Quilts Make Beautiful Bedding, Art & Photos

Wilder Days 2009 will enjoy more of the beautiful quilts displayed at the Mansfield Community Center.

Sue Fuge organizes gorgeous quilt shows for Mansfield event visitors.  Sometimes the show is a bedturning.  Sometimes there is a small competition.  Last year, she worked to get some fantastic racks built that she can now use every time to be able to display more quilts.

You can see some more pictures of the quilts at the Wilder Days 2009 website.  They will just make your mouth water and surely inspire you to plan to visit Mansfield, Missouri in September for the Wilder Days event so you can see all the beautiful stitching in person.

Quilting in the Ozarks goes beyong making ‘kivers’; it produces artwork that merits major collecting.

Join Jack & Kick UP Grass at Bluegrass Band Competition

Wilder Days 2009 will include the 2nd annual Kickin Up Grass event.

Kickin Up Grass is a competition for bluegrass bands with generous prizes and great audience appreciation.

Bands who want to compete can download the forms at Wilder Days 2009

The celebration, held annually at Mansfield, Missouri intends to enjoy some wholesome Ozarks hospitality with neighbors and visitors.  Particular emphasis is placed on honoring Laura Ingalls Wilder, renowned author of the “Little House”  children’s books.  Mrs. Wilder wrote the books about her pioneer childhood experiences while she lived at her farm home near Mansfield.  That home is now the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum, wildly popular with reading visitors every year.

Visitors get a chance to tour the museums and enjoy exhibitions and competitions for children as well as the bluegrass competition, Kickin Up Grass.   Much of the fun is stimulated by participation of the energetic team from Big Country 99 in Houston, Missouri.  This vibrant radio station works with the Wilder Committee to promote and deliver a great event for all.

Wilder Days is planned by a community committee in conjunction with the Mansfield Area Chamber of Commerce.