Vermont Quilt Show

We left the house around 11:15, under cloudy skies, and drove 15 minutes to the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction for the 42nd Vermont Quilt Festival.  It's the oldest and largest quilt show in New England, which I'm sure Bill was not all that happy to hear.  He is a good sport, tho.

There was a large number of quilts to view, some of them spectacular.  I didn't spend a lot of time taking pictures but I captured a few.  These two quilted (not pieced) by a woman in Gorham, Margaret Solomon Gunn.  Paula took a class with her in April.

Of course, this was my favorite.  It's amazing how the quilter could make the circles actually look like honey.

 These were a couple of my/our other favorites.

"Won't You Take Me To Funkytown"

"Sunny Day Evolution"

 This one is really busy but we both really liked it.

This would be a great way to use up a bunch of scraps.

"Twinkling Stars"

Many of the stripped fabrics in this one came from men's shirts purchased at thrift stores.

"Layer Cake"

We spent a little over four hours, which included a break for lunch.  We each had a crepe filled with cheese and spinach and an Arnold Palmer to drink (half lemonade, half iced tea).  I purchased a small Laurel Burch bag which was very reasonably priced and two pieces of fabric to make microwave bowls for my friend Karen Ann (at her request).  

We left there really wanting a good cup of coffee, so even though we checked our app, we drove around and around and around.  We couldn't find any parking places near the coffee shops and it was spitting rain and pretty chilly (63*) so we ended up getting iced coffees at McDonalds.  *sigh*  We did find our way to Mallets Bay and parked in the only parking place we could find overlooking the water, even though it was restricted.  We sat in the car, drank our coffee and ate our oatmeal raisin cookies that we brought from Keepin' it Local in Shapleigh.

We left there, went to Shaws and bought items for dinner, then settled into our rental for the night.  We aren't very good night owls.

Another adventure awaits tomorrow.

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