Camp Sherman show was busy

Visitors to the Camp Sherman Quilt Show view potholders made by the Pine Needlers. The show brought in nearly $3,000 for local scholarships.

The magic was back again at last Friday's Pine Needlers Quilt Show in Camp Sherman's historic Community Hall.

Hosting the largest crowd ever over the five years the show has been held, the group displayed quilts and offered entertainment and food to an approving throng of guests.

"This is the best quilt show I've ever attended," said Sheila Moller, visiting from Livermore, California. "This is about the amount I can absorb in any one day."

The main floor of the community hall had large quilts hanging from the overhead beams. Colorful potholders, made by Pine Needlers, were on sale as a memento of the show. Food, presented by Anne Schreiner, included wrap sandwiches, salad, desserts and beverages for the overflow group.

The warm, sunny day had most of the people taking advantage of the outside picnic tables located on shady grass for lunch and snacks.

Upstairs, in the attic of the hall, were small quilts displayed by Andrea Balosky, various clothing items on display, doll cribs, cross-stitch patterns and various other items.

Most of the displayed quilts and other items had descriptive tags explaining not only when the item was produced and how, but also many stories linking maker and receiver.

"Aunt Neva's Flower Garden" had this description attached: "In loving memory of Aunt Neva I. Houghton (1909-1996). Hand pieced in 1929-30 by Aunt Neva. Rolled up in a shoebox over 65 years. Hand quilted in 2000-01 by Neva J. McCarty."

"Every year I love this show more," said Liz Fisher of Half Moon Bay, California. "I've been coming for the past three years."

She was here with a group of ladies from the same city.

Tonye Phillips, noted Camp Sherman quilter, displayed a beautiful container quilt, "The Golden Goblet." Mary Margarite Camp-Smith's Lincoln Log quilt (1940) was an enchanting combination of orange, yellow and brown colors.

Afternoon violin music filled the hall as Heidi Goertzen delighted the admiring crowd.

Other standouts of the day included Martha Cathcart's crib cover made by her grandmother in 1925 and displayed over one of the attic windows.