Today was the 7th annual Quilts on Main event in St. Charles, an historic town, Missouri's first state capital, on the west bank of the Missouri River across from St. Louis. The old buildings on South Main are well preserved and house a variety of small shops and restaurants. Some also are homes.
This is an outdoor quilt show, not unlike the much larger and more famous Sisters show in Oregon that takes place each July. This year there were fewer exhibits than usual, perhaps because of organization problems.
It was a cool, slightly overcast day and perfect for walking the old brick and cobblestone streets and just enjoying the many fine quilts on display. A lot of people were in town, not all of them for quilts. We saw at least two different wedding parties being photographed.
Quilt guilds had many lovely raffle quilts on display, but this one, made by a group from Rolla, MO, was the prize as far as concept and workmanship went. It was pieced, appliqued and hand quilted throughout. We both fell in love with it and yes, I bought a few raffle tickets.
Here is a closeup of the fine work on the quilt. I really hope the show continues and that next year there will be more entries. I hope our guild will be there too, with our lovely raffle quilt just before our show in September, 2009.
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