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>> HELLO, I'M DEANNA SPRINGER,
LIVE AT THE WINTHROP -/* --
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW STANDING
WITH AN AWARD WINNING QUILTER,
BARBARA.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE SEEN YOUR QUILTS IN
THE SHOW YEARS.
IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE IN PERSON
AND SEE YOUR QUILTS.
I SEE YOU HAVE A BLUE RIBBON,
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU WON FIRST IN YOUR
CATEGORY?
>> YES.
>> HOW DID YOU START QUILTING?
>> I STARTED QUILTING WHEN MY
MOM STUCK US IN 4H, FROM THE
TIME WE WERE OF-ELIGIBLE AGE,
UNTIL WE AIMED OUT.
I WON'T SEW CLOTHES, BUT THAT IS
WHAT WE HAD TO SEW FOR THEM.
I DIDN'T START QUILTING UNTIL I
WAS IN MY EARLY 20s, LIKE MAYBE
THE 22, WHEN I QUIT WORK TO
RAISE OUR BOYS.
>> SURE.
YOU MADE QUILTS TO SLEEP UNDER?
>> YEAH, INITIALLY.
THAT IS ABOUT WHEN WE GOT
MARRIED, WHEN I WAS LIKE 22, 23.
YEAH.
>> I WAS IN 4H AS WELL.
NANCY WAS IN 4H, SO WE HAVE A
SIMILAR START WITH SEWING.
HOW DID YOU START MAKING THIS
QUILT?
DID YOU HAVE THE IDEA FOR THE
DESIGN?
DID YOU START COLLECTING
FABRICS?
>> I STARTED COLLECTING FABRICS
PROBABLY SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO.
IT TOOK ME A COUPLE YEARS TO
COLLECT THEM ALL.
I DON'T USUALLY USE THE
BATIQUES.
I HAND QUILT.
>> THEY ARE TIGHTLY WOVEN AND
ACTUALLY POPLIN AND DIFFICULT TO
NEEDLE, LIKE YOU SAY.
YOU HAND-QUILTED.
>> I DID.
SHE HASB ATIQUES ON TOP AND
BOTTOM.
>> AMAZING.
HOW DID YOUR GET YOUR
COMPETITION DESIGN?
>> YEARS AGO I DID AN EAGLE WITH
MY GRANDMOTHER'S INFORMATION ON
TOP.
THIS TIME I WANTED TO DO ANOTHER
EAGLE.
WHEN I HAD THE VISION OF THIS
ONE, IT DIDN'T REALLY HAVE HER
POEM ON THE FRONT, SO I APPLY
APPLIQUED IT ON THE BACK.
I FIGURED SHE WOULD ENJOY THAT.
>> SO THERE IS APPLIQUE ON THE
FRONT, EAGLE WINGS AND ANOTHER
ELEMENTS.
YOU CAN POINT TO AND TELL US
WHAT TECHNIQUES YOU USED.
>> I DO ALL HAND APPLIQUE.
ALL THESE ARE INDIVIDUALLY CUT
AND SET AFTER I DO MY PATTERN,
BECAUSE I DRAW IT.
I DRAFTED IT ON FREEZER PAPER.
THEN I HAND-CUT EACH INDIVIDUAL
PIECE AND APPLIQUED IT ON AND
FELT THEY NEEDED A BIT MORE
DEFINITION SO HAND-EMBROIDERED
AROUND THEM AS WELL.
THERE IS EMBROIDERY AROUND
RIBBON, LEAVE, GRAPES AND
ARROWS.
>> IT IS SPECTACULAR.
THE BUNTING -- THE FLAG BUNTINGS
AROUND THE BORDER IS JUST
STRIKING.
I REALLY LOVE THAT.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
DID YOU JUST COME UP WITH THAT
IDEA?
>> YEAH.
I USUALLY DO A SCALLOPED BORDER.
>> OKAY.
>> AND TO BE TRUE TO THE, YOU
KNOW, LIKE THE AMERICANNA
NATIONAL TYPE THEME I DECIDED TO
PUT THAT BUNTING -- THAT LITTLE
CHANGE OF SHAPE WAS A LOT MORE
CHALLENGING.
>> REALLY, I'M SURE IT WAS.
SCALED-UP EDGING IS DIFFICULT
AND ADDING THE BUNTING AND THREE
COLORS, AMAZING.
GREAT WORKMANSHIP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I SHOULD TALK ABOUT QUILTING.
DO YOU QUILT IN A FRAME?
>> I DO.
>> LAP FRAME OR --
>> A FLOOR.
A HINTERBURG THREE-RAIL.
A FEW YEARS AGO, IT WAS A
CLASSIC WITH A BIG ARK IN THE
BOTTOM.
LOVE THAT FRAME.
>> AWESOME.
YOU YOU SIT AND HAND-QUILT THREE
LAYERS.
YOU CAN STUDY THIS A LONG TIME
TO SEE ALL THE DETAILS.
LY KEEP LOOKING AT IT ALL
WEEKEND AND FIND NEW THINGS TO
ADMIRE.
>> THANKS.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ON A
SPECTACULAR SHOW.
OH MY GOSH.
I ENJOY THIS EVERY YEAR.
>> IT IS REALLY FUN.
EVERYONE SHOULD COME SEE THE
SHOW, DON'T YOU THINK?
>> YES.
>> WHETHER YOU ARE A QUILTER OR
NOT?
>> WHETHER YOU ARE A QUILTER OR
NOT.
>> ESPECIALLY IN THE CENTRAL
EXHIBIT.
THERE ARE 300, JUST IN THE
CENTRAL QUILTING EXHIBIT.
>> WOW.
I ENJOY IT.
I MEAN, FOR EVERYTHING.
>> YOU HAVE A FUN DAY.
ARE YOU HERE ALL THREE DAYS?
>> JUST THE ONE DAY.
>> YOU TAKE ITN. WE WON'T KEEP
YOU.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
TALK ABOUT YOUR QUILT.
>> THANK YOU, DEANNA.
>> THANK YOU.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS YEAR'S
EVENT AND NEXT YEAR'S EVENT HEAD
OVER TO QUILTSHOW.COM.
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FINANCIAL GIFTS MAKE THIS EVENT
POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU.
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