My Day in the Governor's Office

Today I got to take ten quilts made by members of Kansas Art Quilters to the capitol building in Topeka, Kansas to be hung in the governor's offices. Pretty exciting! That excitable boy, John Brown, was there to greet me as I came off of the elevator. Unfortunately, the folks in charge did not want quilts from KAQ members that don't live in Kansas, and they did not have room for all of the quilts that were available. They only wanted about 10, not the 15 or so that I would have liked to hang. So, that put a damper on the day. Also disappointing was the fact that Governor Sebelius was away from her office. I would have enjoyed meeting her. But otherwise, it was an interesting trip to a big beautiful historic building. Along with the quilts, the governor's office was being decorated for the holidays...mostly the Christmas holiday...so the place was busy. My only duty (after delivering the quilts) was to watch three very helpful men with tools and a big ladder hang the quilts. And that is the way to hang quilts. I was so happy to not be the person up on the ladder! My quilts were hung in the cabinet room next to the gov.'s working office. This whole area of the capitol building is going to be renovated next summer. They have carefully removed the paint in several places on the walls to see what the original paint job looked like...and found really beautiful and ornate patterns and stenciling. I hope the funds can be found to restore at least some of it.