Today, after days of rain, the sun was shining and we decided to travel to Colebrook, New Hampshire to take in at least part of the Moose Festival. Each year, there is a nice display of quilts in the local church and it is always fun to chat a bit with the ladies who put so much effort into setting up this annual event. Draped over pews were quilts from antique to modern. Right away, I noticed one antique quilts with 1940s fabrics in a Monkey Wrench pattern (a.k.a. Churn Dash and many other names). It has a “humility block” that was made incorrectly.

With sunlight streaming in the stained glass windows, the ambiance was cheerful and peaceful. At the front of the church were two quilts thought by the group to be worthy of special attention.

This appliqué quilt utilizes white on white fabric as a background. The brave quilter hand quilted her quilt, in spite of the inherent obstacle of trying to quilt through the gummy fabric. The motifs include special techniques such as ruched flowers.

A local woman reportedly designed this quilt that features Sunflowers. I noticed the amount of quilting and the interesting ways in which she quilted this piece. Each Sunflower has 16 diamond shapes around the perimeter, much easier to draft than the 17 point diamond “Sunflower” that I once re-created from an antique quilt in my possession. The soft colors of this quilt and the wonderful brown fabrics to represent the “seeds” of the Sunflowers help to make this quilt very special. “Vine” motifs were used to quilt the outer border.

This very creative “afghan quilt,” made by Terry Hurlbert, is 40 years old. The sign says that it was made as a gift for Phil and Dolly Lambert when they moved to South Hill. I’ve never seen anything like this before. Very interesting!

We wandered into the “Livin Life” shop at 119 Main Street in Colebrook and found a must-have Moose tee shirt.

The Local Scenery

I loved seeing the shadows on the mountains, ever changing. We noticed that the tramway was bringing people to the top of Canon Mountain, in the White Mountains. On the way up north, we passed lots of big green fields, some with large bales of hay, ready to be brought in, or covered. We saw Swiss steers, unusual to see in a state that usually only has Holsteins or Jersey cows. There were flocks of wild Canadian geese in the fields, and three really cute Donkeys in a fenced-in area.

As usual, the further you head north, the nicer the people are. Everyone we met today was most cordial. I loved getting a 30% discount price at the “Memos” bookstore at 906 Main St., Colebrook where I bought a book titled, buy viagra professional online by Alice Daley Noyes. The Belgian Bakery in town has wonderful breads, Belgian chocolates and other delights. There was to be a parade, a chicken barbeque, and other events later. All in all, today was a much needed short break from constant work. When one works from home, one WORKS all the time! Cheers!

Patricia Cummings

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