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\t\t\t\tQuilt as Desired, <\/em>curated by Mary Kerr, a Road 2016 teacher.<\/a>\n[caption id=\"attachment_3977\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"618\"]\"Picture<\/a> Picture by Brian Roberts Photography[\/caption]\nMary teamed with some of the best longarm quilters in bringing this exhibit to life. Mary found the vintage tops\u00a0for the quilts.\u00a0She never paid more than $50 for any of them and they were in all kinds of condition.\u00a0 Mary passed the tops on to the quilters who donated their time, batting and expertise in bringing the quilts back to life. Sometimes they added to the top; sometimes they took away. As Mary remarked, \u201cIt was a unique marriage of old and new, blurring the lines of the quilting world.\u201d\u00a0 Shows, such as Road to California that display the exhibit, pay to get the quilts shipped to their location and for having Mary come to lead tours and explain the quilts.\n[caption id=\"attachment_3980\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"615\"]\"Photo<\/a> Photo by Brian Roberts Photography[\/caption]\nThe full exhibit has 40 quilts. Twenty four of them were included in the exhibit at Road 2016. In 5 years, when Quilt as Desired<\/em>\u00a0is done touring, all of the quilts will be auctioned off for various quilt causes chosen by Mary and the longarmers.\n[caption id=\"attachment_3979\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"526\"]\"Photo<\/a> Photo by Brian Roberts[\/caption]\nMiss Sally<\/em> was a top quilted by Sally Garuet, founder of the American Quilt Story Group<\/a><\/em>. The original fan top is circa 1930. The Art Deco quilting was done by M&M Quilting.\"Quilt_as_desired-12\"<\/a>\nThis Dresden Plate top entitled Melon Smoothie<\/em>\u00a0was quilted by Marty Vint <\/a>of Baltimore, Maryland. Mary has macular degeneration and estimates she will only be able to quilt for 2 more years before she loses her eyesight. When this quilt is auctioned off, the proceeds have already been designated to benefit macular degeneration research.\n[caption id=\"attachment_3981\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"529\"]\"Quilt_as_desired-8\"<\/a> Photo by Brian Roberts[\/caption]\nAs Mary said, \u201cNo woman ever started out to make a quilt top. A quilt top deserves to be quilted.” All it takes to finish a quilt is time, talent, and resources \u2013 which this special exhibit offered for these amazing quilt tops.\nYou can go to Mary\u2019s web site<\/a> to find out where Quilt as Desired <\/em>is going next on its tour. You can also purchase a DVD of the entire exhibit.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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