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The Quilt Show
The Quilt Show is a long-standing tradition of Arts in the Alley. For
years, quilters have gathered even before there was an arts festival.
We had the privelage of sitting down with Jeanne Barbee and Patty
Estadt of the Quilt Show to talk about its rich history and what quilt-
ing means to Grove City.
Jeanne Barbee and Patty Estadt
“A long time ago it was just the quilters in Grove City Methodist Church. Then we added the Lutheran Church quil-
ters. Now, the Quilt Guild is taking over. It’s been here since the 60’s,’ says Jeanne Barbee, Chairperson of the Quilt
Show.
“The first show was 37 years ago - about 38 years ago now,” says Patty Estadt, Assitant Chair of the Quilt Show.
“That puts it in place with the first ever Arts in the Alley.
Patty began as an entrant, but now she’s spent over a decade helping organize the Quilt Show. She related that
the creativity needed to make quilts is usually something people don’t think about.
“It’s a way to express creativity while workign on something that you can use. Taking the fabrics and combining
them in different patterns and different color schemes to create something that can be quite beautiful is very re-
warding,” She says.
For Jeanne, the best part of the quilt show is getting to see the art that has taken so much time - seeing lots of
hard work pay off.
“I love seeing the Quilt Show - all of the different quilts that come in. We now have some youth that are entering
their first quilts and that’s really neat!” She says excitedly. “We have a first time category that the Quilt Guild
supports, pays for the prizes and things like that. It’s so nice to see new generations quilting!”
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