People come together at quilt show
Candice Boutilier/Columbia Basin Herald<br> Several people came to see the quilts on display during the Basin Piecemakers Quilt Guild quilt show Friday and Saturday in Moses Lake.
MOSES LAKE — The Basin Piecemakers Quilt Guild quilt show was buzzing with guests viewing about 160 quilts Friday and Saturday at Moses Lake High School.
The quilts ranged from small to large, for children to adults and included hand-quilted and machine made.
The quilts were set up in rows hanging at full-length for people to view.
The show attracted vendors including Dee Brown with The Quilted Trillium of Monroe, Wash. She chose to set up shop at the show to display her batik fabric and to show how it can be used for quilting.
Brown makes her own designs on fabric using stamps, wax and a tighter woven fabric to prevent fray.
Cheryl Walker has been a member of the quilt guild for more than 10 years and spent Friday managing a shop area on behalf of the group.
“We’ve had a good turnout,” she said. “We love to have everybody come out and see our show. We’ve got a good show this year.”
At the quilt guild shop she was selling quilts, fabric, jewelry, antique buttons, books and bracelets made of buttons to raise money for the club.
“It’s just fun,” Walker said about the show. “It’s fun to visit with other quilters from out of town.”
Another shop area was set aside for the Quilts of Valor with Mary Seaman volunteering her help.
She was there working with Operation 1161.
The project was started by Sage Country Quilters Guild to make a quilt for each of the soldiers in the 1161st Transportation Company. Seaman said the goal is to make 200 quilts by February so the soldiers can chose their favorite ones from a large selection.
“There isn’t a quilt hanging up that an American soldier wouldn’t mind having,” she said.
At her workstation she had patches for people to write messages to soldiers. The patches will be sewn into quilts for veterans.
Seaman has a personal connection to the military, she has four family members who serve the U.S. including two sons, daughter-in-law and nephew.
She is also involved with creating quilts to send to veterans and soldiers recovering at medical centers from injuries sustained during their service.
The purpose of the quilt show was to raise money through ticket sales and a raffled quilt for charity. The total amount of money raised was not available before deadline.