Quilt Show
Block Party Quilters 2026 Quilt Show
Friday, September 11th - Sunday, September 13th 2026
Hours: Friday and Saturday 10AM - 5 PM
Sunday 10 AM - 3 PM
Admission $10
Come see over 200 beautiful Quilts!
Shop at our wonderful Vendors and our Boutique.
There will be a Tearoom and a Raffle Quilt
Door Prizes and Free Parking
Featured Artist - Colleen Wise
Quilt Show Flyer - Printable PDF Here
Vendor List - Coming Soon
See you there!
Colleen Wise
BPQ Featured Artist 2026
Artist's Statement:
I came to quilting through graph paper and a sense of architecture. My background is in civil engineering and horticulture, and my work reflects that in its strong graphic quality.
The main body of my work features a lot of floating leaves and bouncing balls. I wrote “Casting Shadows: Creating Depth in Your Quilts” (2005, C&T Publishing), and I Ioved traveling and teaching for 25 years.
The pandemic cancelled all my gigs and gave me time. I set up a marbling studio in the backyard and these large tree rings started to appear. Over time, the tree rings became more stylized and the processes more experimental. Other techniques include painting, Inktense pencils, discharging, ice dyeing, shibori, sheer overlays, silkscreening, and sgraffito (involving rubber cement). Some are quilted with grommets instead of stitches.
As I created them, I imagined that I was telling the stories of these fallen giants. But at some point, the script flipped, and the trees started telling MY story: what it’s like getting older, the challenge of having Parkinson’s Disease, and the impact of a family member struggling with mental health issues.
Colleen Wise
Author, “Casting Shadows: Creating Depth in Your Quilts” (2005, C&T Publishing)
