On Friday I tagged along with the Frankfort girls to a quilt show in Granville, a pretty little town about 30 minutes east of Columbus. It is the home of Denison University, and has a very appealing history. Many of the old buildings still stand and have been lovingly kept up. It's a town with personality.
The Heart of Ohio Quilters Guild sponsored the quilt show at a most stunning venue -
The Bryn Du Mansion in Granville, Ohio. There are several out buildings on this estate, and the show was in one of them. From signs I saw, there was an art show going on in the actual mansion.
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Bryn Du Mansion |
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A closer view of the mansion. |
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A side view of the mansion. |
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Two out buildings behind the mansion. |
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A new "barn" is to the right of the older buildings above.
This is where the quilt show was held. |
We had a perfectly delightful day for the 2-hour drive (give or take) to Granville, and the setting was so worth the trip. Such a gorgeous place!
So now let's look at a few quilts.
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Happy to Be Scrappy |
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Ohio University Spirit Quilt.
I've seen lots of OSU quilts over the years,
but this is my first OU quilt. I like it! |
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Hundreds of Diamonds. Interesting use of yellow for the back-
ground, and lots of little Lone Stars. Whew. I admire the quilter who tackled this;
it would have knocked me out; I'd never have finished it. |
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Marie Antoinette. |
I have two more I want to show you that I photographed especially for my nieces, Anna Rose and Mary Jean. They look at the blog when they are at Aunt Sandy's house, so I know they will see them.
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Pocket Full of Dinosaurs. Anna Rose is very interested in dinosaurs these days,
so I thought she should appreciate seeing this. There are 5 or 6 pockets on
the quilt for treasures or tissues. I took pictures of a couple of them.
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No More Swimming Upstream.
Both girls were quite interested in watching the construction
of Kissing Fishes, a baby quilt I made earlier this year. This fish
quilt should tickle their fancy. I wonder if they have ever seen fish
like these when they go to Florida. |
I've worked on this post for 3 days, now, and it looks like I'm finally going to get it posted. We were just so busy both Saturday and Sunday that I never could carve out any minutes for posting.
The weekend was wonderful, by the way. We were on the go all the time. From History Day, to a lunch date in Columbus with Erin and Jeff, to hosting a small group of friends last night for some fun and fellowship. We celebrated both my mother's birthday and DH's birthday. Lots going on, for sure.
Happy Quilting, Friends!
Thanks for sharing this beauties. Love love the eye candy. It would be hard to pick a favorite.
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