Quilt show to be held first weekend in October
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September 17, 2015
The Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild “Quilts for All Seasons Show” on Fri., Oct 2, and Sat., Oct. 3 will be held at the Youth and Family Links Building, 907 Douglas St., Longview.
The Quilt Show showcases dozens of bright pink breast cancer quilts to be donated to patients being treated at the Longview Kaiser Oncology department and the PeaceHealth Kearney Breast Cancer Center in Longview. The show is open 9-4 both days; entrance fee is $5.
In addition to the Think Pink and Quilt! Exhibition of Quilts for Breast Cancer patients, over 200 quilts will be on display. The Quilt Show is the last opportunity to purchase raffle tickets for the Ladies of the Lake Treasures under the Sea raffle basket. A portion of the raffle tickets will go to support Battle Buddies.
Local quilters will demonstrate different skills, there will be an opportunity to Make-And- Take small projects, vendors will be selling their wares, there are opportunities to win door prizes, and to purchase gently used quilt related products from the Country Store. A portion of the Country Store proceeds is donated to help local veterans.
Additional information may be found at http://www.lolquiltguild.org and some examples of the quilts may be viewed on the Ladies of the Lake facebook page.
Demonstrations include: Friday 11:00 to 11:45 Carol Bunyard “Disappearing Nine Patch.” 12:00 to 12:45 Vivian Ross “All that Glitters.” 1:00 to 1:45 Sue Rothfus and Suzanne Cosmo “Hand quilting with hands on participation.” 2:00 to 2:45 Suzanne Cosmo “Needle Turn Applique.”
Saturday 11:00 to 11:45 Lenore Meyers “Different Quilts.” 12:00 to 12:45 Vivian Ross “All that Glitters.” 1:00 to 1:45 Suzanne Cosmo “Needle Turn Applique.” 2:00 to 2:45 Suzanne Cosmo “Hand quilting with hands on participation.”
For further information contact Polly Gibson at 503-728-4675.
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