it's a wonderful thing, 
and this weekend for the national Quilter's Day Out celebration, it was no exception. 
Well over 500 people attended this event.We began the day at 10:00 with registration at the door, for $2.00 and a canned good for the local food pantry, you received a Big gift bag filled with all kinds of quilter things and then some.
Next you were able to choose between viewing a quilt challenge called "Think Green Quilt Challenge" or going into the gymnasium and viewing the participating guilds and vendors
Midway through the day, there was a guest speaker, Valerie White, who was a great motivating speaker. Valerie, who is an accomplished quilt artist, is standing to the right of our event organizing leprechaun, Linda Slye, who is holding the tote bag full of fabric our group gave away.
Dot, one of our fabulous members, seated, is manning the voting area for the Think Green Quilt Challenge. 
We had 23 quilts entered in the competition. I'm sure there were over 500 attending the event, because I made 300 ballots for Viewer's Choice voting and we ran out of those pretty early and had to improvise ballots, using notebook paper.
Anyway, we had first, second and third place winners, which received ribbons and cash prizes. All voters were eligible for winning a tote bag filled with fabric.You could also choose to see 8 award winning quilts from Happy Heart Quilt Guild. These quilts were interpretations of Mother Goose.
All in all, it was a wonderful day of quilting and fun and our quilt guild,
the most wonderful guild in the world, had a lot of fun and are looking forward to next year's national quilt holiday, Quilter's Day Out. Come join us or start your own...smile...
