Ninety-two kilometres southwest of Assiniboia, the village of McCord holds a regular event during the last Sunday in June, where handmade quilts are on display in the community鈥檚 park, the hall and elsewhere. This year on June 23, the organizers decided to hold the sixth quilt show inside the community hall, Dee鈥檚 Greenhouse and in the United Church because of the recent showers in the region.
鈥淭here鈥檚 nothing more beautiful than seeing quilts hanging outside and blowing in the wind, but we鈥檙e holding it inside since we鈥檝e had five inches of rain. But usually, it鈥檚 outside in the park,鈥� explained Debbie Collins, one the event鈥檚 organizers.
Collins also described how Quilts in the Park has grown since the event began six years ago. 鈥淲e鈥檝e grown to having shopping vendors,鈥� Collins said. On Sunday, there were also raffle ticket sales, as well as beverages, buns and slices of pie for sale inside the hall.
In total, there were more 170 quilts on display in McCord this year. 鈥淪ome of the quilts are handmade,鈥� Janet McCrea, another event organizer said.
The quilts themselves involve a lot work and effort to produce. Colleen and Craig Lawrence from Moose Jaw were showing their quilts at the show in the McCord Community Hall on this sunny but cloudy afternoon. Craig described just a bit of the extensive labour which goes into making one of their three-layers quilts. 鈥淲e do the longarm quilting, the top and the backing,鈥� Lawrence said then held up a quilt decorated with sewed-in floral patterns he designed.听 听
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