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at the Great Wisconsin Quilt

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Show with insights to this
year's event. We welcome you to

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join us this week Thursday,
Friday and Saturday when the

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show opens. Today is Setup day.
It's Wednesday, so we are

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setting up all the vendor
booths. The vendors are setting

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up the vendor booths. We're in
the central quilt exhibit. I am

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joined by Kate Alkema, a
certified judge, and we're

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setting up the quilts in. The
judges are right behind us

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judging. So welcome, Kate.
>> Thank you. It's great to be

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here.
>> And you're the president.

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>> I am the president of the
National Association of

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Certified Quilt Judges, and
there are three of us here

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judging the quilts today,
enjoying all these beautiful

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quilts we're writing, judging
critiques for anyone, any

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entrant who asked to have a
written critique. We tell them

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what they're doing really well
on their quilts and maybe give

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them some suggestions for
improving their quilt making

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skills.
that you're judging.

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>> Yes.
>> So you're roaming around,

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you have a crew. We do. There's
scribes and judging assistants.

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So you have a whole team. Yes.
And you go category by category.

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And you look at every quilt.
>> We do look at every quilt

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and we choose first, second,
and third place in each

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category and a few honorable
mentions to and then after that

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is over, we will choose a best
of show from among all the

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first place ribbons.
>> Right? And after the show

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opens, then you, the attendees
can choose a quilt that's that

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you can vote for for viewer's
choice. So the awards keep

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going through Saturday. You can
vote for the viewer's choice.

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>> That's always fun to do.
>> I know you started in

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category one. We have ten
categories in the central quilt

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exhibit, right? And category
one is bed size, hand.

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>> Quilted.
>> Hand quilted.

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>> Yes. Yeah. There's some
great hand quilting. So that

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was a fun one to start with.
>> Very impressive. As soon as

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you walk into the exhibit and
turn right, bed size quilts

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that are hand quilted with
needle and thread, no sewing

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machines, right? So it's
impressive right away when you

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walk into the exhibit. And as
you go through the exhibit, you

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go into different categories,
right? Bed quilts.

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>> Bed quilts, wall quilts,
some are pieced, some are

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appliquéd and mixed. There are
pictorials. There are several

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different categories to to look
at.

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>> And when you get to category
ten, that's mixed. So different.

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All techniques mixed together
in one quilt, right?

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>> But we're always looking for
the quilt that has the best

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combination of an amazing
design that draws the viewer in

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for a closer look. And then
meticulous workmanship to back

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up those design decisions that
the quilter made. How many

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fabrics were chosen, what, what
colors, what thread colors,

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what quilting designs? How did
the entrant put all those

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elements together to create an
amazing composition that

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everyone wants to look at?
>> You can just tell when you

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walk through exhibit,
everyone's drawn to the

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different quilts. Every quilt
has a tag, so you can read

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about the quilt and the quilt
maker. The Piecer, the machine

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quilter who quilted it, who
pieced it. There's so much to

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see and learn here in the
central quilt exhibit, plus

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everything else. Well, we have
to offer here at the Great

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Wisconsin Quilt Show. I know
you have a lot more judging to

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do and a lot of work to do.
>> Kate. Where should people

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look for the judged exhibit
when they come.

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quilt exhibit with your
admission ticket. It includes

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the admission to the vendor
mall, the central quilt exhibit,

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and the stage presentations as
well, so you can't miss it.

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There's a huge hanging sign on
the ceiling for the central

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quilt exhibit.
>> Okay, so look up and you'll

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find.
straight forward beyond the PBS

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Wisconsin booth. We're right
behind the PBS Wisconsin.

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>> Look for those black drapes.
>> The black drapes we've hung

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on the black drapes for all 21
years. This is our 21st year

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this year. So we're celebrating
the quilts just pop right off

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the black drape.
>> They do. They really do

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shine with that black
background.

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with you Kate.
>> It's great to be here.

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>> Thank you for being here.
>> You're welcome.

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>> And thank you for tuning in.
And be sure to come to the

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Great Wisconsin Quilt Show here
in Madison, Wisconsin, Thursday,

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Friday and Saturday. And to
learn more about this year's

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event and next year's event,
head over to Quilt show.com.

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