JENNIFER CHIAVERINI.
TAR LOVDAHL.
TARA LOVDAHL.
KARLA OVERLAND.
TEST.
THIS IS YOUR TEST.
THIS IS ANOTHER TEST.
MARCI GLAUS EDUCATION
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AT PBS
WISCONSIN EDUCATION.
ATRIUM, QUILT TO GIVE AREA.
TARA LOVDAHL.
SHOW FLOOR SPECIAL QUILTS
EXHIBIT.
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- Where is this vaccine?
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(gentle bluesy music)
- Tess wrote a fair bit about you, too.
Jill of all trades.
Very butch.
- Know everything then.
>> IF IT REALLY GETS LOUD
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>> HELLO, LIVE AT THE GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
HERE WITH INSIGHTS INTO THIS
EXCITING EVENT.
I'M HERE WITH KARLA OVERLAND.
EXCUSE ME.
FROM CHERRYWOOD FABRICS.
WELCOME.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
YES, I'M THE OWNER OF
CHERRYWOOD.
>> TELL US ABOUT CHERRYWOOD
235B RICKS.
>> WE ARE A SMALL BUSINESS OF
WOMEN WHO DYE A LITTLE EVERY
DAY.
WE USE COTTON FABRIC AND WE
DYE 200 YARDS A DAY.
OUR UNIQUE FABRIC LOOKS LIKE
SUEDE.
IT'S COTTON, IT'S WASHABLE.
IT'S BUICK TO WORK WITH.
IT HAS A TEXTURE THAT IS SUEDE
LOOK.
WE SELL IT IN 200 DIFFERENT
COLORS.
WE SELL IT IN BUNDLES.
WE HAVE PATTERNS AND KITS.
OUR BOOTH IS AN EXPLOSION OF
COLOR.
>> YOUR BOOTH IS AN EXPLOSION
OF COLOR AT THE GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
YOU HAVE A WEBSITE.
>> CHERRYWOOD.com.
ALL 200 COLORS ARE AVAILABLE
IN ALL THE BUNDLES.
THEY ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL.
YOU CAN MAKE QUILTS.
THEY ARE EASY TOE WORK WITH
AND THEY ARE SO BASICALLY.
THEY LOOK SUEDED.
EACH YEAR YOU HOST A
CHALLENGE.
>> YEAH.
>> THE DIANA DIAMOND
COLLECTION, TELL US ABOUT
DIANA'S COLLECTION EXPL EVERY
YEAR WE DO A CHALLENGE.
WE PICK A THEME AND A COLOR.
THIS IS OUR SEVENTH YEAR WE
ARE DOING IT.
DIANA IS ASSOCIATED WITH PINK
BECAUSE SHE HAD A LOT OF PINK
CLOTHING.
I READ IT WAS HER FAVORITE
COLOR.
WHETHER THAT'S TRUE, I DON'T
KNOW.
I HAVE A BUNDLE OF THREE
SHADES OF PINK AND WHITE.
THE ARTIST WOULD USE THAT
BUNDLE ONLY.
BUT COULD ADD OTHER COLORS.
THE IDEA IS HAVING A LIMITED
COLOR PALETTE AND SEEING WHAT
THEY CAN COME UP WITH.
YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE
COLORS IN THE PIECES BUTTH ALL
CHERRYWOOD HAND DYED.
EVERYTHING IS TIED TOGETHER.
THEY ARE SMALL.
THEY ARE ONLY 20-INCHES
SQUARE.
IT'S NOT INTIMIDATING, IT'S
EASY TO FINISH.
TO HAVE A DEADLINE.
IT GOES THROUGH A JURY
PROCESS.
QUILTS WE HAVE HERE AT THE
GREAT WISCONSIN SHOW IS ONLY
HALF OF THE EXHIBIT.
THE OTHER HALF IS TRAVELING TO
DIFFERENT PLACES.
FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR --
ACTUALLY A LITTLE MORE -- THIS
EXHIBIT GOES ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
IN THE PAST WE HAVE ACTUALLY
HAD OUR EXHIBIT TRAVEL TO
FRANCE AND AUSTRALIA.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
THAT'S EXCITING.
>> YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE THESE
EQUIPMENT ARE GOING TO POP UP.
>> THEY ARE AMAZING.
ALL OF THEM, LIKE YOU SAID,
YOU HAVE TO USE ALL THE SAME
FABRICS.
YOU CAN ADD A FEW OTHERS.
THEY HAVE TO BE THE SAME SIZE.
