East Bay Heritage Quilt Show 2014-Post Script

Some of you may have noticed that my post on the East Bay Heritage Quilt Show, Voices in Cloth, has disappeared. There’s a story there.

The guild had printed on their program that photos of quilts were not to be shown without specific permission from individual makers. Oops-that did not hit my consciousness and I was very graciously asked to take my post down-which of course I did immediately.

Here’s my Note to Self: Make sure you are clear on the show’s policy regarding the publishing of photos! I always include the maker’s name and title of the piece but in this case, that did not meet the guild’s policy. Of course I always want to honor the policy of any guild-I am their guest after all.

I do want to give a short recap of the show to share, sans photos of the quilts. If you read my first post, this is a summary of my previous writing. But you will want to know that the next show is tentatively scheduled for March 19/20, 2016 so mark your calendars and don’t miss this show!

Voices in Cloth is a biannual show of the East Bay Heritage Quilters, with over 200 quilts on display. EBHQ is a renowned 400+ member guild in the San Francisco Bay area. I had not been to one of their bi-annual shows before and I wonder why not!

The EBHQ show truly is unique. The venue is stunning, the quilts are beautifully hung with plenty of space between quilts, lots of room for viewers and an abundance of crisp, natural light. And, it’s right next to the San Francisco Bay with sweeping panoramic views.

Craneway Pavilion is a 45,000 sf waterfront space in a converted Ford assembly plant, right on the water. Natural light pours in from 40,000 panes of glass.

Oh, and they had the most fabulous group of vendors-43 purveyors of the highest quality showing everything from hand dyed and commercial fabrics of all types, jewelry, unusual notions, yarn, baskets, ready made quilts-it was all there.

The show itself was definitely more artsy than most guild shows but also had excellent traditional and appliqued quilts. It seemed like every quilt was beautiful.

There was a great selection of wearable art too-in my mind it rivaled what I see at Houston or PIQF. There were some over-the-top pieces and some very wearable pieces-all of it fun to see.

The San Jose Museum showed a collection of exquisite antique quilts, complete with what was essentially a gallery talk. There was a fabulous exhibit of 30 quilts from the WWII Home Front Quilts Project also. And I didn’t catch on until the end of the day-there was a table that was always crowded that held lots of fabric postcards-for $4 each!

It was such a lovely, light filled venue, the quilts were displayed so beautifully and even the food from the vendor was excellent-I spent the entire day at the show. And if you took a break from the show and stepped outside, you were surrounded by a beautiful panorama of the San Francisco Bay with a view of the bridge in the horizon. How can you beat that?