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EMQS - Eureka Montana Quilt Show 2025	Back to Home Page

A great group of ladies and I work all year long for this one day each year - EMQS. We have over 400 quilts displayed all over the town for one day only. It is a labor of love, but man, is there a LOT of labor involved! This year was sad because it rained. That made it much more difficult, less enjoyable for me, and harder work for our team. This is my 4th year of being chairman of the quilt show. Before I took over, there was one year where it rained. In my four years, it has rained on 3 of the 4 show days. :-(

	This wonderful team of ladies accepts, measures, labels, and sorts over 400 quilts in one day. It's amazing.
These "year bars" pins were big a thing forever, but then they got dropped about the time I took over. We got back to doing them this year - this is my collection.

	Here they are, chipping away at the giant stack of quilts.
The pile looks pretty daunting!


Show day! Eric is the only one who will do this dangerous high ladder work. He got his rock climbing friend Michael to help out this year.	The roof they are standing on is wet and very slippery. It's hard to express just how dangerous this was for those two.


Eric trying to reach everything while Michael tries to keep the ladder from sliding off the wet roof.	The other peaks are hung with the ladders on the ground, so a little less dangerous - but still challenging!

I was running around problem solving, but saw a chance to take a few pictures before the plastic went up over these quilts.
	Me & my Happy Birthday quilt, the second one of these I've made. The fabric is shiny.


The team of hangers got way ahead of the team of plastic-coverers, because that plastic is hard work.	The magnolia quilt on the far left was mine, it sold that day.

Enjoying some quilts that are not covered in plastic.
	Blanche was able to get us extra helpers this year and they were SO needed with all the extra work we had putting up plastic.

My Modern Blue Mountains quilt on the right sold that day as well.
	Blurry shot of me with the quilt.

The quilt on the far left was mine, Breakfast at Tiffany's. There are some real beauties beside it!
	Me with that quilt, after I rotated it to the correct orientation.


The boys, almost finished with the fronts of the buildings.	The lady told us the wrong dimensions of that quilt, so it didn't fit the spot.

When the building had eaves, we didn't have to use plastic. That green & yellow quilt in the center is one of mine.
	The library had a nice overhang so these quilts could be seen.

	One of our best displays at the show is our Quilts for Hero's (which I think should be Heroes, but no one asked me.) Area ladies make patriotic quilts for the show which are then donated to the PTSD ward at the nearest Veteran's hospital. We donate at least 14 quilts per year.
Both of our golf cart drivers took their meal break at the same time, so I suddenly became the driver. Having no experience I'm happy I didn't wreck!

	People trying to see the quilts - I was so happy that a lot of people came out for the show!
This was the quilt I was most proud of, "Moonlight Flight". It was a challenge to make but turned out so pretty.


Two of mine, somewhat visible.	The Historical Village lawn area.


Inside the mini's tent, everything was nice and dry.


	Christine and her daughter Sam - they are a huge part of the show, and they make beautiful quilts too. Christine made a lot of the photo collage quilts in the mini tent.



	Giant elephant quilt that was very impressive.

Trying to capture the feel of the Historical Village lawn. People came out despite the rain.
	There were some non-rainy parts of the day, this was one of them.


Marie has participated since the very first show, and has the T-shirt to prove it!	One of mine, "Sunset Squared".

	More Historical Village scenes.
Selfie with these two.


	Happy Birthday quilt again.

	People parking wherever they could. I was SO grateful that folks didn't stay home.
Hearts and Arrows, mine, was hung too high for a selfie.

A glimpse up main street.
	My favorite quilt in the show was by one of the ladies who help hang the quilts. It's so pretty, difficult, and impressive!

The town hall building.
	Whitefish Credit Union with a Judy Niemeyer-designed quilt.


WFCU again.	Street scene. Love those rain-stopping awnings!

Very cute quilt.
	This pink quilt fell down and one of the quilters helped me put it back up.

	These are other people's photos that they shared on Facebook that I liked.
Another of my favorite quilts in the show.


Quilts for Heroes	That quilt on the left is called, "Snow Crew" another one of mine that sold that day.


The orange quilt toward the right was mine.	The boutique, where small items like table toppers are sold.


"Scrappy Stacks" was another one of mine.	Someone withdrew their quilt at the last minute, so Gran's beautiful Lone Star (far left) took it's place.

The second quilt from the left was one of mine.
	Me, trying to get a selfie with "Eagle Pass" which sold that day.


That red & tan quilt on the upper right was my "Vintage Roses" quilt.	Another look in at the mini's tent.

	Someone caught Rose in this street scene, she's in the dusty pink rain coat.
One of my two Quilts for Heroes quilts.

This quilt on the far left is one of Christine's beautiful creations.


	This picture was from the early morning. Plastic just going up over these quilts, including one of mine.
That peak quilt is the Alaska pattern. I made one and it's difficult! This one is Annie's. She made beautiful color choices.

	Glacier bank, looking blurry with all the plastic.
A nice view of the Historical Schoolhouse.


The upper right quilt is one of mine, "Interlocked". There were a lot of pretty ones hanging here.	EMQS takes place the first Saturday in August, every year. Perhaps you would join me in praying that future years do not have rain!



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