BUT THEY COULD BE ANY
TECHNIQUE.
>> YES.
>> TELL US ABOUT THE
TECHNIQUES USED.
>> ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF.
PIECE AND APPLIQUÉ.
PEOPLE ARE DOING RUMPING AND
YOU CAN USE PAINTS AND INKS
AND COLORED PENCILS.
THERE ARE SHADING.
PEOPLE CAPTURE HER PORTRAIT
REALLY WELL.
SO I DIDN'T WANT TO IT LIMIT
PEOPLE TO, LIKE, JUST
FOLLOWING A PATTERN.
THESE ARE ALL ORIGINAL.
THEY HAVE COME UP WITH THESE
ALL THEMSELVES AND HOW THEY
PORTRAY IS UP TO THEM.
I DIDN'T WANT TO LIMIT THE
CREATIVITY.
EVERY YEAR THE BAR GETS RAISED
HIGHER AND HIGHER.
>> IT ABSOLUTELY DOES.
EACH COLLECTION IS JUST --
>> SOME OF THEM CAN BE SIMPLE.
NOT TO GO OFF THE DEEP END.
PEOPLE THINK IT'S SO
COMPLICATED, I CAN'T DO THIS,
BUT YOU REALLY COULD.
SOME OF THE WINNERS ARE
NONCOMPLICATED.
JUST BEAUTIFUL COMPOSITIONS.
SO TOPICAL WITH THE QUEEN'S
PASSING.
>> IT'S VERY IRONIC.
THIS IS SUCH A TRIBUTE TO
DIANA.
IT BRINGS UP SO MUCH EMOTION.
TODAY EVEN MORE EMOTION.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THESE
BEAUTIFUL QUILTS TO US.
I'LL BE SURE TO SHOP YOUR
BOOTH LATER TODAY.
>> AWESOME IF THERE IS
ANYTHING LEFT.
>> I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT
SHOW.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR
THE QUILTING WORLD AND THE
GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN FOR
THE GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW
LIVE, LIVE STREAMS.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS YEARS
EVENT AND NEXT YEAR, HEAD TO
QUILTSHOW.com.
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>> HELLO, I'M DIANA SPRINGER
AT THE GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT
SHOW.
LIVE WITH INSIGHT INTO THE
SHOW AND SPLAR, AMAZING QUILT
EXISTS.
I'M WITH JENNIFER CHIAVERINI.
GREAT BEST SELLING AUTHOR.
HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW YOU LIVE
IN MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN.
>> IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO
BE WRITER AND A QUILTER.
THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL
WAYS TO FIND INSPIRATION IN
BOTH OF THOSE SINGLES.
>> I'M SO GLAD YOU ARE BACK
T.V.ING AT THE GREAT WISCONSIN
QUILT SHOW.
YOU HAVE AN EVENING EVENT AND
A QUILT EXHIBIT.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR
PRESENTATIONS AND YOUR QUILTS.
>> WELL, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE
BACK LIVE IN-PERSON AT THE
GREAT.
FROM THE CROWDS AND EVERYTHING
I'M HEARING, EVERYONE ELSE IS
JUST AS EXCITED AS I AM.
I'M SO HAPPY I'VE BEEN INVITED
TO DO THREE DIFFERENT
PRESENTATIONS.
I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT MY
LATEST QUILT PATTERN BOOK,
HARRIET'S JOURNEY, DURING THE
DAY.
THEN IN THE EVENING, I'LL BE
DOING A SPECIAL PROGRAM ABOUT
MY NOVELS.
NOT ONLY MY MOST RECENT
RELEASE A HISTORICAL NORVEL
CALLED SWITCH BOARD SOLDIERS.
AND THEN MY SERIES WHICH
QUILTERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THERE IS A
WONDERFUL DISPLAY HERE IN THE
GALLERY OF ALL KINDS OF QUILTS
INSPIRED BY THE ELM CREEK
NOVELS.
SOME OF THEM ARE MY WORK.
SOME ARE DESIGNED AND OTHER
PEOPLE MADE.
OTHERS ARE CREATED BY QUILTERS
FROM WISCONSIN AND AROUND THE
COUNTRY, AND AROUND THE WORLD.
SOME OF WHOM BEGAN THEIR
PARTICIPATION IN THESE QUILTS
RIGHT HERE AT THE QUILT SHOW.
>> IT'S AN AMAZING COLLECTION
OF QUILTS.
HAVE YOU SHOWN THE QUILTS
TOGETHER IN AN EXHIBIT BEFORE?
