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Youth Quilts Brighten 16th Harvest of Quilts
At the 16th Harvest of Quilts, Raintree's quilt show, twenty youths exhibited twenty-nine quilt projects. We held drawings for three sewing machines at 3:30 Saturday afternoon and presented them to the participating youths. In addition all the participants got "goody bags" of sewing notions. The youth participants included: Kinley Hasenour, Eleanor Henry, Savannah Scheffler, Mia Erdman, Hazel Manuel, Joanna Wilson, Paisley Hasenour, Amelia Schipp, Milli Turner, Isabelle Schipp, Oliver Schipp, Brylee Davis, Brooklyn Davis, Krissy Devine, Allie Devine, Lauren Bickers, Isabelle Edmison, Bailey Graves, Tulsi Dwiel and Olivia Galvin. Their quilts showed creativity, happy colors, and emerging and advanced skills. Three cheers for young quilters!!!
Over 250 Quilts to be Exhibited, Including 28 Youth Quilts
We have more quilts than any time in recent history at this year's quilt show. It should be a beautiful, colorful, varied, spectacular show. The youth part of the show is going to be a delightful addition with the participation of nearly 28 young quilters. (A few are bringing us 2 quilts to show.) Excitement is high among our member who are busily finishing up final details of their quilts.
16th Harvest of Quilts Quilt Show Vendors
We're excited to announce that the following 13 businesses have signed on to be vendors at the quilt show:
7 Quilt Shops:
Quilts 'n Bloom of Haubstadt,
Wabash Valley Fabrics of Terre Haute,
Indiana Quilt Depot of Bedford,
Village Mercantile of Boonville,
Sew Tech of Evansville,
Bernina of Evansville,
MBT's This 'n That Quilt Shop of Newton, IL - Resaler from estates and stores, older fabric at discount
Plus:
Songbird Quilting Studio of Vine Grove, KY,
Barn Art by Mark of Mt Vernon - Quilt blocks painted on wood for outdoor display
Microsun Lamps of Huber Heights, OH - bright true light sewing lamps
Kentner creations of Newburgh - wood pens and sewing tools
Bee Grateful Honey of Stendal - honey, candles, body butter, goat milk soap
McConnell Woodworking of Bloomington - solid wood sewing tools, butcher block, lazy susans and more
7 Quilt Shops:
Quilts 'n Bloom of Haubstadt,
Wabash Valley Fabrics of Terre Haute,
Indiana Quilt Depot of Bedford,
Village Mercantile of Boonville,
Sew Tech of Evansville,
Bernina of Evansville,
MBT's This 'n That Quilt Shop of Newton, IL - Resaler from estates and stores, older fabric at discount
Plus:
Songbird Quilting Studio of Vine Grove, KY,
Barn Art by Mark of Mt Vernon - Quilt blocks painted on wood for outdoor display
Microsun Lamps of Huber Heights, OH - bright true light sewing lamps
Kentner creations of Newburgh - wood pens and sewing tools
Bee Grateful Honey of Stendal - honey, candles, body butter, goat milk soap
McConnell Woodworking of Bloomington - solid wood sewing tools, butcher block, lazy susans and more
Karen K. Stone Improvisational Quilting Class
Seventeen Raintree members completed Karen Stone's Improvisational 3-day quilting class yesterday, 11/7-9/24. We learned several techniques for dealing with gentle and curvy curves including an applique' method.
"Karen Stone was an excellent teacher of methods and techniques. We learned about several ways to prepare and then machine-sew applique pieces to a background. We also learned ways to machine sew awkward pieces like hexies, apple cores and clamshells that are otherwise best pieced by hand. I couldn't wait to start using some of the techniques I learned, so during the week after the class I let my house go to the dogs while I started a project I couldn't wait to get into. If you ever get a chance to take this class from Karen be sure to do so. " Cindy Willis
"Karen Stone was an excellent teacher of methods and techniques. We learned about several ways to prepare and then machine-sew applique pieces to a background. We also learned ways to machine sew awkward pieces like hexies, apple cores and clamshells that are otherwise best pieced by hand. I couldn't wait to start using some of the techniques I learned, so during the week after the class I let my house go to the dogs while I started a project I couldn't wait to get into. If you ever get a chance to take this class from Karen be sure to do so. " Cindy Willis
Port Pillow Project
Raintree has been asked to sew port pillows for chemo-therapy patients and others who need IV ports. They use them to cushion the port area from car seatbelts. Members wishing to make some port pillows (they are very quick and easy to make) can see the instructions here.
Quilt Categories and Definitions for 2025 Quilt Show
The quilt categories have been changed for the 2025 quilt show. Use this button to see the new ones. This is the document that was distributed at the July Raintree meeting.
Dr. Tony Jean Dickerson presents at July 3, 2024 Guild Meeting
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Our July speaker was Dr. Tony Jean Dickers (on on the right in the photo). She is a lead faculty member at Martin University in Indianapolis, a speaker for Indiana humanities and a nationally recognized quilter. Her presentation was titled Black Quilters: Hard Topics, Soft Blows. Quilts have been used as an important vehicle to tell the stories of the struggles of the African American community. She presented quilts from her collection that told stories from her experience and from her personal and cultural heritage. The quilts were often inspired by her personal connection to the stories told in Tiya Miles book, All That She Carried. Dr. Dickerson highly recommended this book.
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Raintree Quilt Was Exhibited at Paducah
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Raintree's 2023 raffle quilt was accepted to be shown at Paducah in the 2023 AQS Quilt Show in April. Donna Fischer and Robynn VanHorn recently delivered it to Paducah for judging and to be exhibited in the show. You can see an portion of the raffle quilt to the right.
This quilt was also selected to be published in the AQS 2025 Engagement Calendar. You can order one using the button below. |
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