Tickets are available now for the 2024 MPQG Opportunity Quilt. Our 2024 opportunity
quilt is from the pattern “From The Heart: A Sampler Quilt” designed by Lori Smith. This
beautiful quilt, 62 by 78 inches, is traditionally pieced blocks. The entire quilt is quilted
on a long arm machine by a member of the Guild. Tickets can now be purchased on our
website, www.mountainpiecemakersquiltguild.org. Members of the Quilt Guild have
tickets to sell. The quilt will be on display at the local festivals, including the
Rhododendron Festival in Bakersville and the Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair in Burnsville..
Proceeds from our opportunity quilt ticket sale go to purchase fabric and batting to make
Hero Quilts for local veterans and to create Project Linus quilts for children in
need. Each year 50-60 quilts are presented to local veterans from Yancey, Mitchell and
Madison counties. This will be the twelfth year for the distribution of Hero Quilts to local
veterans from Yancey, Mitchell, and Madison counties. During that time MPQG
members have made and donated over 600 quilts to honor those who have served in
our military. We also want to thank Mountain Air Giving Fund for the grant we received
to assist with these costs, the Burnsville Rotary for the work they do to honor our heroes
on Flags for Heroes Day in November, Yancey Journal, WKYK and Yancey Graphics for
their support of our Hero Quilt project. The 2024 opportunity quilt drawing will be held at
the Flags for Heroes celebration in November. The quilt will be shipped if needed to the
winner. The quilt guild invites the community to join us as we honor these local veterans
and thank them for their service on November 11 on the Burnsville Town Square.
Mountain Piecemakers annual quilt show will be in the Burnsville Town Center during
the Mt Mitchell Crafts Fair August 2 and 3. The show will have large bed quilts, small
quilts, wall hangings, and fiber arts, as well as displays of our Veteran Quilt and Project
Linus service projects. There will be a “country store” of quilt items inside the Town
Center and the guild will have a booth on the square.
Mountain Piecemakers is a non-profit 501C-3 organization and offers educational
opportunities for those interested in quilting in addition to our community service
projects.
