lots of quilts
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:03 pmThursday I had a field trip with one of the schools, took the little kids
to the Arizona State Fair, spent a few hours, ate some funnel cake
and mozied through the craft barn. Lots and lots of quilts, beautiful
quilts, simple to complex, but totally awesome.
the white one on the right side bottom was one of my favorites, it was actually needlepoint panels quilted together.
this green one is actually made from the pattern I use the most but they did a little
variation to it.
There was also craft stuff but the one that really impressed me was the carousel horses
They were entirely covered with pearls and jewels.
a little closer look, each different color is some different pearl or jewel or bead.
They weren't little either, they were about 4' tall.
All in all it was a fun day, I enjoyed the agriculture barn too. They had sheep that
day and the pigeon competition. So many different kinds of pigeons and brought back
alot of childhood memories. My papa Dave payed for the farm buying and selling pigeons
for whatever reasons people had and he made quite a good living at it. He would pay
neighborhood kids a quarter apiece for a bird they would bring him and turn it for a
$3 or more depending on what kind it was and who bought it. The dog trial folks would
come and buy 300 at a time for their field trials and lots of them would show back up
on the barn,
and then get sold again the local vietnamese would come and
buy squab but to that I said "no thank you"
to the Arizona State Fair, spent a few hours, ate some funnel cake
and mozied through the craft barn. Lots and lots of quilts, beautiful
quilts, simple to complex, but totally awesome.
the white one on the right side bottom was one of my favorites, it was actually needlepoint panels quilted together.
this green one is actually made from the pattern I use the most but they did a little
variation to it.
There was also craft stuff but the one that really impressed me was the carousel horses
They were entirely covered with pearls and jewels.
a little closer look, each different color is some different pearl or jewel or bead.
They weren't little either, they were about 4' tall.
All in all it was a fun day, I enjoyed the agriculture barn too. They had sheep that
day and the pigeon competition. So many different kinds of pigeons and brought back
alot of childhood memories. My papa Dave payed for the farm buying and selling pigeons
for whatever reasons people had and he made quite a good living at it. He would pay
neighborhood kids a quarter apiece for a bird they would bring him and turn it for a
$3 or more depending on what kind it was and who bought it. The dog trial folks would
come and buy 300 at a time for their field trials and lots of them would show back up
on the barn,
and then get sold again the local vietnamese would come andbuy squab but to that I said "no thank you"