Former Lake Geneva resident subject of Masterpiece TV series

24 — The Beacon also at www.readthebeacon.com March 22, 2013
By Kathi West
I was at a quilt shop this week when a
woman came in and asked for help with
colors for her quilt. A friend of mine said
she only buys kits with the fabric included
because she doesn’t like to choose the colors.
Another friend said she had to match
the colors in her bedroom.
Some people make quilts with only
two colors, maybe three. They might get
adventurous and use four or five colors.
My first quilt had four in it. I still like it but
I like my quilts to have a lot more colors
now. They are much more interesting and
can go with any colors in any room. If your
quilt is pleasing to you then it is the right
colors for you. It doesn’t matter what others
think or do.
We all have a certain color sense. My
favorite color has always been red. And I
think all reds go together if you have
enough of them. There are quilters that disagree
with me. But I don’t care. Red is sort
of a neutral color. All colors go with red.
Don’t be afraid to play with color. If you
like red with orange, use it. When I was a
kid, my mom said green and blue don’t go
together. Well in my world they do. One of
my very favorite quilts is green and blue;
lots of different greens and blues.
My quilts and my flower gardens are
getting more alike every year. I have every
color in the rainbow in both. There is no
right or wrong. If one color stands out too
much, use more of it. If your quilt lacks
spark add a bright colored fabric like yellow
or lime green. (not too much just a little).
Scrap quilts are much more interesting
than a red and white quilt or a blue and
white quilt. They are nice, and I have a
couple of each, but they’re boring. One
look and you’ve seen the quilt. A scrappy
quilt with hundreds of different fabrics and
colors you can look at a very long time and
not get tired of it.
QUILTING EVENTS
April 4-6 Sewing and Quilting Expo,
at the Shaumberg Convention Center in
Shaumberg, Ill., is sponsored by Fons and
Porter Love of Quilting. There will be classes,
workshops, quilt exhibits, trunk shows,
demos, and fantastic shopping. For more
information visit www.sewingexpo.com or
call 1-800-699-6309.
April 6-7, “Here’s to Hollywood,
Movies, Books, Fairy Tales” Crazy
Quilters Quilt Show will be at Parkview
Middle School, at 930 N. Rochester, in
Mukwonago. There will be more than 300
quilts on display, a vendors mall, and a bed
turning of scrap quilts. This is a judged
show with cash prizes. There are two raffles,
a Bernina sewing machine and a
queen size bed quilt. Kathy Kippers will
appraise quilts by appointment, call (262)
662-3451. If you would like to enter a quilt
in the show go to www.mukwonagocrazyquolters.com
or call Cindy
Osinski at (414) 91603761 0r
cosinski@wi.rr.com for more information
and entry forms.
April 7-9, Prairie Heritage Quilter
Show in Sun Prairie will be held at St.
Albert’s Catholic Church. This is a judged
show.
April 24-27, AQS Quilt Show will be
held at the Paducah McCraken County
Pieces of Time was presented at the 2012 Madison Expo. There must be at
least 50 different fabrics in this quilt. It’s a quilt you can look at and study for a long
time. (Beacon photo)
Expo and Convention Center in Paducah,
Ky. There will be lectures, workshops, and
special events. This is a juried and judged
show, which means only the best quilts
from around the word are in this show.
QUILT GUILD MEETINGS
Chocolate City Quilters meet the second
Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in
the Burlington High School library, 400
McCanna Parkway.
The Crazy Quilt Guild Quilters meet
the second Wednesday of each month at 7
p.m. in the First Congregational Church,
231 Roberts Drive in Mukwonago.
The Harvard Village Quilters meet the
third Wednesday of the month at 1 p.m. at
Trinity Lutheran Church 504 East Diggins
Street Harvard, Ill. Guests are Welcome.
Quilts of Valor Quilt Group meets the
second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at
This hawaiian sampler was at the Paducah show in 2011. It's a great example
of my contention that all reds (hues and tints) go together. (Beacon photo)
Ellen Weber’s Shed, 2789 Theater Road,
Delavan. This group makes quilts for men
and woman who have served in the military.
Bring your sewing machine, fabric to
make a QOV quilt or a quilt that you have
started and any sewing tools you will need.
The Scrappers Quilt Guild meets on the
third Tuesday, of every month, at 6:30 p.m.
in the Lions Field House on Hwy 67 (north)
in Williams Bay. Bring your latest project to
show and tell. Guests are always welcome.
The Stone Mill Quilters meet the third
Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at
the Congregational Church in Whitewater,
130 S. Church Street, but enter through the
door on Franklin off Main Street.
If you have some quilting news to
share with quilters in the greater Walworth
County area, e-mail me at The Beacon,
kbeacon@charter.net, or send a note to
P.O. Box 69, Williams Bay, WI 53191.
Make sure you send it about a month
before the event. I will try to get it into the
next issue.
Raindance is the name of this colorful quilt. It was displayed at the AQS Show
in Paducah in 2011. Look for all the animals in this quilt, lions, tigers and bears, oh my.
Also snakes, crabs, giraffes and more decorate this masterpiece. (Beacon photo)