Quilt Show 2022
The Dakota Buttes quilters for many years had a dream of a quilt show to show-off the beautiful quilts from around the area, things like Covid got in the way, but finally the first week of August 4th, 5th, and 6th of 2022 it came to a reality. Seven quilters from the Hettinger community got together and formed the Dakota Buttes Quilters and the quilt show began. The main integrators were Cindy Olson, Val Braun, Sandy Nelson, Cindy Koltes, Sandy Muth, JoAnn Jacobsen, and Linda Braaten. The Dakota Butes Museum provided us space and Bonnie Smith, Museum Director and Loren Luckow, Board Member, were our resource people. The group started planning the end of June.
The Dream began with many colors of quilts in every type design, no two were alike. There were bed quilts of every size, wall quilts from large to small, lap quilts, table runners, baby qults and household items and much more. There were many types of techniques to include applique, art design, embroidery, crazy, patchwork, landscape, and holiday designs. The great treasures of the show were the vintage quilts especially the one brought in by Dr. Ketterling that her mother made with many many blocks made by all her friends. Dr. Ketterling had a book made-up talking about each block. The quilts could be made by the entry or could be gifts from others or inherited from others.
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The quilts were picked for prizes by People's Choice vote which mean the attendants of the quilt show could vote for their favorites in each category as follows: Best of Show-157 Ellen Ketterling, 28 Applique- Kathleen Thompson, 22 Art- Linda Braaten, 38 Baby Quilt- Val Braun, 118 Bed- Leroy Olson, 81 Wall-DeNae Henderson, 124 Group-Janine Spatz, 79 Holiday- Stari Miller, 88 Household-Cindy Olson, 111 Lap- Ellen Ketterling, 161 Vintage- Ellen Ketterling, 24 Under 18 years- Kathleen Thompson, 16 Table runner-Val Braun, and Most Entries- Elaine Nash. What a show a total of 173 quits and 172 people attended. The Chambe of Commerce and the Quilt Committee provided prizes or Rodeo Tickets and Chamber Bucs. The group gave out many door prizes also. The show ran for three days and plans are for another one next year.
Information about the Dresden Plate Fan:
Even though the Dresden Plate quilt block pattern did not become popular until the 1920’s, it doesn’t seem the block actually began as the full circular pattern. Going back as far as the late 1800’s, the Dresden Plate Fan was used in quilt examples. Many seeming to be made of wool, then later of cotton. They were pieced and appliqued. Eventually, four of the fans were put together to make the full Dresden Plate quilt block circle we use today.
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