{"id":100,"date":"2008-03-30T11:27:57","date_gmt":"2008-03-30T15:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=100"},"modified":"2008-04-19T00:01:03","modified_gmt":"2008-04-19T04:01:03","slug":"memories-of-lancaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=100","title":{"rendered":"Memories of Lancaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was not able to attend the Lancaster Quilter’s Heritage Celebration this year. However, quilt artists Sue Reno and Michelle Verbeeck both very graciously took some photos for me. I’m using the picture Michelle sent to keep in my journal, and I’m posting here one of the pictures Sue took for me.<\/p>\n

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The quilt is called “Blushing Triangles 3” completed January 2008. My first 1st place, after 20 years of entering!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Twenty-one years ago (could it really have been that long?) on one sunny spring day, my husband and I were taking a drive in Lancaster County. We saw a sign for the QHS and decided to stop to see it. It was an amazing experience for me, and I was overwhelmed by everything. The following year I entered a quilt and was incredibly happy to be accepted.<\/p>\n

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I made this in 1988! Twenty years ago and my first entry into the Lancaster show.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I call it “Eastern Violets.” It’s made of Japanese fabrics and solids, and it’s pieced on a treadle machine and hand quilted. It’s a basic design that I did on graph paper.<\/p>\n

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“Reflections” made in 1989, my second entry into the show.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following year I entered this “Reflections.” I designed it on kaleidoscope paper. But since I didn’t know about the kaleidoscope block, I made odd shaped templates and did a lot of set in seams! It’s also pieced on a treadle machine and hand quilted. The quilt is around 55 or 60″ square. Again, I was extremely happy to have the quilt accepted. That’s something my partner told me — the secret to happiness: expect nothing, be grateful for everything.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a close up. I have a dyed fabric in this quilt!<\/p>\n

It’s now 20 years later. A lot of things have changed, but I am still thrilled when accepted into a show and a win is icing on the cake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was not able to attend the Lancaster Quilter’s Heritage Celebration this year. However, quilt artists Sue Reno and Michelle Verbeeck both very graciously took some photos for me. I’m using the picture Michelle sent to keep in my journal, and I’m posting here one of the pictures Sue took for me. The quilt is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exhibitions-quilt-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}