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Bulletin, ProgressiVe, Record, Reporter
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 1B
REGIONAL
Quinc],
crazy:for quilts
Mona Hill
Staff Writer
mhill@plumasnews.com
arolyn Kenney is
co-vice president
of Quincy
Crazy Quilters, a quilting
instructor at Feather
River College and an
Eleanor Burns Quilt in a
Day certified instructor.
She is also the featured
quilter for the guild's
biennial quilt show, Crazy
About Quilts.
Crazy About Quilts runs
May 21 - 22, at the Plumas-
Sierra County Fair-
grounds in Quincy.
Kenney began hand
piecing and quilting about
13 years ago. Although
she does a lot of machine
piecing arid quilting now,
she still completes a hand
quilt eve .ry two years. She
finds machine piecing
allows for techniques that
hand piecing cannot
match. She still enjoys the
process of creating some-
thing completely hers,
start-to-finish, by hand.
It seems as ff every
month, she has two or
three quilting projects to
share with fellow guild
members.
In addition to Kenney's
quilts, quilters have en-
tered 140 quilts of all sizes
• and shapes intheshow.
Entry categories include
large and small bed quilts,
home decor, miniature
quilts, quilted clothing
and more.
The show also includes
the 2010 Hoffman Chal-
lenge quilts and dolls.
Each year fabric manufac-
turer Hoffman California-
"African Kaleidoscope" by Carolyn Kenney. For more photos, see Quilts on page 16B. Photo courtesy Quincy Crazy Quilters .........
International Fabrics
selects a new fabric and
quilters submit their en-
tries using the fabric line.
While there are cash
prizes awarded, the
prestige of placing in the
challenge is a great honor,
as collections travel to
quilt shows around the
United States and Canada.
This year, the guild's
show also coincides
with Plumas County's
inaugural barn quilt
tour. Kenney was also
the force behind the barn
quilt program.
With the assistance of
Mary Weddle, the county's
4.H clubs, arts community
and business leaders, barn
quilt squares are going
up on historical barns in
American and Sierra
valleys.
See the related story
elsewhere on this page;
Maps are available free
at the show and from
Plumas County Visitors
Bureau and the Quincy
Chamber of Commerce.
For more information
about the show, email
qcqguild@yahoo.com.
Where: Plumas-Sierra County
Fairgrounds, 204 Fair-
grounds Road, Quincy
When: Saturday, May 21, 10
a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday, May
22, 10 a.m. -4 p.m.
Cost: $6 per person
Carolyn Kenney, featured
quilter at "Crazy About
Quilts." Photo by Mona Hill
Demonstration
schedule
Saturday, May 21
11 a.m., wool appliquG Paula
Brown
1 p.m., selvage projects, Mary
Weddle
3 p.m., English paper piecing,
Katherine Kinne
Sunday, May 22
11 a.m., cord diva, Donna
Meyers
1 p.m., yo-yos (two methods),
Kimi Coates
Mona Hill
Staff Writer
mhill@plumasnews.com
Carolyn Kenney is
the featured quilter
at the Quincy Crazy
Quilters "Crazy
About Quilts" show
set for May 21 - 22 at
the fairgrounds in
Quincy.
What's more, she's the
original force behind the
barn quilt movement taking
Quincy by storm.
Kenney attended a quilting
instructor certification class
taught by Eleanor Burns, a
well-kno,wn quilter, teacher
and author. Burns had
recently published "Quilt
Blocks on American Barns,"
which features the barn quilt
movement in the Midwest.
Similar to Pennsylvania
hex signs, the tours, called
trails, are enormously popu-
lar, drawing visitors to look
for blocks on old barns over
distances up to 9O miles.
It all started with Donna
Sue Groves in Ohio. She
remembered the advertising
on barns from her childhood.
When she bought a farm in
Adams County, her mother
asked for a quilt square to be
painted on the old tobacco
barn.
Collaborating with others,
she organized quilt squares
on barns throughout Adams
County and it caught on.
Today, an effort is underway
to establish a National
A Harvest Star appears on Tom and Terry Bengard's barn at 4674 Chandler Road. Organizers ask
visitors to be respectful of private property rights and view the star from a safe place along the
road. Photo by Cindy Edwards
Quilt Trail including Iowa,
Kentucky, Tennessee, West
Virginia and South Carolina.
The idea captured
Kenney's imagination and
she hopes it will do the same
for Plumas County tourism.
Last fall, the newspaper
featured the beginning of the
story in the Regional section.
More recently, Greenville
began painting its quilt
blocks, and this Was also
featured in the Regional
section of the paper.
What began as an idea
without funding built momen-
tum through the winter.
Kenney turned to fellow
quilter Mary Weddle, who
began to organize donors.
Plumas Bank, Quincy Crazy
Quilters, Quincy Chamber of
Commerce and Rotary Inter-
national of Quincy all con-
tributed money to the project.
Feather River 4-H became
involved with the project
when Kenney approached
Cindy Edwards, another
quilter, whose daughter
Abby is a 4-H member.
Lucia Biunno, 4-H coordi-
nator at the University of
California Cooperative
Extension, found a grant
opportunity for more funds,
due in only a few days.
Edwards wrote the grant
application and the project
received $2,000.
The Finishing Touch,
Mountain Building Supply
and Sierra Pacific Industries
were particularly helpful,
according to Kenney and
Weddle. Holly Patton and
Jamie Winters introduced
Kenney to their ICI Paint
representative, who agreed to
donate the paint. Mountain
Building Supply and Sierra
Pacific provided lumber and
materials.
Volunteers from Kenney's
Feather River College
quilting classes and t!e guild
began painting the blocks --
with help from 4-H members
in November in Fred
Serber's greenhouse at the
fairgrounds.
Quincy Volunteer Fire
Department agreed to help
mount the 8-by-8-foot blocks
on the barns Kenney and
Weddle lined up -- as soon as
the Snow melted and the mud
dried out.
At the same time, guild
members ,were painting and
hanging smaller quilt blocks
on their houses and in their
gardens.
Now, as the blocks go up on
barns around the Quincy
area, merchants in down-
town Quincy are beginning
to display smaller 2-by-2-foot
blocks in their windows and
on their businesses.
For information about how
to make barn quilt squares,
contact The Finishing Touch
at 283-2834 where kits are on
sale, complete with pattern
choices and instructions.
Plumas Arts and the
Plumas County Visitors
Bureau are helping to pro-
mote the tour as well.
Or stop by the quilt show
and talk with Kenney; she'll
have a display of smaller
blocks at.her booth in
addition to her beautiful
quilts, and tour maps will be
available.
Historical barns
Barn Quilt Driving Tour
Tom and Terry Bengard,
4674 Chandler Road
Phillip Bresciani,
1843 Quincy Junction Road
Marge Clarke,
2025 Lee Road
Thelma Dyrr,
503 Crescent St.
(Highway 70/89)
Molding Mill,
31 Quincy Junction Road
Plumas-Sierra County
Fairgrounds, Serpilio Hall
and 4-H Building,
204 Fairgrounds Road
Thompson Valley Ranch,
905 La Porte Road
Please enjoy these colorful barn
quilts from public roads and high-
ways while enjoying our beautiful
rural cou'ntryside.
There are several areas along
the road to puff off safely for a
better view and photograph the
barn quilts.
All the historical barns are
located oo private property.
Please respect the privacy of
the property owners by not
trespassing.
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