>> IT HAS BEEN MANY YEARS
SINCE ALL OF THESE QUILTS HAVE
BEEN DISPLAYED ALTOGETHER.
SOME OF THESE ARE SO NEW THAT,
YOU KNOW, I'VE TAKEN THEM ON
MY BOOK TOURS.
ALL OF THEM IN ONE PLACE IS A
VERY RARE THING.
I'M JUST THRILLED WITH THE WAY
THE GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW
HAS DISPLAYED THEM SO
BEAUTIFULLY, SO THAT READERS
WHO HAVE READ ABOUT THEM IN
THE STORIES CAN NOW COME AND
SEE THE QUILTS IN PERSON.
I'M HOPING THAT PAST ATTENDEES
OF THE QUILT SHOW WILL FIND
THEIR OWN BLOCKS IN SOME OF
THE GROUP QUILTS?
I'M SURE THEY ARE.
I CAN HEAR PEOPLE TALKING AS
THEY LOOK AT THE QUILTS.
THEY ARE REMEMBERING THE
READING OF YOUR BOOKS AND THE
STORY AND THE QUILTS JUST TIES
IT ALL TOGETHER.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE -- AN
EXHIBIT TO TAKE IT ALL IN.
I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR
KNOWLEDGE WITH US AND YOUR
EXPERTISE WITH YOUR HO-TO.
YOU WRITE HOW-TO BOOKS AND
NOVELS.
YOU DO RESEARCH FOR
YOURNOVALS.NOV
YOU HAVE BEEN A PAST GUEST.
>> I'M SO HAPPY TO BE THERE,
TO CHAT WITH NANCY ABOUT THE
BOOKS, FIND OUT WHAT SHE
ENJOYED ABOUT THEM.
JUST TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THEM
WITH HER AUDIENCE.
IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE
HER SUPPORT FOR THE SERIES.
AND I KNOW -- BECAUSE I STILL
HEAR FROM VIEWERS WHO ARE
STILL ENJOYING NANCY'S
EPISODES, SEWING WITH NANCY
EPISODES.
SOME PEOPLE ARE DISCOVERING MY
BOOKS THE FIRST TIME.
SO I OWE SO MUCH INSPIRATION
TO NANCY.
CERTAINLY A DEEP DEBT OF
GRATITUDE FOR THE SUPPORT SHE
HAS SHOWN MY WORK.
THE QUILT SHOW IS A WONDERFUL
LEGACY TO HER, AND IT'S JUST
SUCH A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION
OF THE FANTASTIC QUILT
TRADITIONS WE HAVE HERE IN
WISCONSIN.
I JUST LOVE THAT IT JUST
BRINGS QUILT LOVERS FROM ALL
OVER TO MY HOME TOWN, MADISON,
WISCONSIN.
I JUST LOVE IT.
>> WELL SAID.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME,
JENNIFER.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M THRILLED TO BE BACK AND
LIVE AND IN-PERSON AT THE
QUILT SHOW AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT
AND NEXT YEAR HEAD TO QUILT
SHOW.com.
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>> HELLO, I'M DEANNA SPRINGER.
LIVE AT THE GREAT WISCONSIN
QUILT SHOW.
WITH INSIGHTS INTO THE EVENT.
WE ARE STANDING IN THE QUILT
TO GIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE
PROJECT AREA.
THIS IS WHERE WE SEW QUILTS TO
DONATE TO PEOPLE AND
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN
NEED.
I AM JOINED BY MARCI GLAUS.
PECULIAR, MARCI.
>> YOU ARE IN THE EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT AT PBS WISCONSIN.
>> I AM.
HAPPILY SO.
>> TELL US ABOUT THAT AND WHAT
QUILT TO GIVE IS.
>> I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF
EDUCATION TEAM AND OUR CHIEF
CURIOSITY OFFICER AND
EDUCATION ENGAGEMENT
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, JOHN
CO-BLACKI WHO HAD THE GREAT TO
APPROACH QUILT TO SEE AN
INTEREST WOULD BE IN CREATING
SMALL WARM QUILTS TO SHARE
WITH OUR NEWEST NEIGHBORS, OUR
REFUGEE CHILDREN BEING
RESETTLED IN THE STATE.
QUILT AGREED.
AND HERE WE ARE, 9:00 TO 3-S
EVERY DAY AT THE GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
IT'S WELL AFTER 3:00 AND WE
ARE STILL STITCHING QUILTS.
