In the past, there has been up to 100 yards of material in the basket.

The deadline is for entry forms to be turned in, not the quilts themselves.

People's Choice voting is Saturday only. The ribbons will be placed on the exhibits on Sunday. Voting will be for best of show and second and third place.

There will be quilts for sale, antiques for sale and the merchant mall with tons of fabrics, notions and anything a quilter could ever want.

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.

Last year, she won 15 matches in a row, and fell into a rut this past fall. But she had a great attitude and has been working hard.