The Valley Quilt Guild Show 2026
I was happy to be in town for the Valley Quilt Guild show in Yuba City; I don’t always get to make the show. The Valley Quilt Guild Show truly is unique and it starts at the entrance:
The guild makes a new windsock each year. It’s so cool to see it fluttering in the breeze.
And their welcome tables reflected the current year’s theme, “Three Part Harmony”:
Other welcome table:
And then you enter the cavernous space to see a display of previous year’s windsocks. This is just a portion. They have made a windsock every year since their inception in 1982!
Aside, I taught and lectured for the guild the week before and I took precious few photos, but this is what I have:
It was a beautiful drive and the mustard was out in full force. It was such an outrageous and showy display of flaming yellow!
There was a great turn out for my lecture and lots of questions. It is a very active and engaged guild.
I spent the night at a lovely nearby hotel and met these beautiful greeters. Apparently loose chickens is a thing there. Aren’t they pretty? And Mr. Cock there had quite the ego. He knew he was sumthin’!
And look at this lovely goodie bag from the guild! Sunsweet has a major facility nearby and sponsors the show in some fashion. Yum!
I met up with my friend, fellow teacher and next year’s Quit Show chair Colleen Pelfrey. We’re standing in front of her quilt and her sister Eileen’s quilt. Collen is a musician and entertainer; her musical quilt is on the right in the photo. Her reward for being a part of this year’s show:
Cool!
On to the show! This first group was part of a challenge – create a quilt based on a song:
Mexican Hat Dance; Colleen Pelfrey
Counting Stars; Eileen Milligan
Three Part Harmony Round Robin; Colleen Pelfrey
Dancing Couple; Darlene Urbon, quilted by Kim Buzolich
There was an entire area of the show of Veteran’s quilts:
Sparkle Stripes ; my photo was blurry of the maker
Honoring Bubba; Cooky Amarel, quilted by Cathy Evans
The Featured Quilter was Pat May:
City Chicken; Pat May
Little Bits II; Pat May
Piccadilly Swirl; Pat May
Bertie’s Winter; Pat May
Sweet Posies; Pat May, quilted by Blue Heart Quilt Co
Bertie’s Spring; Pat May
Make Yourself at Home; Pat May
Call of the Wild; Pat May
On to the rest of the quilts:
Pieces From the Past; Kathy Mackey, quilted by Blue Heart Quilt Co
Scrappy Star; Michelle Jones
Bella Nova; Darlene Urban, quilted by Blue Heart Quilt Co
Whirligig Garden; Kathy Sexton, quilted by Cathy Evans
Dream Big and Bright; Jan A. Thompson
Flora Organica; Kathleen Soga
Look for the Glimmers; Kathleen Soga
Penelope the Parrotfish; Joan Sampson, quilted by Lin Squires
Poppies; Leann Weldon
Leopard; Michelle Jones
Quilt Diva; Sandra Tores, quilted by Kim Buzolich
Twas the Night…; Karen Villa
Facing the Sun; Deanna Williams
Earth, Wind & Fire; Cooky Amarel, quilted by Cathy Evans
Hummingbird Tunes; Ginger Benham, quilted by Kim Buzolich
Circle Swiss; Kim Buzolich
The Circle Game; Kathleen Soga
Fractured Pain Box; Kathy Mackey, quilted by Blue Heart Quilt Co
Slightom Wedding Quilt; Cinnamon McDonald
Detail, Hankey Pankey; Verlaine McCaslin
Hankey Pankey; Verlaine McCaslin
All Boys and a Girl; Verlaine McCaslin
Pineapple Cabin; Jan A. Thompson
Bridle Path; Susan Gates, quilted by Blue Heart Quilt Co
A Happy Heart of Plaid; Carlene Raczynski, quilted by Blue Heart Quilt Co
Cheetah’s Don’t Roar; Kim Buzolich
Metro Rings; Gail Gilmore
Moda Blockheads; Nicki Lura, quilted by Blue Heart Quilt Co
Cosmic Fireworks; Jan A. Thompson
Ferrara Wedding Quilt; Cinnamon McDonald
North Blue Sky; Kathleen Soga
Smokey River; Karen Litvinchuk
Lillian’s Garden; Verlaine McCaslin
Butter Mold Sampler; Vicki Meyer
Enjoy; Colleen Pelfrey
Star, stripes & Stitches; Leann Weldon, quilted by Blue Heart Quilt Co
Hand Embroidery Monthly Blocks; Carole McClendon, quilted by Silvia Hinojosa
Market Square; Cheryl Gaines, quilted by Blue Heart Quilt Co
And there you go, great show, no? I hope I’ll be here for next year’s show!
I’ll be linking up:
Nina-Marie’s Off the Wall Friday
Thanks for the show and boy that rooster is something.
Glad you enjoyed the show! You never know who you’re going to meet!