Quilt Show
We are very excited to be co-chairing the quilt show again this year. Our show committee is already hard at work on a World of Quilts XXXIX. The raffle quilt designed by Donna Chambers is beautiful. In addition to the quilt we also have a Bernina sewing machine donated by Pins and Needles in Mount Kisco. Our speaker and invitational quilter is Victoria Findlay Wolfe. We look forward to hearing her lecture and viewing her amazing quilts.
As all of our committee members organize all of the behind the scenes work it is time to ask you, all of our guild members, for your support. The most important part of any quilt show is…….the quilts! We hope you are working on a quilt (or 2) that you can put in our show. Whether you are a beginning quilter or a master quilter, art, modern or traditional quilter we look forward to displaying your work. Let’s show all of our visitors what our guild is all about. If you have had a quilt in the show before you know how thrilling it is to see your work admired. If you have never put a quilt in the show please consider putting one in this year. Let’s have all members proudly wearing an “exhibitor” ribbon.
Also, now is the time to be thinking about donating a quilt for the Silent Auction. This is a part of our show that many visitors look forward to.
Of course it takes many volunteer hours to put on a show of this size. Volunteer sign- ups begin in January and we ask all members to work 2 hours on the show starting with judging all the way through to take-down. Remember, it takes an entire guild to have a successful show!
Noreen Lippolis and Chris Roche, Quilt Show Co-chairs
For twenty years, Barbara Powers has been the coordinator for quilts that are distributed to the Behavioral Health Center. This September’s distribution will include the 1,000th quilt delivered to this small hospital which sits on the grounds of Westchester County Medical Center. Here children between the ages of 4 to 18 with mental illness are treated. Our quilts are well received and are among the few possessions owned by these children. Congratulations to Barbara and to the talent and generosity of the Comfort Quilters and Guild members who make this contribution a reality.
Joan Radell of Bucklebee Bags will be teaching some basic bag making skills as we make a Scooter Mini bag. This is a petite crossbody bag with places for all your essentials. It also makes a great holiday gift! Pattern and hardware will be provided and you only need to supply two or three fat quarters and some interfacing.
Bonnie Dwyer will help bring out our inner artist as she teaches a laid-back approach to design. Participants will make improvisational quilt blocks by combining a few of their own scraps with those supplied in class. We will let loose with wonky strips and off-kilter squares in this fun-filled journey down the improv road
Our own Debbie Bein will be teaching a new technique to make a fast and easy quilt – with this new technique a quilter can make a lap size, baby or twin size quilt, start to finish (NO KIDDING!) in just two short days (or one long one!) Participants will choose one of several suggested formats while learning how to work fearlessly with piecing, connecting and quilting bias triangles.