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Ct. Piecemakers’ 2016 Quilt Show Raffle Quilt

3/31/2016

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Flutter By My Garden

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Happy spring! Spring is my favorite season of the year. There’s something about the expectation I experience waiting to see the spring flowers bloom that never grows old. It’s like Christmas morning when I was a child.

This is the year for my guild, the CT Piecemakers, bi-annual quilt show. Once again I took on the challenge of leading the raffle quilt design team. I increased the number of people on my design team from 4 to 8 members. It was definitely a challenge but it helped us to create a beautiful quilt design. I liken it to trying to herd a group of cats into one place.

The proceeds from the raffle of this quilt will benefit the following charities; ASRC– Autism Spectrum Resource Center, Norma Pfriem Cancer Institute, Habitat for Humanity, St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound & the Girl Scouts of CT Camperships.


We agreed on a warm autumn palette for the colors. After coming up with the design we chose to use three applique blocks from “Aunt Millie’s Garden “quilt pattern from Piece O’ Cake Designs. The other blocks were original designs. The approximate finished size is 91” x 91”, which is considered queen size. It was pieced & appliquéd by members of the guild. It was quilted by Eileen Barchi, another member of the guild.

If you’re within driving distance you should come out and join us. The dates for the show are is Saturday April 16, 2016 from 10:00 AM—5:00 PM and Sunday April 17, 2016 from 10:00 AM—4:00 PM. It will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel, 1284 Strongtown Rd., Southbury, CT 06488.

There will be over two hundred quilts on display. Over a 100 of those were judged this past Monday. Besides the raffle quilt, we will have a SAQA exhibit, vender mall, raffle baskets, quilt appraisals, demonstrations and a bargain boutique.

I’ll have a bunch of my quilts on display. I entered quilts that were published in a number of well-known quilting magazine. Also on display will be a few quilts that I designed in collaboration with my friend Janice Roy. You will have the chance to see “Psyche-Dahlia”, our Hoffman challenge 2015 entry and “Zen Lily”, which was a finalist in the New Quilts from Old Favorites Carolina Lily challenge.

I hope to see you there! I’ll be at the show both days.


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Connecticut Piecemakers Raffle quilt

11/13/2013

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The Connecticut Piecemakers Quilt Guild's raffle quilt for their 2014 quilt show is the featured quilt in the Electric Quilt Company's Quilt Gallery! Click on the following link to see it! http://doyoueq.com/quilt-gallery/

The proceeds for the raffle quilt will go to the CT Food Bank, The Norma Pfreim Breast Care Center and Girl Scout Camperships. Girl Scout Camperships benefit members who might not be able to join the rest of the troupe for activities because of financial burdens on their families.
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Connecticut Piecemakers Raffle quilt

11/1/2013

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I'm a proud member of the Connecticut Piecemakers Quilt Guild. Every two years we have a wonderful quilt show. Our next show is April 26 & 27 at the Crown Plaza in Southbury CT. For each quilt show a committee of members comes up with a quilt design and construct it with help from the rest of the guild. I decided to take on the job of chairperson for the raffle quilt committee. The quilts name is Batik Beauty. It's 92" x 92" (queen size). The quilting was done by guild member Janice Roy. It came out beautiful if I do say so myself.

The proceeds for the raffle quilt will go to the CT Food Bank, The Norma Pfreim Breast Care Center and Girl Scout Camperships. Girl Scout Camperships benefit members who might not be able to join the rest of the troupe for activities because of financial burdens on their families.

Tickets for the raffle quilt are now available for sale. They are $1 each. You can purchase them from a guild member, if you know one. Another opportunity for you to buy tickets is this Saturday at the
Oakdale Theater in Wallingford CT. The Autism Services & Resources folks are having a fair there and were kind enough to give us a table. How awesome are they?! I'll be there from 9am till 3pm with the actual quilt. Come on down and give it a chance. I'll post here when I know of more locations where you can purchase raffle tickets.

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    Janice  Averill
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