Hello everyone. I’ve had a great, albeit very busy, week in Wray, Colorado. With the help of many people, and many area businesses, we pulled off the 16th Annual Quilts of the Plains outdoor quilt show, this past Saturday, June 27, 2015.
We had a great array of wonderful quilts entered into the show, including many from far, far away. Our Viewer’s selected a lovely quilt by Valerie from Dove Creek, Colorado. They also awarded a total of 8 ribbons for the best in category voting. I’ve uploaded a photo gallery of all of the quilts. I think they all are winning quilts. Mixed in, you will also see some street and sidewalk shots. Perhaps, I caught you looking at the beautiful quilts, or driving down the street. You’ll see the kind of businesses that line our streets, and help to make Wray such a wonderful place to live, work, shop, or even visit.
Of course, photos never do full justice of an event like this. I do hope it’s a useful resource though, for quilters who entered or viewed the show, as well as a shameless promotion of our town, our people, and our humble little quilt show on the plains in Colorado. I hope it makes you want to be a part of it in the future.
Have fun looking through the gallery. I’ve made smaller versions of the photos, so it will load quickly on your computer, phone or tablet with ease. If you have a need for a more detailed image, I can provide that on a request basis for you.
Thanks for supporting quilting in Wray, and for your continued interest in my life, art and blog. I’d really appreciate if you could share this with others, and leave a comment when you stop by the blog. It really adds a richness to the place.
I hope you have been inspired, and this will manifest in your creative life, whatever that may be.
I’m busy quilting the last of my projected quilts for this years show. I really love how this is turning out, and it will be a perfect gift for a lucky person in my life. It’s a secret, so I don’t want to say much more.
Hi everyone! It’s been a great year, and I hope you’ve had some time to work on your quilt projects. I’m finishing up on the last two king-sized quilts that I intend to exhibit into the show. As you may, or may not know, I am the Chairman of the Quilts of the Plains annual outdoor quilt show, held in Wray, Colorado each year. The event is held on the Saturday AFTER Fathers’ Day each summer. That being said, This years show is on June 27, 2015!
The Quilts are on display for ONE DAY ONLY, June 27, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Most quilts are displayed along Main Street from 3rd to 5th Street, and antique and miscellaneous items will be displayed in the Wray Museum.
The quilts will not be judged, but the Viewers will vote for their favorites. The overall winning quilt will be awarded a BRAND NEW JANOME SEWING MACHINE, and Viewers’ Choice Ribbons will be awarded in each of the categories listed below!!! I hope you’ll enter, and GOOD LUCK TO YOUR QUILT!!!
We NEED your quilts, or we won’t have much of a show…. We don’t have a restriction on the items you enter. You may have made it this year, or many years ago. We kindly ask that you not display items that have previously been in the Quilts of the Plains Show. You may enter as many items in each category as you wish, and we LOVE seeing the creativity that each and every person has exhibited in their quilts.
The categories remain the same.
Large Bed Quilt
Small Bed Quilt
Baby Quilt
Quilted Wall-hanging
Quilt made by youth – age 18 and under
Antique Quilt – Made at least 25 years ago
Miscellaneous Quilted (Quilt Related) Item
Entries will be accepted at Rainbow Fabrics from Monday, June 22 to Thursday, June 25. If you have a need for an accommodation outside of that schedule, please let us know.
This photo was taken a few months ago, as I was beginning to quilt the raffle quilt for Quilts of the Plains 2015. As you can see, the colors are gorgeous, and the fabric is all batiks. The blocks were made by local members of the Quilters’ Anonymous group here in Wray.
Again this year, we have a spectacular raffle quilt. Made of batik fabrics in lovely shades of blue and cream, you are gonna love this one. The quilt is on display at Rainbow Fabrics. Tickets are ON SALE NOW through the day of the quilt show. The Disappearing Hourglass blocks create a very beautiful block, and the quilting was done by Fellow Quilter, Brian Clements. (ME!) Tickets are still only $1 each, or 6 tickets for $5.
We rely upon the help of many volunteers. If you can help, we’d be grateful for anything you can do. We need people to hang the quilts, take quilts down, push a cart along and hand quilts to the folks up on the ladder… At the end, we need some volunteers to take down quilts, fold quilts, sort and checkout the quilts to their owners. We will have an information table, and need people to sit and sell raffle tickets. Even an hour or two is a huge help! Please let us know how you’d like to help.
Lastly, I must thank our sponsors. The quilt show is presented by the City of Wray and the Wray Chamber of Commerce. The main sponsor is Rainbow Fabrics, and supporting sponsorships from Foltmer Drug/RadioShack/Main Street Clothing, Box Elder Ranch, First Pioneer National Bank, Leigh Floral, Wray State Bank, Ann & Steve Brethauer, and Wray Lumber Company are much appreciated.
If you’d like to receive information on this show, or be added to our email list for upcoming shows, please leave me a comment, or contact me at the following:
If you have any questions, please email Brian at fellowquilter@aol.com or call (970) 597-1313
Or to reach Wanda at Rainbow Fabrics, she can be contacted at rainbow@plains.net or call (970) 332-4343
Thanks for your support. I hope you can come to the show!!
Hello everyone. I’ve had a great, albeit very busy, week in Wray, Colorado. With the help of many people, and many area businesses, we pulled off the 16th Annual Quilts of the Plains outdoor quilt show, this past Saturday, June 27, 2015.
Fellow Quilter 