some quilts... the sunday afternoon jazz edition

I went back out to the quilt show on Sunday afternoon...
They had had a quilting challenge...the first people in six groups of five were given a photo (of hot air balloons) to reproduce on their small hanging, and the next person in the group had to do their wall hanging as an interpretation of what the first person had done. And so on down the line in each group. Only the first person in each group got to see the original photo. All the others saw only the quilt that was made by the person just before them! A bit like a game of "whispers"! Very interesting. Above (top) we have a sample of the first in the group ...and above the last one in a group!
there were other much larger quilts that had been made to specific instructions also...all had the same instructions as to what sort of blocks they made, but of course choosing their own materials and decorations.
My sister wants to call this one above "quilt with legs"... I call it "very striking"
(and of course the photo was deliberately designed by me to have the legs in it)!
Outside the Stitched Up Jazz group was warming up.
the ambience was a fine...sunny day..rural atmosphere, mountains in the background,
this little fellow we get to meet later....
the singer had a great voice...I love listening to them...
Of course I felt that we should all be up n dancing..isn't that what you do at a jazz concert?
the little bloke really enjoyed playing too....
I think he was number eight, or was it number twelve grandchild of the organizer of the quilt group. A very enterprising lady who also ropes her husband's jazz band into playing for the afternoon.. Good on you Margot.
I am sure this building must be slowly falling over..whenever I take a photo it seems as if it is always on a lean...of course that might be my fault. I think I might have said that before.
as I wandered around, I became aware that there was something else on the oval down below at the Showgrounds. A vintage car rally. I think. Looked interesting. No, I didn't go down there, but I heard them say that over the public address system, someone had won first prize...the only car of its sort in the world...now that would have been interesting! I wonder what it was?
there appears to be a museum out there as well, not open on the day.
a gorgeous orange creeper...very photographable...or is that photgraphicable? Which does happen to be a word. I think.
some great gorgeous hunks of Helidon limestone..or is it granite...oops...I only know it is what the university was built out of in the early days. I better go check.

I loved reading this history of the hall. The fact that they floated it over the river, way back then, seemed quite interesting. Especially since the river is actually quite some kilometers away from here! Would have liked to have been there when that happened. Will have to see if I have a picture of it in my local history book, Tell the next Generation written by a couple of our local church members.
the jazz continued....

a quilter takes close up of her quilt..one of my favorites in the whole show...
a shot of two of the challenge group quilts...they flow from top to bottom in each group showing the evolution of the series. The group on the left was the only group that ended up taking a variation of hot air ballons, (and paragliders) all the way through to the end....
loved the quilt above...I think I heard someone say that the birds were cut from a curtain fabric...very cute and striking also!
this little bird came out to say goodbye as I was leaving...
I took the opportunity to photograph all the old buildings there beside the hall, the hair salon, general store, and the real estate agent...very cutely old fashioned..I wonder how long they have been there.

This general store is very famous, and appears in lots of photos and paintings. I think there is still a handrail out the front for the horses to be tied up if necessary. Not sure that that would happen all that often really, these days, but there is a pony club grounds just over the road. And there were a couple of horses tied up to the fence over the road when I arrived on the Saturday. Tune in tomorrow, for the Saturday version of the Quiilt Show.
An equestrienne was practicing her routine over the road as I left.