>> Deanna: HELLO, I'M DEANNA
SPRINGER, LIVE AT THE GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW WITH
INSIGHTS TO THIS YEAR'S EVENT.
WE ARE STANDING IN THE VERY
SPECIAL KLAUDEEN HANSEN LEGACY
EXHIBIT.
I'M SURROUNDED BY QUILTS MADE BY
KLAUDEEN, AND KLAUDEEN HANSEN,
AS MANY KNOW, SHE PASSED AWAY IN
APRIL OF 2023.
SHE WAS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
QUILT SHOW JUDGE, TEACHER,
AUTHOR, AND SHE TAUGHT OVER
23,000 STUDENTS.
SHE TAUGHT 23,000 STUDENTS HOW
TO QUILT.
ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
SHE JUDGED OVER 34,000 QUILTS IN
NEARLY EVERY STATE IN THE
COUNTRY.
HER MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
INCLUDING FOUNDING THE PRAIRIE
QUILT SHOW, THE AMERICAN
QUILTERS SOCIETY SHOW.
A HIGHLIGHT OF HER CAREER WAS
WHEN SHE WAS ASKED TO CREATE A
QUILT TO BE DISPLAYED AT THE
AMERICAN EMBASSY IN OSLO, NORWAY
DURING THE 1994 OLYMPICS.
WE STARTED WORKING WITH HER BACK
IN 2002, 2003, WHEN NANCY ZIEMAN
SAID, WE NEED TO DO A QUILT SHOW
WITH PBS WISCONSIN.
WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO CALL
KLAUDEEN AND ASK HER TO JOIN US
IN THIS VENTURE.
THIS IS THE 19TH YEAR OF THE
GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW,
KLAUDEEN WAS A POWERHOUSE THE
FIRST 18 YEARS AND SHE WILL
SURELY BE MISSED THIS YEAR, SO
PLEASE STOP BY THE KLAUDEEN
HANSEN VERY SPECIAL QUILT
EXHIBIT THIS YEAR, AND I'M GLAD
WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW YOU A
LITTLE BIT TODAY IN THIS SPECIAL
LIVE INTERVIEW.
SO THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN
TODAY.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW, THIS YEAR
AND YENEXT YEAR'S, HEAD OVER TO
QUILTSHOW.COM.
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WISCONSIN PROGRAMMING.
YOUR FINANCIAL GIFT HELPS MAKE
THIS EVENT POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU.