Summertime - time

Where oh where does the time go?  It's coming down to the end of July and I feel like summer has just begun.  We did have a mighty cool, rainy spring so perhaps that's what has made the summer seem so short to me. 

Here in Brookline summer is time for gardening, swimming in the West River (or some other favorite swimming hole), bicycling and festivals. Oh my, festivals, there are so many.

Some of the coming fests "in the 'hood" are just around the corner.  Jamaica has "old home days" with all sorts of doings this weekend.  


Next, on August 6th, is Grace Cottage Hospital's Fair Days up in Townshend - an auction, parade of anyone born at the hospital, a tag sale, plant sale, pony rides, music and a barbeque - what more could anyone want?

The following weekend is the Windham County History Fair  on the  Newfane Common on August 13th - both the Brookline Round Schoolhouse and the Historic Brookline Church will have a tent there. Raffle tickets for the finished 2011 "Moonlight in Vermont" quilt will be for sale  and the quilt will be on display. Oh, and there will be lots of crafts demos and other historical organizations there too.

 

On August 28th, the last Sunday in August, is the 3rd Annual Sunflower Festival, right here in Brookline.  There will be food, music, face painting, the quilt raffle - of course - vendors and a silent auction and who knows what else... 

And that takes us to the end of August!  With all these festivals, and warm summer weather to enjoy, no wonder why I'm not busy blogging.  But before I sign off, here's a picture of the finished 2011 quilt in all it glory!

Come on out to a fair and see the actual quilt for yourself!

Oldies but goodies

Well I didn't make it over to check on the quilt progress this week - it was nearly done last week and I'm hoping by next Wednesday I'll be there to take pix of the completed masterpiece.  

In the meantime, how about some pictures of quilts from past years?  I've been poking through the archives (translation: boxes & notebooks from the last 30+ years) and found some beauties!  Some of them have more info with them than others - these pictures span from 1974 to 1999.  But isn't a picture is worth a hundred words?  So without further ado here are some snapshots:

The first photo is from the 1974 autumn edition of Vermont Life Magazine - must have been the 1974 quilt don't you think?  The article was about Brookline & featured the Ladies Benevolence Society quilters and the famous Round Schoolhouse - which was where the quilters met according to the article.

The second picture shows a quilt called "Blue Dahlia" and is shown with the 1986 raffle tickets that were sold for it - the raffle tickets are still the same price today!

This quilt pictured is a "mystery year" - no date included in the files. Anyone out there remember what year this one was made?

This sweet quilt is from 1989 - anyone know the name of the pattern?

Here are a few more undated quilt photos - very nice!

 Last, but certainly not least, is the 1999 quilt that was raffled.  I wonder who the lucky owner of this one is?

Come to think of it, next week I'll post more quilts from the 90's and the one from 2000.  So y'all will have to be patient to see the 2011 Moonlight in Vermont in all its glory.