Consider the quilt. ...

SPRINGVILLE — • Consider the quilt as a repository of memories.

Kathy Calkins incorporated her daughter Lisa's watercolor drawings into a quilt called "Achieving Harmony," which, she wrote in her artist's statement, "reminds me of the process of watching Lisa grow into a wonderful adult."

After visiting cathedrals in Venice, Terri Hagler designed "Pavimenti a Venezia," incorporating some of the tile designs. Kent and Pat Larkin made a quilt using the ties he wore as an LDS mission president in Taiwan.

• Consider the quilt as an expression of friendship.

"Autumn Waves" is the result of a "shopping trip with my quilt friends. The minute we saw it we knew we needed to make one," wrote Becky Lambert. They each made a variation of the quilt, sharing fabric and ideas.

"Day & Night" was created by Roberta Boyce after a friend gave her floral fabric belonging to the friend's mother, who had died.

• Consider the quilt as an instrument of therapy.

Julyn Watkins was recovering from foot surgery in St. George when she started her "Sunflower Patch."

After Louise Price's husband died, "Roads to the Garden" became "part of my grief process. I pieced when I was unable to sleep."

• Consider the quilt as a sermonette.

Leanne Kuhlmann's "A Change of Heart" features the butterflies she sees as a symbol of change and God's blessings.

Lisa Brothman's "Color Barriers" incorporates an unusual blending of colors and threads. "Any thoughts of societal comparisons are intentional and welcome," she wrote.

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Consider quilts all this and more.

But at the 34th annual Quilt Show at the Springville Museum of Art, above all, consider quilts works of art.

"This year's show has outstanding variety and unbelievable workmanship," says Virgil Jacobsen, curator of education at the museum and co-curator of the show. "It's humbling to consider the hundreds of hours and the thousands of stitches that have gone into these quilts."

Francine Berrett, co-curator of the show and board member of the Utah Valley Quilt Guild, which helps sponsor it, agrees. "I've been helping with this show for four years, and every year is so different. But the quality just gets better and better."