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>> Hello, I'm Deanna Springer,
live at the Great Wisconsin

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Quilt Show with insights to
this year's event. I am

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standing in a special quilt
exhibit area, one of the many

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special exhibits we have on
display this weekend. This is

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the Black Diamonds Quilt
exhibit presented by friends of

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Claudine Hanson. The Black
Diamonds quilt making class was

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>> Yeah.
taught many times by late

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master quilter Claudine Hanson.
Quilt artistry and quilt

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educator Bill Hoernke is now
carrying on her legacy by

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continuing to teach her
signature pattern. Quilts were

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made by friends of Claudine
Hanson and students of the

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Black Diamonds Quilt Workshop,
taught by Bill Hoernke here at

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the 2025 Great Wisconsin Quilt
Show, seeming more seemingly

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more complicated at first
glance, the quilt piecing

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year.
technique is easy to complete.

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Students learn to make a
primary block and add half

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square triangles and borders.
Each quilt is unique and

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features many different layouts.
John Mackowski, PBS Wisconsin

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Emirates director of television,
had the creative idea to offer

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a quilting class in 2025 and
then have it as special quilt

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exhibit. This year, we invite
you to come out and see this

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special exhibit and all of the
other exhibits on display this

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weekend at the Great Wisconsin
Quilt Show. To learn more about

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this year's event and next
year's event, head over to

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Quilt show.com.

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to go.
individually.

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for new members.
for new members.