>>> HELLO, I'M DIANA SPRINGER AT
THE QUILT SHOW WITH AN INSIDE
LOOK AT THE EVENT.
I'M JOINED BY KRIST CHRIS LYNN ,
WELCOME AT THE EVENT.
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M GLAD TO BE
HERE, AND, YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO
TALK ABOUT MY QUILT.
>> AND YOU HAVE A QUILT IN THE
CENTRAL QUILT COMPETITION.
THIS IS A COMPETITION QUILT WITH
OTHER SPECIAL EXHIBITS
THROUGHOUT THE SHOW, BUT THIS IS
THE CENTRAL EXHIBIT.
YOU HAD TO SUBMIT TWO PHOTOS TO
BE JURIED TO BE SELECTED TO HANG
IN THE SHOW, SO CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
IT WAS AN HONOR IT IS AN HONOR
TO BE HERE.
>> IT IS AN HONOR TO LOOK AT THE
WORK AND TALK ABOUT YOUR WORK
WITH YOU, SO, PLEASE, TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR QUILT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
WELL, I MADE THIS QUILT FOR A
CONTEST HELD BY THE NATIONAL
QUILT MUSEUM IN PADUKAH, AND
THEY TAKE A TRADITIONAL BLOCK
AND TRADITIONAL PATTERN, OAK
LEAF AND REEL, AND YOU HAVE TO
DO SOMETHING INNOVATIVE, SO I
PUT THE BLOCK AND PUT IT IN
PHOTO J SHOP, AND THE BLOCK IS
THIS ONE HERE, AND SKEW IT AND
TWIST IT TO GIVE IT A SWIRL, AND
I PUT IT IN THE CENTER OF THE
QUILT WITH THE LEAVES FALLING
FROM THE TREE AND BLOWING IN THE
SWIRL AROUND IT.
>> TALK ABOUT THE BACKGROUND
FABRIC.
>> A COTTON AND SILK BLEND, A
SHEEN TO IT, USED TWO LAYERS OF
BAT, COTTON, AND I REALLY
CHALLENGED MYSELF WITH THIS ONE
TO MAKE THE BACK, QUILT THE
BACK, AND THEN APPLIQUE
AFTERWARDS.
>> TO MAKE THIS, YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE UNQUILTED AREAS.
>> CORRECT.
WHERE IT'S NOT QUILTED HEAVILY,
IT POOFS OUT AND FILLS IN.
>> REALLY DOES LOOK LOVELY.
TELL US ABOUT THE FABRIC
SELECTION IN THE FALL LEAVES ARE
FALL COLORS AND BEAUTIFUL TONES.
>> THEY ARE.
A FRIEND GAVE ME A BAG OF SILK
CUTS FROM NECKTIES FROM A
FACTORY.
>> SCRAP.
>> YEP.
AND I MADE THE LEAVES THREE
DIMENSIONAL, AND TO DO THE TREE,
BAA I WANTED TO QUILT BEFORE THE
TREE WAS ADDED, I DID THE
WASHOUT MARKER FIRST, THE
QUILTING, AND APPLIQUED THE TREE
ON.
>> TALK ABOUT THE TREE.
YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE A PLAIN
FABRIC.
YOU HAVE A PLAID.
>> I CHOSE PLAID, ACTUALLY, THE
PLAID CHOSE THE QUILT.
YEARS AGO, I WAS IN A WAREHOUSE
SALE IN NANCY'S NOTIONS IN
BEAVER DAM AND BOUGHT THIS
FABRIC TO MAKE A SKIRT.
IT SAT IN THE BAG FOREVER
BECAUSE QUILTERS DO NOT MAKE
GARMENTS OFTEN, AND LOOKING FOR
FABRIC FOR THIS QUILT, THIS
STUCK OUT AND SAT IT ON THE
BIAS, AND IT WAS PERFECT.
>> YOU USE NECKTIE SCRAPS,
PLAID, YOUONS, SO THANK YOU FOR
GIVING US PERMISSION TO USE
NONQUILTING FABRICS IN THE
QUILT.
>> YOU'RE SO WELCOME.
I DON'T USE THEM IN WASHED BED
QUILTS, BUT IF FOR THE WALL.
>> IT IS SPECTACULAR.
WHAT ABOUT THE BOTTOM TREATMENT?
>> THAT WAS FUN.
AFTER I GOT THE PIECE QUILTED, I
ADDED ON THIS BORDER TO GET TO
BE THE RIGHT SIZE, AN THEN I
MEASURED AND I WAS A HALF INCH
SHORT THAT WAY.
WELL, THE QUILT'S DONE, SO I
MISSED ON THE TRIANGLES ON THE
BOTTOM, AND, ACTUALLY, I THINK
IT'S ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING
PARTS OF THE QUILT, AND SO
SOMETIMES NECESSITY'S THE MOTHER
OF INVENTION, AND SOMETIMES IT
WORKS WELL.
>> YOU'RE SPOT ON, SPOT ON.
>> YEAH.
>> TALK OF HITTING MEASUREMENTS
BECAUSE THE COMPETITION HAS
GUIDELINES.
>> OH, YES.
>> THERE'S RULES, QUILTS ARE
SPECIFIC MEASUREMENTS FOR A
COMPETITION QUILT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, CHRIS, FOR A
QUILT IN THE SHOW AND MEETING
ALL OF THE GUIDELINES FOR THE
CATEGORY, AN WE ARE STANDING IN
CATEGORY MACHINE QUILTED
PICTORIAL, AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US, CHRIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT IS A
JOY.
>> THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN LIVE
AT THE WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
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