Saturday morning I was getting ready when Kefford came in saying he wanted to go and do something today that he didn't want to sit at home and do nothing. I asked him what he had in mind and he didn't have anything so I said I have an idea. There was a quilt show going on that weekend and I really wanted to go but I didn't have anyone to go with so I brought it up to Kefford and he was game to go. I was surprised but really happy and soon after I finished getting ready we headed out. It was at the Idaho Expo Center which was basically the fairgrounds in Garden Valley and when we arrived I saw signs for the Quilt Show and I also saw signs for a Renaissance Fair. As we parked we saw a lot of people dressed up clearly going to the Renaissance Fair, we were not positive about where the Quilt Show was so we headed towards the fair grounds and walked through the gates. The fairgrounds are outside and it was obvious pretty quickly that we were not in the right place. To the right was the expo building and I said that was where we needed to be. We went out the way we came in and then headed over to the Expo Building where we found the Quilt Show.
Kefford and I spent time walking around looking at all of the quilts and I took pictures of the ones I liked the best. I was really impressed with the talent and skill that people have and saw some really cool things. I knew Kefford had to have been bored but he was so great about not complaining and just tagged along with me looking at the quilts. 
I love Halloween quilts and this one on the right was a fun one with lots of different details. The quilt on the right I took a picture of because I really liked the bottom panel. The pumpkins, frog and caramel apples were so cute. The rest of it didn't appeal to me but a quilt with just those elements would be lots of fun.
This was the sweetest quilt and I absolutely love the little dresses and clothes hung on the clothesline. Since the show I have tried to find this pattern so I could make it for myself but so far no luck.
This argyle quilt was a fun one, I really liked the colors in the design and love that it looks like an argyle sweater.
Obviously this Harry Potter quilt is in my top favorites. Each design element is so fun and I can tell took a lot of work. There was a lot of paper piecing involved and paper piecing takes time. I would do different fabrics for some of the parts of the quilt but this is a quilt I would love to have the pattern for.
The spiderweb quilt on the left was cool and according to the info sheet about it was designed by the quilter, that is talent and I admire her abilities. The ballerina on the left was so different, I loved the flowing dress and ballet shoes. According to the info paper this quilt was hand painted which is so cool.
Finally this cross stitch looking quilt was so cute. I love the look of it but I don't know if I would ever want to do something like this, cutting out and sewing all of those tiny squares together would take so much time.
WE looked at all the of the vendors and booths after looking at the quilts and I did find a Halloween print and a Christmas print that I couldn't leave behind so I bought them. While I was doing that Kefford was spinning a wheel and won a back scratcher. He enjoyed using it to point things out to me the rest of the time we were there.
Once we were done at the quilt show Kefford wanted to go back into the renaissance fair so he could get some food from the food trucks. What we didn't see before was we had to pay admission to get into the Fair, we didn't realize that and nobody stopped us going in. We knew now but Kefford just wanted to get to the food trucks so we went back in the same way we did before and headed over to the food trucks. Kefford got octopus balls from the Japanese food trucks and while they tasted good he was disappointed his meal did not come with the noodles that the other meals came with, he just needed to read the menu better. We took a picture of Kefford with the Tanooki to send to Avynlea and then we headed out. As we were walking through we saw a lot of people dressed up and it is crazy to me that adults get into this level of playacting and dressing up and are not self conscience about it at all. I guess when you are around this many people doing the same things that you are you just feel like you are with your people.
