>> Deanna: HELLO, I'M DEANNA
SPRINGER, LIVE AT THE GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
WITH A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK
INTO THE EVENT, JOINED BY MIKE
ELLINGSEN.
MIKE, YOU ARE FROM THE NORTHEAST
IOWA QUILTING GUILD.
>> EXACTLY, I LIVE IN DECORAH,
BUT THE NORTHEAST IOWA QUILTING
GUILD IS FROM THE FOUR COUNTIES
FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER IN
IOWA.
>> Deanna: TELL US ABOUT THE
EXHIBIT THIS YEAR.
>> Mike: THIS WAS A CHALLENGE
FOR OUR QUILT GUILD FROM TWO
YEARS AGO, FROM THE SEED SAVERS
CATALOG.
THE SEED SAVERS EXCHANGE IS A
WONDERFUL PLACE IN DECORAH THAT
PRESERVES THE SEEDS AND THEY PUT
OUT A BEAUTIFUL CATALOG EACH
YEAR, SO THE CHALLENGE WAS TO
CHOOSE ONE OF THE PHOTOS FROM
THAT CATALOG AND CHOOSE YOUR
INSPIRATION FOR WHATEVER YOU
WANTED TO MAKE.
>> Deanna: NO CHALLENGE RULES,
QUITE OPEN TO THE SIZE.
>> Mike: EXACTLY.
WE FOUND THAT IF YOU MAKE TOO
MANY RULES, PEOPLE WON'T FOLLOW
THEM ANYWAY, SO YOU MIGHT AS
WELL GO WITH THEM.
WE HAD THEM AS SMALL AS 12
INCHES SQUARE AND AS LARGE AS A
QUEEN-SIZED.
>> Deanna: THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED
BY THE PHOTO OF THE SEED PACK
THAT WAS THE INSPIRATION.
>> Mike: EXACTLY.
IN THE ORIGINAL EXHIBIT, I JUST
HAD THE PHOTOS FROM THE SEED
CATALOG, BUT THEN SEED SAVERS
FOLKS CAME AND WATCHED AND SAID,
WE CAN GIVE YOU THE ACTUAL SEED
PACKETS, SO WE HAVE BOTH.
>> Deanna: WONDERFUL SUPPORT.
WONDERFUL SUPPORT.
>> Mike: FANTASTIC.
>> Deanna: AND I SEE APPLIQUE,
PIECING.
>> Mike: MY FAVORITE IS SWEET
YOUNG'S HERE, SHE HAS A DOZEN
TOMATOES AND EACH ONE HAS A
DIFFERENT QUILTING TECHNIQUE.
WE HAVE LOG CABIN, APPLIQUE,
PAPER PIECING, CATHEDRAL QUILT.
>> Deanna: AS YOU LEARN THE TAG,
YOU LEARN THOSE THINGS.
AND A QUILT CHALLENGE IS A GREAT
WAY TO TRY OUT DIFFERENT
TECHNIQUES.
LIKE THIS QUILTER TRIED OUT MANY
DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES IN ONE
QUILT.
>> Mike: YES, AND THE PHOTOS
ONLY SERVED AS INSPIRATION.
SOME TRIED TO RECREATE THEM
EXACTLY, MADE IT LOOK JUST LIKE
THE PICTURE.
SOME WENT, OH, THIS IS KIND OF
BLUE AND YELLOW.
I'LL START THERE AND GO WHEREVER
I WANT TO.
ELICITED MEMORIES FROM GUILD
MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL
BUTTONS IN THE FIELD.
>> Deanna: SURE.
HOW MANY QUILTS DID YOU BRING
ALONGSIDE?
>> Mike: 25.
>> Deanna: WONDERFUL.
SO ALL ARE ON EXHIBIT AT THE
GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW IN
THE EAST-WEST CORRIDOR EXHIBIT
AREA, AND BE SURE TO JOIN US
HERE IN PERSON AT THE EVENT AND
YOU CAN ALSO WATCH ONLINE AND
FOLLOW ONLINE.
SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
TODAY, MIKE.
>> Mike: A DELIGHT TO BE HERE.
THANKS, DEANNA.
>> Deanna: AND THANKS FOR TUNING
IN.
THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW
BEHIND-THE-SCENES, AND TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THIS YEAR'S EVENT AND
NEXT YEAR'S EVENT, GO TO
QUILTSHOW.COM.
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THIS EVENT POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU.