I had the pleasure this past week of viewing an exhibit of quilts called “Pleasing Mother”. The collaboration of quilts came from Donna Lohman and Debbie Lohman. They have an exhibit of their quilts at the Mechanicsburg Museum Freight Station in Mechanicsburg, PA. now through October 20th. (You will need to check the days and times of the show if you plan to attend.)
There is no admission fee but a donation to the museum is appreciated. The museum is located in the old railroad station.
The show is actually in the building behind the old station. The brochure that was provided at the door to the show explained that Donna wanted to take my year long Baltimore Album Quilt classes but she did not want to take the class alone so she convinced her daughter, Debbie, to share in the experience. Debbie agreed and went to her first quilting class to please her mother. They both completed the class and their quilts and have embarked on a wonderful journey together. I have shown several of Donna and Debbie’s quilts in my blog over the past year so I picked a couple of their quilts to share with you that I do not believe I have shared before.
I loved this little cow quilt. I think this is a McKenna Ryan pattern. Not sure about that.
This looks like it would have been fun and easy to make and get a really nice result. The depth perspective is great.
This quilt was made as a result of a quilt teacher, Karen Eckmeier coming to the guild in Carlisle. Debbie and Donna took the workshop offered by Karen and made this fun little quilt. You can find out more about Karen at http://quilted-lizard.com
This Halloween quilt looks like it would have been a really fun quilt to make.
One year our guild, the Letort Quilters, had a challenge to create some fun signs to hang around our quilt show. The signs were to let people attending the quilt show know “Do Not Touch The Quilts”. This one really made me laugh. Very creative idea.
Thank you Donna and Debbie for sharing your quilts and for such a nice exhibit. I think both of you are some of the nicest, most giving and sharing people I have ever met. Thanks for being you.
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My recent trip took me to Heath, Ohio. It was a pretty quick trip and there was not much time outside of the lecture and workshop to do a lot of sight-seeing. However, my guild contact, Pam, was kind enough to drive me around the area a little and to indulge me in my Starbucks fix each day. Pam did take me to see what I would consider to be one of the most interesting buildings I have ever seen. It is the home office for Longaberger baskets. I love this building. Genius idea to build their home office to look like one of their baskets. It is my opinion that whoever thought of that should have received a raise. And Pam told me the handles are heated so they can melt the snow in the winter. Nice. Oh, the things I get to see in my travels.
I like to share interesting things from my travels. The other thing Pam took me to see were the Newark Earthworks. It is the largest system of connected geometric earthworks built anywhere in the world. It is 2 miles square. You can see the mounds toward the center of the photo below. It was built by the prehistoric Hopewell Indians between 100 BC and AD 500, this architectural wonder of ancient America was part cathedral, part cemetery, and part astronomical observatory.
The Heart of Ohio Quilt Guild http://www.quiltguilds.com/ohio.htm had a very nice attendance at their evening meeting. I was greeted by many members and asked repeatedly if I needed any help. I love it when guild members are so willing to offer help to the speakers. Based on the retreats and other events this guild offers it sounds like a really fun guild to be part of. If I lived in the area I would join in a heart beat.
This week I am off to Albuquerque, New Mexico. I’ll fill you in when I return.