Major’s Inn hosts quilt show in Gilbertsville this weekend
GILBERTSVILLE – The walls of the Major’s Inn in Gilbertsville will be decorated in a vast array of colorful patterns this weekend as quilters across the area gear up for the16th annual “Picture Perfect” show.
This year, local artists will be exhibiting more than 220 pieces at the historic inn.
In the spirit of this year’s theme, visitors will find a number of pictorial quilts at the event. The images are often crafted after real life photographs or paintings with an incredible degree of realism.
The Major’s Inn can be found nestled in the Village of Gilbertsville along Rt. 51.
Organizers for the Major’s Inn Foundation fundraiser, CeCe Rowe and Diana Heeman, said this year’s show will feature just over 220 handcrafted pieces from dozens of artists.
This year’s theme, “Picture Perfect,” is a tribute to the featured quilter, Marilyn Belford, who specializes in pictorial art quilts.
She and others will display their works throughout the 52 room, 116-year-old, Tudor-style building from Oct. 1 to 3.
The Quilt Show is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5, but patrons can also purchase a soup and sandwich lunch, with a drink, for an additional $6.
The 16th annual Major’s Inn Quilt Show benefits the Major’s Inn Foundation, which serves to restore and preserved the historic building.
Rowe and Heeman, who are members of the Inn’s foundation, started the first quilt show in 1994 and have helped to steer the program every step of the way.
“We just thought it might be a fun thing to do so we did it, and it’s been growing ever since,” said Rowe. “That first year people kept calling us after and asking how they could get into next year’s and it just sort of took off.”
Rowe said that setting up the 200-plus quilts is often a day-long process, even with half a dozen volunteers helping. She said all together about 100 people contributed to the event, preparing food, hanging quilts, cleaning up and more.
“There are a lot of good people in this town and they all chip in,” said Heeman.
Rowe said the show is unique because it’s not juried and not competitively driven.
“We started out to try it for fun. It’s a big fundraiser for us and we all just enjoyed it,” she said.
This year, local artists will be exhibiting more than 220 pieces at the historic inn.
In the spirit of this year’s theme, visitors will find a number of pictorial quilts at the event. The images are often crafted after real life photographs or paintings with an incredible degree of realism.
The Major’s Inn can be found nestled in the Village of Gilbertsville along Rt. 51.
Organizers for the Major’s Inn Foundation fundraiser, CeCe Rowe and Diana Heeman, said this year’s show will feature just over 220 handcrafted pieces from dozens of artists.
This year’s theme, “Picture Perfect,” is a tribute to the featured quilter, Marilyn Belford, who specializes in pictorial art quilts.
She and others will display their works throughout the 52 room, 116-year-old, Tudor-style building from Oct. 1 to 3.
The Quilt Show is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5, but patrons can also purchase a soup and sandwich lunch, with a drink, for an additional $6.
The 16th annual Major’s Inn Quilt Show benefits the Major’s Inn Foundation, which serves to restore and preserved the historic building.
Rowe and Heeman, who are members of the Inn’s foundation, started the first quilt show in 1994 and have helped to steer the program every step of the way.
“We just thought it might be a fun thing to do so we did it, and it’s been growing ever since,” said Rowe. “That first year people kept calling us after and asking how they could get into next year’s and it just sort of took off.”
Rowe said that setting up the 200-plus quilts is often a day-long process, even with half a dozen volunteers helping. She said all together about 100 people contributed to the event, preparing food, hanging quilts, cleaning up and more.
“There are a lot of good people in this town and they all chip in,” said Heeman.
Rowe said the show is unique because it’s not juried and not competitively driven.
“We started out to try it for fun. It’s a big fundraiser for us and we all just enjoyed it,” she said.
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