What a great show! It was a lot of work, especially for me with all the different hats I was wearing as guild president, merchant, doing the registration and having quilts in the show but it was also a lot of fun and quite successful. I think we had the most visitors to one of our shows ever, we ran out of ballots for the viewer’s choice, and the number we printed was based on previous years. We had quite a stack left over from the last show four years ago. The merchant’s mall was quite busy too, a constant stream of visitors coming through. I didn’t have much time to look at the quilts in the show but I came early on Saturday morning to take a few pictures. Click on the images for a bigger view.

If you have been wondering what happened to me, it’s all good. I just haven’t had time to post here because our quilt show has been keeping me very busy. I not only did the registration for the guild and printed all the lists and cards but also foolishly registered a quilt that wasn’t even halfway done yet in early September. But I finished everything right on time, and the show will open tonight and run through tomorrow. If you are in the area, please stop by and say hello.

I was busy all day with my booth but I went in early on Saturday morning to take a quick look at the show that I had helped set up. Quite a few quilts in the show had been quilted by me, and I tried to take pictures of the others, so I would have something to show that you haven’t seen here before. It was a great show, lots of amazing quilts. The only big quilt I had in the show was the finished sample of the Tuxedo Cats. Two blocks haven’t been published yet but here is a preview of what the finished quilt looks like.

My booth was right next to the entrance, and everybody had to pass me on their way to the hall with the big quilts. It started a little slow but around lunch time on Saturday things got very busy and stayed that way almost until the end of the show. Looking at the pictures of my booth, I realized that I have several patterns that I have been selling at shows but never uploaded to the website or even mentioned here on my blog. I will start working on that… we’ll see how that goes with the Christmas rush coming up. One gentleman was in awe of my Pansies pattern, he loved the colours and how realistic the flowers look, and after he had seen the show he came back to my booth because he wanted to vote for my Pansies as Best in Show 🙂 He was very disappointed when I told him he had to find another favourite quilt since my sample was not part of the actual show.

Encounters like this one make up for the negative parts. Somebody actually stole from me this time. Three patterns went missing and haven’t turned up. I also stopped someone trying to walk away with another three and made them pay for what they picked. It might have been an honest mistake but judging by their behaviour (which had made me watch them in the first place) I don’t think so. I usually just have one bin of patterns out for people to dig through, and that makes it easy to watch and pay attention to where the patterns go. This time I had three, apparently that was too much for the busy time. Next time I will be prepared and go back to just one bin.

But enough ranting, it was a great show, we had a lot of fun, and I enjoyed those two days very much. Here are a few impressions of the show, I hope you enjoy them as well.

I should have posted this yesterday but didn’t have time at all, sorry about that. I helped with the set up and hanging in the morning and then set up my booth. By the time I got home, I was ready for bed, and that’s where I went after having some food. We have a great show at the Alliance Church, if you are in the area please come and visit today. The weather isn’t going to be great, so being inside looking at beautiful quilts is a great way to spend your Saturday. Come and say hi, you can’t miss me, everybody has to pass my booth on their way to the main hall. 

It’s quilt show weekend in the Fraser Valley! Today and tomorrow I will be at Quilts in the Valley in Abbotsford. Please come and say hi if you are in the area and see all the beautiful quilts. There will be lots of vendors in the merchants mall, and the raffle quilt is just a dream.

As you can probably tell by the silence, the Christmas rush is in full swing, and I have no time for blogging. I have come to the conclusion that I will never find the time to post pictures from the quilt show but here are some videos instead. Our guild member Norma H. took pictures of everything and spent a lot of time turning them into videos and uploading them to Youtube. So grab a cup of coffee and enjoy! And thank you, Norma, for all the work you put into this.

Ich stecke hier bis über beide Ohren im vorweihnachtlichen Quiltwahn und habe keine Zeit zum Bloggen. Ich bin daher zu dem Schluss gekommen, dass ich wohl nie Bilder von der Quilt Show posten werde, jedenfalls nicht in absehbarer Zeit. Stattdessen gibt es heute Videos. Eines unserer Mitglieder, Norma H., hat alles photographiert und dann viel Zeit investiert, aus den Bildern Videos zu erstellen und diese auf Youtube zu posten. Viel Spaß beim Besuchen der virtuellen Show, und vielen Dank an Norma für die Mühe, die sie sich gemacht hat.

The big day is finally here! And I got (almost) everything done in time. The only thing missing are the labels for my quilts but I added some temporary identification (aka masking tape, don’t tell anyone… I *really* didn’t have time for real labels). If you are in the area, please come and see the show and say hi, you will find me today and tomorrow in my booth in the Merchants’ Mall.

Es ist soweit, heute beginnt unsere Quiltshow, und ich bin sogar mit (fast) allem fertig geworden. Das einzige, was noch fehlt, sind die Labels an meinen Quilts, aber da habe ich improvisiert und eine Notlösung gefunden (Malerkrepp eignet sich hervorragend… nicht weitersagen, das ist eigentlich so gar nicht meine Art, aber ich hatte wirklich keine Zeit mehr für ordentliche Labels, das mache ich dann nächste Woche). Wer in der Gegend ist, ist herzlich eingeladen, unsere Show anzusehen, und ich freue mich auch über Besucher an meinem Stand in der Merchants’ Mall.

