>> Deanna: I'M DEANNA SPRINGER,
LIVE AT THE GREAT WISCONSIN
QUILT SHOW WITH A
BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK INTO THE
EVENT.
I'M JOINED BY DANA CASEY.
HELLO.
>> Dana: HI.
>> Deanna: HELLO, DANA, YOU ARE
THE GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW
QUILT COORDINATOR AND MY REAL
LIFE SISTER, AND THIS WEEK, YOU
ARE TAKING CARE OF ALL THE
QUILTS AT THE EXHIBIT, INCLUDING
THE CENTRAL QUILT EXHIBIT.
I THINK WE HAVE DOZENS AND
DOZENS COMING IN FROM ACROSS
COUNTRY, BUT WE ARE STANDING IN
FRONT OF THE 1973 SPECIAL QUILT
EXHIBIT EVENT.
SO THE 1973 SPECIAL QUILT
EXHIBIT IS A 30-INCH BY 40-INCH
QUILTING CHALLENGE OFFERED TO
ALL QUILTERS EVERYWHERE, ANY
LEVEL.
WE HAVE ABOUT 25 QUILTS ENTERED
INTO THE COMPETITION AND BACK IN
1973, LIKE LAST YEAR, WHAT
HAPPENED 50 YEARS AGO, SO ALL
1973 THEMED.
>> Dana: I SEE A LOT OF FLOWER
POWER AND VW BUSES AND DISCO,
AND CROCHET AND HOLLY HOBBY.
>> Deanna: ONE PUT THE ACTUAL
HALTER TOP ON TO THE QUILT.
>> Deanna: IT'S THE GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW ANNUAL
CHALLENGE.
IT'S NOT THE THEME, NOT 1973
EVERY YEAR.
IT'S A DIFFERENT THEME.
WE MAKES IT UP.
>> Dana: WE DO.
>> Deanna: AND HAVE WE ANNOUNCED
THE --
>> Dana: I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK
IF I COULD ANNOUNCE THE 30 BY
40, IT'S THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW,
THE MOST POPULAR IS A BLACK AND
WHITE PLUS ONE AND YOU HEARD IT
HEAR FIRST.
PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE TWO COLORS TO
QUILT WITH.
BLACK AND WHITE WITH A THIRD
ADDITIONAL COLOR.
IT WITH BE BLACK AND WHITE AND
RED OR BLACK AND WHITE AND
YELLOW.
SO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD
BE.
WE HAD 70 OR 80 QUILTS, IN 2015
WAS IT?
SO LET'S BEAT THAT RECORD!
BECAUSE THESE QUILTS, THIS IS
HOSTED BY THE GREAT WISCONSIN
QUILT SHOW, PBS WISCONSIN AND
NANCY ZIEMAN PRODUCTIONS, AND
THEN THEY GO TRAVELING FOR A
YEAR.
>> Dana: TWO YEARS.
>> Deanna: YES, THE ART DECOS
ARE COMING HOME THIS YEAR AND
THE '73S WILL GO ON THE ROAD
BEHIND THE 40 YEARS OF SEWING
WITH NANCY, SO WE'LL POST THAT
ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA,
QUILTSHOW.COM, FOLLOW US ON
SOCIAL MEDIA TO SEE WHEN THAT
SCHEDULE WILL BE.
WHERE CAN WE PICK UP THE ENTRY
FORMS?
>> Dana: YOU CAN PICK THEM UP
GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW OR
HERE AT THE QUILTSHOW.COM.
>> Deanna: THEY WON'T BE ONLINE
FOR A LITTLE BIT, SO YOU GET
YOUR ADVANCED FORM HERE, AND
THEN WHEN PEOPLE ENTER, THEIR
ENTRY FORM, YOU MAKE A QUILT,
TAKE A COUPLE OF PHOTOS.
>> Dana: A CLOSE UP AND A FAR
AWAY.
>> Deanna: AND A JURY MEETS AND
GOES OVER THE PHOTOS AND SELECTS
THOSE THAT ARE BE EXHIBITED AT
THE GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
SO YOU HAVE ALMOST A YEAR.
I THINK THE DEADLINE IS JUNE
30TH.
JUNE 30TH NEXT YEAR.
YOU HAVE SOME TIME.
SO GET QUILTING THIS WINTER.
A 30-BY-40-INCH QUILT IS A GREAT
SIZE TO TRY AND YOU KNOW YOU
HAVE A QUILT HANGING IN THE
SHOW.
IT'S NOT BEING JUDGED.
>> Dana: I DO.
I JUST LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AND
HAVE FUN, MY VW BUS, IT WAS A
DIFFERENT CHALLENGE FOR ME TO DO
AS WELL.
>> Deanna: A LOT OF APPLIQUE,
AND I SEE YOUR FAVORITE DRESDEN
IN THERE.
I HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT.
EVERY QUILT IS SO UNIQUE AND SO
FUN TO LOOK AT.
WHEN WE WORKED ON THIS A YEAR
AGO, I THOUGHT, WHAT WILL BE
ENTERED INTO THE SHOW AND YOU'VE
REALLY KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE
PARK.
AMAZING VARIETY.
SO ENTER THE QUILT CHALLENGE,
TRY A TECHNIQUE.
YOU'RE NOT COMMITTED TO A
KING-SIZED BED QUILT OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU, DANA.
>> Dana: THANK YOU, DEANNA.
>> Deanna: TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
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YEAR'S EVENT, HEAD OVER TO
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