Show ‘a gathering of the guilds’

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Show ‘a gathering of the guilds’

Details: Published on Friday, August 19, 2016

Photos by Christine Waddell. Dorthy Price of Grandview, MB shared her gift of quilting with the area. Price was 2016’s featured quilter at the annual Eleanor Rose Outdoor Quilt Show.

By Christine Waddell

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

The third annual Eleanor Rose Outdoor Quilt Show took place in Kelwood on Aug. 13. Creator and organizer of the event, Kathy Levandoski, commented, “The day turned out perfect - beautiful sunshine with just enough breeze to make the quilts dance. Surrounded by the trees and garden of the Kelwood Arboretum, people seemed uplifted and inspired by the varied types of quilting on display and how much they enjoyed the outside venue. Most made comments regarding the peaceful and pleasant atmosphere.”

Dorothy Price of Grandview, MB, shared her gift of quilting at the show. Price, the featured quilter, had 50 pieces of exquisite work on display. She spent most of the day at the show interacting with everyone and said how much she had enjoyed the setting.

The show didn’t just include large quilts, there were also whimsical children’s quilts (above) and small mug rugs in all types of techniques and colours.

Eighteen additional quilters contributed 70 quilts to the event. These quilters came from Grandview, Dauphin, Ste. Rose, McCreary, Kelwood, Riding Mountain, Mountain Road, Onanole, Neepawa, Minnedosa and Brandon. The show would not have been possible without the volunteers: three volunteers for show prep, three to hang the show, two wonderful girls that donated the tea and cakes and 16 others that sat to oversee the quilts. The volunteers were from Kelwood, Onanole, Norgate, Neepawa, Grandview, Dauphin and Glenella.

Levandoski ended by saying, “The event is beginning to unfold as 'a gathering of the guilds' and we look forward to an even bigger number of quilts next year and pray that we are granted another picture perfect day. When you know that people have been blessed by something, it keeps a person motivated to keep going.”