Is Imitation the Sincerest Form of Flattery? - or The New Quilt Cabinet

On May 6th, some quilting friends picked me up and we went to the Home Machine Sewing Quilt Show in Salt Lake. (Perhaps that name is correct, or maybe I just made it up.) Anyway, the show was tremendously inspiring, and we came home with aching feet and wishes to expand our quilting experiences. On the way to Salt Lake, we stopped in at sister Louise's house to see her and avail ourselves of her facilities. I was smitten with a new quilting storage cabinet that she had in her living room, with her quilts neatly stacked and draped to great advantage. In fact, all three of us looked on it with envy. (Big mistake - thou shalt not covet, right?) We entered the big quilt show in south Salt Lake, met another two members of our party, and were overwhelmed at the number of quilts, vendors, etc. After enjoying the first two rows + of quilts, one of our group spotted the vendor who had these cabinets for sale, so we all moved over to a shopping mode. Louise should have been given a commission, because two of us bought the larger models, one bought a smaller one, and two bought coffee tables that were like a glassed-in chest to hold the quilts. Some of the cabinets had leaded glass - I decided to forego that temptation. (Louise's is plain, too, with rounded glass at the top.) The picture above is my first attempt, and, although the village quilt looks charming on the table or wall, there is no way to hang it so that the buildings are right side up. The top picture shows the final setting, although that could quickly change.

Now, thank goodness, I have lessened the number of quilts in piles all over the upstairs bedrooms. There are fewer piles, and are where I can see them. It is convenient to have both a birthday and Mother's Day in the same month.