Last week Quilt Canada 2018 took place in Vancouver, and our guild had organized a bus trip on Saturday. I am going on a trip tomorrow and have no time to look through all my pictures but the award-winning quilts are all featured on the CQA website, click here to take a look. There were many fantastic quilts but I would like to show you one of them: “Moonlight” by Wanda L., one of my fellow guild members. Her beautiful swan quilt won a judge’s choice award at Quilt Canada, she is a wonderful artist.

I am taking the next two weeks off, and I don’t think I will have time to post during my trip. See you all when I get back!

“Moonlight” by Wanda L., Chilliwack, BC

In der letzten Woche fand die große nationale Show “Quilt Canada 2018” in Vancouver statt, und über unsere Gilde haben wir am Sonnabend eine Busfahrt dorthin organisiert. Da ich morgen nach Deutschland fliege, habe ich leider keine Zeit, mich durch alle meine Bilder zu wühlen, aber die Quilts, die Preise gewonnen haben, sind alle auf der CQA-Website zu finden, wer schauen mag, bitte hier klicken. Es waren viele tolle Quilts zu sehen, aber einen davon möchte ich hier besonders hervorheben: “Moonlight” von Wanda L. Wanda ist Mitglied in unserer Gilde, und ihr wunderschöner Schwanenquilt hat einen Judge’s Choice Award gewonnen, sie ist eine tolle Künstlerin, und wir sind alle richtig stolz.

Die nächsten beiden Wochen nehme ich mir frei, ich glaube nicht, dass ich Zeit haben werde, hier zu posten. Wir sehen uns wieder, wenn ich zurück bin.

The Langley Quilters’ Guild put on an awesome show on Friday and Saturday, and they took excellent care of their vendors. It was a lot of fun, and I went in early on Saturday morning for a chance to actually see some of the amazing quilts on display. Here are some pictures I took in case you didn’t have a chance to see the show.

Es war eine tolle Show, die die Langley Quilters’ Guild am Freitag und Sonnabend präsentiert hat, und sie haben sich auch super um all die Verkäufer in der Merchants Mall gekümmert. Wir hatten viel Spaß, und ich bin am Sonnabend extra früher hingefahren, um mir wenigstens im Schnelldurchgang die Quilts anzusehen, die da gezeigt wurden. Hier sind ein paar Bilder für alle, die die Show nicht besuchen konnten.

Today and tomorrow I will be at the quilt show of the Langley Quilters’ Guild. If you are in the area, come and join the fun, there are lots of things going on. And the raffle quilt is just gorgeous! Please come and say hi, I hope to see you there.

Heute und morgen findet Ihr mich mit meinen Patterns auf der Show der Langley Quilters’ Guild. Vorbeischauen lohnt sich, es wird eine Menge geboten, und der Raffle Quilt, der verlost wird, ist einfach phantastisch. Wer in der Gegend ist, sollte sich das nicht entgehen lassen, und ich freue mich natürlich auch über jeden Besucher.

My friend who wanted to help me with my booth at the quilt show this year unfortunately became sick two days before the show, so I didn’t really have much time to look at the quilts. But I did a quick tour and took pictures before the doors opened, and there were lots of really great entries. I always feel very inspired after visiting a quilt show and I want to make half of the projects that I saw and don’t even know where to start. I put the pictures together in several collages, there were just too many. And there is also a lovely video on YouTube, thank you very much to Linda B. for making it available.

Meine Freundin, die mir eigentlich an meinem Stand bei der Quilt Show helfen wollte, ist leider zwei Tage vorher krank geworden, so dass ich allein war und keine Zeit hatte, mir die Quilts in der Show in Ruhe anzusehen. Ich bin aber kurz durchgelaufen, bevor die Türen geöffnet wurden und habe Bilder gemacht. Es waren tolle Quilts dabei, und wie immer bin ich nach so einer Show sehr inspiriert, möchte mindestens die Hälfte der Projekte auch nähen und weiß gar nicht, wo ich anfangen soll. Die Bilder habe ich wieder in Collagen zusammengefasst, es waren einfach zuviele. Und ein Video existiert auch, ich habe es hier eingefügt mit Dank an Linda B. für die Arbeit, die sie sich damit gemacht hat.

With our quilt show today and tomorrow I will be busy and won’t have time to find and post a free pattern. If you are in the area, come in and take a look, we would love to see you there. I will be back on Monday with my post for the Enter If You Dare Blog Hop. It started on Wednesday, take a look at Marian’s blog Seams To Be Sew, she posts daily links to the featured bloggers who made lots of cute Halloween projects.

Heute und morgen findet unsere Quilt Show in Chilliwack statt, so dass ich keine Zeit habe, ein freies Muster zu suchen und zu posten. Es wird vermutlich niemand gerade zufällig in der Nähe sein, aber falls doch, wir freuen uns über jeden Besucher. Ich melde mich am Montag wieder mit meinem Beitrag zum “Enter If You Dare” Blog Hop. Dieser hat bereits vor zwei Tagen begonnen, und Marian postet auf ihrem Blog Seams To Be Sew täglich die Links zu den Blogs, die ihre Projekte vorstellen, da gibt es viele schöne Sachen zu sehen.

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