WE ARE STITCHING WITH PBS
FRIENDLY FABRICS FOR
BACKPACKS.
>> WE HAVE THE FIRST ROUND TO
OUT TO THE SIX RESETTLEMENT
AGENCIES.
EM THE RESETTLEMENT AGENCIES
ARE JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES OF
WISCONSIN, OF MADISON, THE
INTERNATIONAL FOLKS IN
MILWAUKEE.
THE E.C.D.C. MULTIPLE CULTURAL
CENTER IN WAUSAU.
LET ME SEE.
WORLD RELIEF OUT OF FOX
VALLEY.
AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE
DIOCESE OF GREEN BAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WONDERFUL WORK WITH THAT.
IT'S REALLY THE VOLUNTEERS --
YOU CAN SEE THE VOLUNTEERS
SEWING, PRESSING, CUTTING,
SEWING FABRICS INTO QUILTS.
WE ARE USED TO MAKING
LARGE-SIZED QUITS, KING-SIZED
QUILTS, BED-SIZED QUILTS.
WE ARE MAKING THESE SMALLER
COMFORT QUILTS TO HELP YOUR
MISSION.
WE ARE PLEASED TO DO IT.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE
MANY VOLUNTEERS.
IT THANK YOU FOR STOPPING IN
WHILE YOU'RE AT THE GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
SEWING AND CUTTING.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T SEW WE HAVE
JOBS YOU CAN HELP WITH THESE
QUILTS.
STOP AT THE GREAT IN THE QUILT
TO GIVE AREA.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
TODAY.
>> OF COURSE.
>> TO LEARN MORE GO TO
quiltshow.com.
GO TO TO QUILT TO GIVE.ORG TO
LEARN ABOUT MAKING QUILTS AND
HOW YOU CAN MAKE QUILTS FOR
PEOPLE IN NEED.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW EVENT
THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR'S
EVENT GO TO quiltshow.com.
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>> HELLO, I'M DEANNA SPRINGER
LIVE AT THE GRAITLE GREAT WISCONSIN
QUILT SHOW, WITH INSIGHTS INTO
THE SHOW.
I'M HERE WITH TARA LOVDAHL,
PUBLICIST FOR PBS WISCONSIN.
WELCOME, TARA.
>> THANKS, DEANNA.
>> WE ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF
THE KEN BURNS EXHIBIT.
WE ARE WITH TARA BECAUSE SHE
INTERVIEWED KEN BURNS HERSELF
PERSONALLY.
>> YES.
I'M KIND OF FAMOUS NOW.
>> ALMOST FAMOUS.
>> YES.
>> NO, HE WAS GREAT TO TALK TO
ABOUT THE QUILTS.
HE WAS VERY GRACIOUS AND
GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME.
HE WAS REALLY WILLING TO
EXPLORE, LIKE, ALL THE INS AND
OUT OF THE QUILTS.
>> WE HAVE A COLLECTION OF 26
KEN BURNS QUILTS.
WE CALL THEM KEN BURNS QUILTS.
THEY ARE OWNED BY KEN BURNS.
THEY ARE PART OF HIS ANTIQUE
COLLECTION.
WHEN I LEARNED HE HAD A
COLLECTION AND HAD A SHOW ON
THE ROAD THIS EXHIBIT IS
CURATED.
>> IT'S ORGANIZED BY THE
INTERNATIONAL QUILT MUSEUM OF
UNIVERSITY OF
NEBRASKA-LINCOLN.
>> LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.
>> YES.
>> WHEN I LEARNED THEY WERE
THERE, I CONTACTED JOHN IN
WISCONSIN.
HE SAID WE NEED TO GET THIES
QUILTS.
THROUGH LOTS OF WORK, THEY ARE
HERE, ALL 26 IN.
THEY WERE IN PEORIA, NOW THEY
ARE HERE AT THE GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
YOU CAN TAKE IN ALL THE
ANTIQUE QUILTS.
THEY ARE FROM 1800s AND
1900S.
>> YES, THIS COLLECTION WE
HAVE HERE IS ROUGHLY FROM THE
1850s THROUGH THE 1940s.
HERE ARE QUILTS THAT ARE
OLDER.
A LOT OF AMISH QUILTS.
I THINK THEY ARE ALL HAND MADE
AND ALL AMERICAN.
>> UH-HUH.
>> AND HE IS PRETTY SURE THAT
MOST OF THEM F NOT ALL OF THEM
WERE MADE BY WOMEN, WHICH HE
IS EXCITED TO ELEVATE FEMALE
ARTISTS.
