Mountain Piecemakers quilt show will be inside the Burnsville Town Center during the Mt Mitchell Crafts Fair August 2 and 3, 9:30-4:30. 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 displaying our 2024 opportunity quilt.
Our 2024 opportunity quilt is from the pattern “From The Heart 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 for the quilt as well as additional photos are available on our website.
Members of the Quilt Guild also have tickets to sell for the opportunity quilt.
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. Nomination forms for Veteran Quilts are available on our website.
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 9 on the Burnsville Town 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.
