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Flying geese and the quilt block pattern known as flying geese come together in “Autumn Flight,” the quilt being raffled off at the Palouse Patchers 42nd annual quilt show. The quilt, designed by Pam Bono, was machine quilted by Jody Birk and sewn together by Donna Bailly.
Creativity takes flight at the 42nd annual Palouse Patchers quilt guild show, with the theme “Come Fly With Me,” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 13 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 14 at the Latah County Fairgrounds.
More than 200 locally made quilts will be on display, including one being raffled off to raise money for the guild, “Autumn Flight,” made by guild members. The queen-size quilt features flying Canada geese atop a famous background quilt block design called flying geese. Raffle tickets are $1, and the recipient will be announced April 14 but does not need to be present to win.
The quilts in the show are not for sale, but handmade items made by guild members will be offered in one of the booths, said member Nancy Mack, of Pullman.
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The quilt being raffled off at the Palouse Patchers 42nd Annual Quilt show, “Autumn Flight,” is laid out in Moscow on Monday. Tickets for the raffle will be available until the drawing on April 14.
Other vendors will offer fabric, patterns and notions, and cookies and beverages will be available in the kitchen.
“A requirement to be a member of the guild is to bring two dozen cookies to the show,” Mack said.
The event includes “challenges,” competitions centered on specific work within a theme, including the Co-Chairman’s Challenge, with the prompt “Take Flight,” and the Janet Freitag Memorial Challenge, themed “For the Birds.”
And audience members can vote for their favorite quilts in the show, in a variety of categories.
“The public vote is not so much the preciseness of the work as how much they like it — something about it, the colors, the design,” Mack said.
Admission is $5 general admission and $3 for seniors 65 and older and kids younger than 10, cash or check. Group discounts are available.
More information is at palousepatchers.org.
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The theme “The Brighter, the Better” sets the tone for this year’s Seaport Quilters Guild Festival of Quilts, set for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 27 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 28 at Clarkston High School, 401 Chestnut St.
Featured artist Barbara Boland, of Lewiston, chose the theme for the annual event, which includes craft vendors, demonstrations, games, door prizes and a display of more than 200 quilts.
Admission is $5 at the door, and raffle tickets are $1 each or six for $5 for a quilt, “Shadows and Secrets,” by the late Cindy Eckles, who was a guild member.
More information is at seaportquilters.org.
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"Ospreys, Our Wind Companion," by Sue Anne Marcotte, is part of the "Primal Forces: Wind" exhibit at the Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts & History in Lewiston.
“Primal Forces: Wind,” from the nonprofit organization Studio Art Quilt Associates Inc., is on display through April 26 at the Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts & History, 415 Main St., Lewiston.
The exhibition, featuring layered and stitched art quilts reflecting the theme “Wind,” first appeared at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Ky., as part of a three-part series that also includes “Earth” and “Fire.”
The center’s gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays; select Saturdays; and by appointment.
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Karen Schoepflin Hagen
"My Sun," by Karen Schoepflin Hagen, is part of the permanent exhibit at Kascha Quilts in Genesee.
An ongoing exhibition at Kascha Quilts, 145 N. Laurel St., Genesee, consists of a permanent collection of nearly 400 pieces by gallery owner Karen Schoepflin Hagen and a rotating schedule of guest artists.
Quilts by Margie Gibbs, of Genesee, are on display on the gallery’s guest wall for the next couple of months, Hagen said.
Kascha Quilts is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and by appointment by calling (208) 285-1786.