YEAH, JUST INCREDIBLE
COLLECTION.
HAND-PIECED, ALL KINDS OF
VINTAGE FABRICS.
SAVED FROM FABRICS LEFT OVER
FROM OTHER THINGS.
QUILTS WERE MADE IN THE DAY TO
STAY WARM.
THE BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART.
EACH AND EVERY PART OF EVERY
QUILT HAS HANDS AND NEEDLES
THAT WERE PIERCED THROUGH TO
PIECE IT ALL TOGETHER.
IT'S EXTRAORDINARY.
>> YES, IT IS INCREDIBLE.
HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HE IS A
DOCUMENTARIAN AND A DIRECTOR
AND HE LIKES TO BE IN CONTROL.
BUT HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT
QUILTS JUST LETS HIM RELEASE
THAT CONTROL AND JUST LOOK AT
IT AS A PIECE OF ART A DESIGN
AS A WHOLE.
IN A LOT OF CASES HE DOESN'T
REALLY KNOW ANY OTHER HISTORY
OTHER THAN ROUGHLY THE TIME
PERIOD OF WHAT IT'S FROM.
LIKE, HE DOESN'T KNOW
NECESSARILY WHO MADE IT OR
WHERE.
HE JUST DOESN'T WORRY ABOUT
THAT.
HE ENJOYS IT FOR THE DESIGN
THAT IT IS.
>> RIGHT.
THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO DO, WHY
YOU SHOULD PUT A LABEL ON YOUR
QUILTS SO IT CAN BE SAVED.
THESE QUILTS WERE WELL-LOVED
AND WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
IT'S EXQUISITE TO KNOW HOW
MUCH WORK WENT INTO EACH AND
EVERY PIECE OF THEM.
AND I KNOW THEY ARE VERY
SPECIAL TO KEN BURNS.
>> YEAH, HISTORICAL.
HE IS A HISTORIAN AND A
STORY-TELLER.
THE QUILTS TELL A STORY.
HE SAID HE MISSES THEM.
>> YEAH, HE TOLD ME HE MISSES
THEM, WHICH IS VERY SWEET.
HE JUST LOVED HIS QUILTS SO
MUCH.
YEAH, I THINK EVERYONE CAN
RELATE TO THAT.
WHERE YOU JUST -- YOU GET
ATTACHED TO AN OBJECT.
WHAT IS INTERESTING, HE
DOESN'T KNOW THE STORY.
HE DOESN'T KNOW THIS QUILTER
MADE IT FOR THEIR MOTHER OR
THEIR DAUGHTER, OR FOR A LATE
HUSBAND OR SOMETHING.
YOU CAN IMAGINE IT.
>> YOU CAN IMAGINE THE STORY.
THEN THINK ABOUT THE
HISTORICAL TIME PERIOD THAT
WAS HAPPENING.
HE HAS SOME FROM THE CIVIL WAR
THAT ARE HERE.
THAT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE.
>> RIGHT, IT'S AMAZING TO BE
IN FRONT OF THE QUILTS.
ALL OF THE ATTENDEES ARE
TAKING TIME TO SPEND TIME WITH
THE KEN BURNS QUILTS.
>> YEAH.
>> IT'S SPECIAL TO HAVE THEM
HERE, THEN THEY GO HOME
FINALLY.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE QUILTS
THAT WE HAVE HERE -- YOU HAVE
WRITTEN A COUPLE OF ARTICLES.
HEAD OVER TO THE WEBSITE.
>> PBS WISCONSIN.ORG AT THE
BLOG.
WE DO HAVE ONE INTERVIEW I DID
WITH HIM.
HE TALKS ABOUT THE FIRST QUILT
HE WAS EVER DRAWN TO.
IT WAS ONE HIS GRANDMOTHER
MADE FOR HIM.
SHE MADE ONE FOR ALL OF HIS
COUSINS AS WELL.
IT'S JUST VERY TOUCHING.
I THINK YOU ASSOCIATE WHAT WAS
GIVEN TO YOU WITH THAT PERSON
IN THIS CASE IT'S MORE SPECIAL
BECAUSE IT'S HANDMADE.
LIKE SOME OF HER SOUL IS IN
THE QUILT, THE LEFTOVER
MATERIALS FROM LEFTOVER
CLOTHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> THANK YOU, TARA FOR JOINING
US TODAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN
FROM BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE
GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS
YEAR'S EVENT AND NEXT YEAR
GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
HEAD TO quiltshow.com.