Everchanging River quilt exhibit.....

We went to a quilt show in Bloomington, Indiana yesterday.  I haven't had any bird photos to post lately, so I thought I would post one of the exhibits from the quilt show.

This exhibit was the result of a challenge that was taken up by three groups of quilters to make a continuous river.  They had certain guild-lines to follow as to size of each piece and the size that the river would be when it entered their piece and exited it so they would all fit together when hung.  They were all given the same fabric for the river part.  I thought they came up with something pretty amazing.  I'm sorry the photos aren't better.

I think that I photographed most of it, but some are closer than others.  The beginning of the river.  It was interesting to read what each quilter wrote about their part of the river.

Various techniques and embellishments were used.

I thought the second one here with the feet dangling in the river was a neat idea.

Of course, I like the ones with animals and birds.

I liked this group of the frog, the Mallard, and the houseboats on the River Wye near Tintern Abbey.

I'm amazed at how well they did matching up each part of the river to the next.  Love this crane.

A very interesting interpretation near the end of the "Spirit of the River".

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I may post more of the other quilts in my quilt blog when I have time.  I met up briefly with Rose (Pics & Pieces and Time Stand Still blogs) and her husband Roger while there!  Always nice to join another blogger with similar interests!
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For anyone who has been hearing about the tornadoes in this area, we are OK here so far.  One went south of Evansville on Wednesday and today one went north of the city, not very far from us.  The worst damage has been in Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio, I think.  Keep this area in your prayers right now that there won't be any more tornadoes coming through!