>> HELLO, I'M DEANNA SPRINGER,
LIVE AT THE GREAT WISCONSIN
QUILT SHOW.
I'M JOINED BY MEGAN SPECKMANN,
DOREEN SPECKMANN'S DAUGHTER.
WELCOME, MEGAN!
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME!
>> AND WE ARE STANDING INSIDE
THE DOREEN SPECKMANN REMEMBERED
QUILT EXHIBIT THAT YOU CURATED.
>> YES, IT'S BEEN SO EXCITING TO
BE BACK AND BRING ALL THESE
QUILTS HERE IN MADISON,
WISCONSIN.
>> YOUR MOM WAS BORN AND RAISED
IN WISCONSIN, AND SHE'S A TREND
SETTER IN QUILTING, GIPPING IN N
THE 70s.
>> YES!
45 YEARS AGO, SHE MADE MY BABY
QUILT.
>> YOU HAVE YOUR DAUGHTER WITH
YOU TODAY.
>> THIS IS ZOE.
>> HI, ZOE!
>> SHE MADE SILKY BECAUSE SHE
DID NOT WANT ME TO HAVE A JUNKIE
LITTLE CHENILLE BLANKET.
>> THIS IS YOUR BABY QUILT.
>> THIS IS HER VERY FIRST QUILT
SHE EVER MADE IN 1977, AND IT'S
BEEN WELL LOVED.
>> AMAZINGS.
I'M GLAD YOU STILL HAVE IT.
>> YES!
SHE STARTED QUILTING AND SHE
REALLY TOOK IT REALLY FAR.
>> YES, YES.
>> AND SHE MADE A QUILT AND
ENTERED IT INTO THE FIRST AQS
SHOW.
>> YEP, THIS WAS HER VERY TBIRS.
FIRST.
SHE WON FIRST PLACE IN 1985 WITH
THE BLADE, AND THAT WAS THE,
LIKE --
>> TELL US ABOUT THE BLADE.
>> I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW, IT'S A
BLACK AND WHITE AND RED, IT
LOOKS LIKE A SWITCHBLADE.
>> YOUR MOM HAD A GREAT SENSE OF
HUMOR.
>> YEAH.
EVERY POINT WAS ALWAYS PERFECT,
EVERY MITERED CORNER.
>> SHE HAD A GREAT WAY OF
QUILTING AND MAKING QUILTS AND
PUTTING THEM TOGETHER.
>> AND MAKING IT FUN TOO.
>> AND MAKING IT FUN.
MIXING UNUSUAL FABRICS.
>> YEAH.
>> TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE
QUILTS IN THE EXHIBIT.
>> SO WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT ONES.
THE ONE BEHIND ME HERE IS
RUNNING HOT AND COLD WHICH WAS
ON THE COVER OF "PATTERN PLAY,"
HER BOOK.
THEN WE'VE GOT MY FAVORITE IS
PEAKY AND SPIKE GO TO HAYBERRY,
FLASHBACK, I LIVED IN
SAN FRANCISCO FOR A TIME.
CROSS STREET PASTURE IS ANOTHER
ONE.
WE HAD WOODEN CUTOUT COWS IN OUR
FRONT GARDEN.
I'M A GARDENER, I LOVE PLANTS
AND FLOWERS.
SO IT HAS BLACK AND WHITE FOR
THE COWS AND ALL THESE KIND OF
YELLOW AND ORANGES AND STUFF
BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS OF DAY
LILIES AND BRIGHT THINGS, SO
THOSE ARE MY TOO, AND MAGPIE
ROAD KILL.
I ALSO WAS AN AUSTRALIAN
EXCHANGE STUDENT.
IT'S ALL FABRIC FROM AUSTRALIA.
SHE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD.
I HAVE BEEN ON 12 CRUISES.
>> BECAUSE YOUR MOM IS A QUILT
TEACHER OR WAS.
>> PEOPLE WOULD FOLLOW H HER
EVERYWHERE.
>> WE LOST HER WAY TOO YOUNG.
>> THIS HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN.
>> YOU'RE BRINGING BACK SOME OF
HER PATTERNS.
>> I AM GOING TO TRY.
DOREENSPECKMANN.COM, I HAVE A
WEBSITE.
I'M A LITTLE SLOW BUT BACK IN
THE OLD TIMES, I USED TO SELL
THIS CHICKEN PATTERN.
AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING -- I CAN
PAPER PIECE.
>> THE LITTLE LOG CABIN QUILT
BLOCKS.
>> I ACTUALLY HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT
OF HER FABRIC.
>> SHE DESIGNED FABRIC TOO.
>> YES, INSPIRED FROM FRANCE AND
PROVANCE.
I'M BRINGING THE CHICKEN PATTERN
BACK.
>> YOUR MOM WAS FAMOUS FOR HER
LITTLE CHICKEN PIN CUSHION MADE
FROM A LOG CABIN BLOCK.
IT TAKES ME BACK.
NANCY AND DOREEN WERE FRIENDS.
>> SHE'D ALWAYS COME TO OUR
HOUSE WHEN SHE WAS IN TOWN AND
HAVE LUNCH.
>> FUN MEMORIES.
>> THIS IS SO WONDERFUL TO BE
ABLE TO SHARE HER QUILTS IN
MADISON WHICH IS ALL THE PLACES
SHE TRAVELED, HER FAVORITE CITY
IN THE WORLD.
>> WE SURE APPRECIATE YOU
SHARING YOUR QUILTS, YOUR MOM'S
QUILTS.
>> YES.
>> AND THE DOREEN SPECKMANN
REMEMBERED QUILT EXHIBIT.
>> THIS HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
AND THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN FOR
BEHIND THE SCENES INSIGHTS INTO
THE GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
BE SURE TO STOP IN AT THE
SPECIAL QUILT EXHIBITS AND SEE
ALL THE BEAUTIFUL QUILTS ON THE
SHOW FLOOR.
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