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Quilting events in Wisconsin's Racine County, October 10 and 11
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Love quilts? Wisconsin’s Racine County is hosting two separate events this weekend.
Quilts on Barns Project
Saturday morning, October 10, Racine County’s Quilts on Barns project festivities kick off at 9:30 a.m. with an opening reception at the Racine County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Guests will have an opportunity to meet the artists who painted the six new quilt patterns that were added to the project this summer.
Quilts on Barns unveiled its first 15 barns in Racine County in October 2008, each decorated with a different historic quilt pattern painted on an 8-by-8-foot wooden square. The morning reception offers the viewing of a documentary film about the Quilts on Barns project, made by local filmmaker Nicholas Ravnikar. DVDs of the film will be available for $15 each.
The self-guided driving tour of all 21 Quilts on Barns is free and can be done at any time throughout the day. Free maps of the sites will be available at the Racine County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Kathi Wilson, one of the people involved in creating the Quilts on Barns project, hopes that as people make their way from barn to barn they take the time to experience other gems the country has to offer – farmer’s markets, pumpkin farms, ice cream shops, local restaurants and more.
The new patterns featured on this year’s Quilts on Barns tour are Swing on a Star, Cornucopia, Sawtooth 16 Patch, Four Flags, Vine of Friendship and Twirling Mosaic. Organizers of the project had hoped to add 15 new quilt patterns between 2009 and 2010, bringing the total to 45, but due to the struggling economy they had trouble getting funding for this year.
Lighthouse Legacies Quilt Show
The Racine Lighthouse Quilters Guild presents the Lighthouse Legacies Quilt Show, a two-day quilt extravaganza held at Case High School. The show’s annual competition had 260 entries, which is the highest ever at the biennial show according to Guild member Jennifer Janzer. It includes everything from bed and lap quilts to quilted apparel and home accessories, staying within the boundaries of this year’s “Nature and Design” theme.
The highlight of the 2009 show will be a traveling exhibition called “Water Challenge” quilts made by members of the Professional Art Quilters Alliance, a national quilting group based in northern Illinois. These art quilts are no bigger than 18 inches square and depict the quilters’ interpretation of water.
The Guild consists of about 150 members and meets on the last Monday of every month. Meetings are open to the public and they encourage quilters of all ages to join them.
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