Aurora Colony Quilt Show

 Every once in the while the Aurora Colony Museum here in Oregon

calls to me to come and visit;

so when I saw they were having their annual quilt show I had to go.

I always love imagining living in Emma's house on the grounds.

Wouldn't it be fun to sit there with a cup of tea and a friend to watch the world go by?

 The theme this year was Stars!

 What I loved seeing was all the variations on the theme.

But even more than that, I loved feeling wrapped in the love of these beautiful quilts.

 It isn't a large museum, just the size I can really savor for awhile.

 I  kind of like them all close together.

It just fills my senses and my heart.

 Though I loved them all this one was my favorite.

Wondering if it was the inclusion of the flowers with the giant star.

 The blue squares were the submissions from local quilters.

Each year after the theme is chosen quilters can submit a square

and the top 24 are selected by a panel to be made into a quilt.

One year I submit a Sunbonnet Sue for that year's theme

and even though I am not a regular quilter my square got selected for the quilt.

It was fun to see it in the final quilt.

 After viewing the quilts I took a stroll through the grounds.

There is alot of Oregon Trail history in this museum

and for awhile I love imagining a different time.

The local herb society cares for the herb garden

and it was fun to chat with one of the women involved.

I came home with a natural herbal salve, which

helped to heal the remainder of some sun damage I had from the summer sun.

Do you search out small museums and quilt shows?

If you ever come to Oregon I would love taking you here.

Aurora Colony was originally settled by a religious sect.

Jane Kirkpatrick has written some wonderful historic fiction

on people that settled this community.

Hope you are having a good week, dear friends!