In 1997 thirteen local quilters met at First Presbyterian Church and formed the Mountain Piecemakers Quilt Guild. Members have made small quilts in honor of this Silver anniversary. There will be a special display of these quilts at the MPQG Quilt Show in the Burnsville Town Center Main room during the Mt Mitchell Crafts Fair August 4-5. The show will have large bed quilts, small quilts, wall hangings, and fiber arts, as well as displays of our Veteran Quilt and Linus service projects. There will be a “country store” of quilt items inside the Town Center and the guild will have two booths on the square with handmade items to sell as well as our 2023 opportunity quilt that we are raffling.
Our 2023 opportunity quilt is from the pattern “For Love of Quilts” designed by Denise Stack. This beautiful queen size quilt- 96 inches square- is traditionally pieced blocks. The entire quilt is custom quilted on a long arm machine by a member of the Guild. Additional photos can be viewed on our website.
You can purchase tickets at https://mountainpiecemakersquiltguild.org/ticket-purchase/ or visit our website, mountainpiecemakersquiltguild.org. Members of the Quilt Guild also have tickets to sell for the quilt. The quilt is on display at Sew 2gether Quilt Shop in Spruce Pine until Aug 3..
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 we award 50-60 quilts to local veterans from Yancey, Mitchell and Madison counties. This will be the eleventh 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 500 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 during 2022 and 2023, 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 2023 opportunity quilt drawing will be held at the Flags for Heroes celebration in November.. The quilt will be shipped if needed to the winner. 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.
