention of hanging in their new town house in South Dakota. While their home in Colorado was on the real estate market, she finished it. It hangs over her quilt rack in South Dakota.

Nancy Hill is standing between two of her pieces: The Christmas tree and the Scarecrow.

Della Rae Orndorff made this Jelly Roll Star quilt. She began this project at a Quilt Retreat last year. She finished the top while she was here last winter and she quilted it this summer. It is free-hand quilting.

There were other items that were quilted and on display today. Here are some of them.

Pam Jensen in front of the jacket that she made

Dolores Bergstrom and Ruth Hiniker

Our Quilters do a lot for charity in this area and they also donate quilts to our 1st Responders who cover each patient that heads to the hospital by ambulance with one of their quilts.