welcome back snaith unbox we're down here at tulip time a beautiful thursday afternoon the sun is still out sun so shining and we're here with carol keim carol is with the quilt show tell us a little bit about the quilt show where it is what's going on i a street near columbia right across from the big mack top bank down there and we have over one hundred quilts that are hanging wow many of them are bet size quilts also a lot of wall hangings because that has become more popular nowadays to do it that way so it can is this just to come and see the quilts can you purchase quilts good question there they are not for sale they're not judged or juried and we have no vendor booths it's just come and enjoy fiber and fabric and color and pattern and decide you do sound like you are very very excited about about quilts where do you find one hundred quilts to council every year we send out entry forms to the local quilt shops fields fabric pressing matters other quilt shops around in the women are aware that they are going to be available at the end of january and they complete an entry form take some pictures mail them into us committee members we process them and then we accept them and hang them so it's not a judge show but they have to go through a process to be able to get that quilt there so if a novice like myself was never so in before and might not produce a great quilt might not be able to get a quilt in the quilt show i've got to have a certain level of skill to be able to do that exactly and that's why we asked for photographs either of the whole picture and then a closeup so we can see the quality of the workmanship with the quilting and i've been associated with a festival for twenty twenty five years now and as long as i can remember the quilt show has been part of the tulip time festival how how long exactly have you been involved with a quilt show and how long is quilt show been involved with the tool time festival in the eighty's the quilt show was at women's literary club and then in the year two thousand it moved to evergreen commons it was there for ten years and now we have been at how an area arts center and and the arts council is really a of the a place to have that quilt show because these are really works of art aren't they exactly it's a beautiful place we have to have the galleries that are there wooden floors so that adds to of that also there is a nice collection of antique sewing machine is for five dollars entry fee children thirteen and under are free also any one ever man who has done one of the quilts gets a complimentary tech and get in that way it can you give us an idea of of how long it may take to put one of the schools together what goes into put it getting it making a quilt for the quilt show because you've piqued my interest it's their long cold winters here in michigan that may be something that i'm looking toward for do a free entry fee so what do i have to do to get a quilt put together put together yourself or so i have somebody do it well if it i'm going to tell you that i want to do it myself but i might have somebody else do it for me it depends on a lot of variables but it can take three weeks or can take up to three years my goodness that's a lot of work to put one together now you brought a sample of a quilt with you yes this is something that a friend gave me a number of years ago but it just shows what we're looking for in good quilting it's different contrasts different colors lights and darks and she even did some handwork work so that was a very special gift to me from sharing well that's wonderful while the quilt show is going to take place the rest of the week correct daily from ten in the morning tell it at night wednesday thursday friday and saturday from ten until one so we'd love to have you or anybody else come i'm going to make sure i get myself down to the quilt show it's a great opportunity especially we get a little bit of a rain shower great place to duck in and out of the rain while you're waiting for the storm to clear to come in and take a look at the quilts at the quilt show right downtown at the art center down at the end of e street well great well well carol thank you very much for coming down here and visiting with us today thank you very much