>> Deanna: HELLO, I'M DEANNA
SPRINGER, LIVE AT THE GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
WITH INSIGHTS INTO THE EVENT.
WE ARE STANDING IN THE
CHERRYWOOD GRAFFITI EXHIBIT.
THAT'S EASY FOR ME TO SAY,
CHERRYWOOD GRAFFITI EXHIBIT,
JOINED BY ERIN LEWIS, AND YOU'RE
THE CHAIR COORDINATOR FOR CHERRY
WOOD?
>> KIND OF.
>> SO CARLA IS THE OWNER AND SHE
PUTS OUT A CHALLENGE EVERY
OCTOBER.
SO THIS GRAFFITI WAS ANNOUNCED A
YEAR AGO OCTOBER?
>> ACTUALLY TWO YEARS AGO, A
CHALLENGE AND, YOU KNOW, THESE
ARE THE COLORS, THIS IS THE
THEME, WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO
COME UP WITH IN YOUR
IMAGINATION.
>> EIGHT FABRICS ARE SELECTED BY
CARLA, EVERYONE GETS THE SAME,
THEY ARE EMBELLISH IT ANY WAY
THEY WANT.
>> AND I KNOW HER DAUGHTER WAS
THE IDEA FOR -- MERCEDES.
>> WAS THE ONE THAT CAME UP WITH
THE THEME FOR THIS.
>> JUST AMAZING, THE DIFFERENT
INTERPRETATIONS.
THERE WAS NO PATTERN.
EIGHT FABRICS.
>> THE QUILTERS GET TO DECIDE
WHAT THEY WANT TO DO TO
REPRESENT A QUILT THAT IS IN THE
THEME OF GRAFFITI.
AND AMAZING.
I KNOW THEY LOOK GREAT ON CAMERA
TOO.
IN PERSON, VERY COLORFUL, STAND
OUT.
>> POP RIGHT ALONG, WHETHER
THERE'S GRAPHICS FOR THE WORDS
ON THE QUILT, THERE'S SEVERAL
QUILTING THEMES, AND LOTS OF --
WHAT LOOKS LIKE SPRAY PAINTED
QUILTS.
THESE ARE FABRICS.
>> THEY'RE FABRIC.
YES.
PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO USE
FABRIC PAINTS OR PENS, BUTTONS
>> FIBER.
I SEE FIBER, FIBER IN HERE.
I SEE LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING
FUN IN SO MANY COLORFUL QUILTS
OF THEMES FROM QUILTING TO
LIFE-STYLES TO PEACE AND LOVE.
IT'S JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY
EXHIBIT.
SO COLORFUL.
IT'S THE MOST COLORFUL
CHERRYWOOD EXHIBIT.
THE DIANA EXHIBIT WAS VERY PINK
LAST YEAR.
>> YOU WALKED IN, PINK.
>> AND VAN GOGH WAS VERY BLUE.
THAT'S THE LAST ONE I SAW WAS
THE BOB ROSS EXHIBIT.
THAT WAS VERY COLORFUL AS WELL
AND THIS IS MORE COLORFUL.
SO IF YOU'VE SEEN ANY OF THE
CHERRYWOOD EXHIBITS, YOU'LL LOVE
SEEING THESE GRAFFITI QUILTS.
HOW MANY ARE HERE TODAY?
>> 136 IN THE TRAVELING SHOW AND
WE HAVE HALF OF THEM.
THIS IS REPRESENTING THE EAST.
>> AND THE EAST, HALF ARE CALLED
THE EAST AND HALF ARE CALLED THE
WEST, AND THEY TRAVEL THE
COUNTRY FOR A YEAR OR TWO?
>> YES, I THINK ALMOST ALL OF
THEM ARE STILL TRAVELING, SO IT
DEPENDS WHERE YOU CAN GO.
>> AND I KNOW NEXT YEAR, MONARCH
WILL BE HERE AT THE GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
BUT THIS YEAR, MAKE SURE TO COME
TO THE GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT
SHOW AND TAKE -- YOU CAN SEE, I
CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF THIS.
>> AND YOU CAN SPEND TEN MINUTES
LOOKING AT EACH QUILT TO SEE THE
DETAILS OF ALL THE HARD WORK
PEOPLE HAVE PUT IN.
IT'S AMAZING.
>> SPECTACULAR.
THANK YOU, ERIN, FOR JOINING US,
WITH THE TRAVELING GRAFFITI
EXHIBIT.
THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN, AND BE
SURE TO HEAD OVER TO
QUILTSHOW.COM TO LEARN A LOT
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