End of the Tour

You know that mad dash to finish all your Christmas projects 2 days before Christmas and then the melt-down after all the gifts are opened and you are left with a house full of empty boxes and wrapping paper?

Yeah, that's me today.

The 2-day self guided tour through our community is over and we had about 200 people come through our place.  My husband's BBQ and my daughter's pies were the hit of the show and brought in the most money for us. 

And the quilt display!   I loved opening the door and inviting people into our house to view our family quilts.  If there was a way to put a dollar amount on the expressions of awe on people's faces, I would be rolling in cash this morning.  But quilters and crafters know that when you work in this type of art, there truly is no way to measure the success of our work financially.  I think at the heart of every artist is the simple desire to share something beautiful and if we can make some income in the process, that's an added bonus.

Thought I would share an overview of the weekend in pictures.

My grandmother's quilt frame, my grandfather made.  It sit up just like this all year long in her house.  It only came down at Christmas so that the family could all fit in their little house.  I gave folks the opportunity of sitting down and "quilting a reach", but no one took me up on it.  I gave demonstrations on how to load the frame.  Sally gave a demonstration on how to mend ripped blue-jeans and my son actually sewed a button on his pants!

 

I've created a slideshow of our stop and I'll let you that couldn't visit in person,

browse to your hearts content.

 

 

Arts & Ag Tour 2014, Piney's Needle