Airing of the Quilts, Smithville, Tx. November 12, 2011
 

Took pictures of the quilts and am posting a few of them. Our community members graciously contribute to the event by hanging their quilts out to air. Downtown is lined up with them and vendors selling quilts and quilting supplies.

Sounds like a cool event! Wish I was closer so I could see some of the quilts in person. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers, K

Thank you for sharing. We visited our friends Janne and Steve Penn when they
lived there.

What a great idea. I would love to be there in person.

What a treat for you all! Wish I was there!

Wow, some great quilts and a really cool way of showing them off, and taking a tour of the town.:thumbup:

Some beautiful quilts. Thanks for sharing

What a wonderful photo shoot of this event - gorgeous quilts! Thanks for sharing these!

thanks for sharing the pics. looks like a great show to attend

Thanks for sharing! Got a few new ideas from your pictures!

What a fun thing. This is a wonderful thing to do. It must be wonderful to walk and see all that beauty around you. Thank you for sharing.

That's a nice idea for a show. Thanks for sharing all the pictures. What a pretty little town.

What a neat idea for a community event. Love the scrappy stars quilt.

Wow, thanks for all the pictures!! Hanging outside really does show quilts beautifully doesn't it?

That is such a great event! Wish I lived in a small town to be a part of those things.

They are all gorgeous.

What a great turnout of quilts! Looks like the whole community participated in this event! Beautiful. Wish there was something similar here. I have never heard of a quilt airing day here!

Thanks for sharing these with us! Neat to see!

What fun! Could you post the date for next year so that those of us who are close enough can make a day trip.

Yes, thanks for sharing. We appreciate it. I found the log cabin with the triangle pieces on the edge interesting. Does it have a name for the pattern?

That is so pretty. The quilts are beautiful.

How cool is that? You must have had a great day and thank you for sharing it with us. Such an "ahhhh moment" to see a quilt hanging from the clothesline, at least for me it is. I get to attend the Pac NW quilt show at our local fairgrounds next weekend or I'd be drooling with envy.

how lucky you were to get to enjoy that. Looked like great weather too. Thanks for sharing, looks like something I would of loved to attend.

Cool, nice to see a community come together.

Looks like a great day out- some pretty quilts there. Thanks for taking the trouble to share with us.

Oh my! Wish I could have been there in person. What a great thing to do and see.

Joyce

just lovely

thanks for sharing

What a great idea, and lovely quilts.

That is really a cool thing

I enjoyed this post thanks!

what a great idea, all the quiltd are wonderful. I really like the necktie dresden .

Beautiful quilt, love the pictures of your town, looks very friendly.

Thanks for sharing.....

Oh i bet you had fun. looking at all that "eye" candy. lovely, thanks.

rats, it said my post was a duplicate! i do wish they would fix this forum!!! once and for all.
anyway, lovely photos, thanks.

What a great event.

Shades of Sisters, Oregon. I went to that for the first time last year. Absolutely loved it. This one seems to have the same "feel" to it. Warning! My sandles fell apart (it was mid summer) and I had to buy new shoes. Got blisters, and had to buy new shoes. The upside is I now have two pairs of shoes that I love and memories galore. Women from Gee's Bend were there, had taught a class and showed off some Gee's Bend quilts and the ones the students had done. Such movement! Such freedom!

The log cabin with HST in the border is a nice addition to that pattern.

Thanks for posting; looks amazing!

What a delightful event. You must live in a wonderful town - anyone who loves and embraces quilting has to be OK!