Hello. I'm Deanna Springer live at the Great Wisconsin Quilt
Show with insights to this year's event, and I'm joined by
Gael Boyd. Welcome, Joy. Welcome, Gail. It's a joy to
have you. Joy. >> It's a joy to be here.
Deanna our annual meeting here at the Great Wisconsin Quilt
Show. other throughout the year.
>> Yeah we do. >> We for sure see each other.
>> Definitely see each other this time of year.
>> And your shop is Blue Bear Quilts.
>> Blue bar quilts in Middleton, Wisconsin on University Avenue,
right over the Madison line. >> You have all kinds of
fabrics. modern, focused. We have a
great selection of basics, and designers that the younger set
loves. That's a big question. What are
modern quilts? modern quilts.
>> Some some say any quilt that's made today.
>> Any quilt that's made today, there are, you know, I guess,
specifics for modern quilts. >> Perception that there's a
lot of negative. color, color that reads solid
graphic design, larger scale, smaller scale. But we carry a
lot of patterns and inspiration for modern.
sewing machines. >> Yes, we.
>> This is your second year. >> Second year.
>> Entering the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show with your Juki
machines. here at the show this year.
>> Thank you for being here. I know a lot of modern quilters
use juki machines. Wolfe.
definitely a. Good spokesperson for that.
in your booth here. >> I have some quilts from GE
designs. I'm selling patterns, books and rulers for GE designs
this year. Strip ology. And the quilt behind us is the quilt
that's in her new strip ology quickies. So I have several
samples of quilts from that book this year, along with all
of the strip ology rulers. And this beautiful specimen was
pieced by our strip ology expert Laura Boyd. No relation.
>> No relation. >> No relation.
>> Fellow quilter. >> Yeah, fellow quilter. And
she teaches at our shop. We've got lots of classes coming up
this fall. offer quilting classes. You do
some nonprofit work too. >> Oh yeah. We are an in-kind
sponsor for the Safe Quilt and Fiber Art auction that happens
at the end of November into early December.
>> Thank you. >> You're actually right behind
us this year. >> Oh, was that planned?
>> No, I don't know. Maybe Mary Alice planned that.
>> You can find both of them on the vendor floor. We're
standing in the vendor mall. I vendor mall with over 250
different vendors here. And I wanted to ask you about your
exhibit. You have an exhibit space in your store, and that's
quite unique. Not every store has an exhibit space.
>> We have a hallway gallery. We just took down the challenge
quilts to return to you that we get every year for June and
July and. >> July and August every year.
Yeah, we get the the end of the road travel, two year travel of
every show. So we just had the 1970 back in.
>> 1950, 1973. >> It was.
>> 50 years ago, back in 1973. >> It was amazing.
>> Quilts. Yeah. They're headed home to their quilt makers.
They are. And now this year's Hexagon Quilt challenge will be
at your shop in two years. >> Yeah. Excellent. We can't.
>> We look forward. >> To it. Yeah, absolutely.
>> So we we encourage everybody to come to the Great Wisconsin
Quilt Show, visit the vendor mall, do a lot of shopping.
Everything you imagined for making a quilt. Sewing is here
at the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show. So thank you so much for
joining me today. >> Thanks, Deanna.
>> Have a great show. >> You too.
>> Thanks and thank you for tuning in and to learn more
about this year's event and next year's event, head over to
quilt Show.com. [MUSIC]
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