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May 1, 2008 100 plus quilt entries expected for annual show
More than 100 quilted items will be on display at the Ritzville Elementary School gym this Saturday, May 3, starting at 9 a.m. and continuing until 5 p.m. for the 2008 Peace by Piece Quilt Guild show. Stitching experts from the surrounding area have entered a variety of quilted masterpieces, from table toppers to king-size quilts, for this year’s quilt show. Guild members participating in this year’s Quilt Show Challenge will display wall hangings featuring their favorite nursery rhyme or children’s story. Several vendors will make their show debut this year, including P.J. Jacobson of Lind and Spokane businesses Anne’s Attic, Quilt Patch Lane and Log Cabin Dry Goods. Jacobson is selling fabric from her Lind business, Birth and Baby, for $1 per yard at the show. She expects to have mostly tencel and linen fabrics available. Quilt Patch Lane, (509) 467-0133 or (509) 464-1794 This business is a quilt fabric store and an online quilt fabric store with shipping facilities in Spokane. Quilt Patch Lane features primitive quilting fabric and collections of fat quarter bundles. Visit the Web site at http://www.quiltpatchlane.com. Log Cabin Dry Goods, (509) 747-0315 Pam Clarke’s Log Cabin Dry Goods is open seven days a week at its Spokane location on East Union. “We are the largest quilt shop in the area. We offer thousands of fresh fabrics, quilting supplies, classes, Longarm machine rentals and drop-off quilting services,” according to http://www.logcabindrygoods.com. Stitching classes include Longarm classes as well as embroidery, appliqué, regular and block-of-the-month classes. More information about the business is available by calling the number listed above or e-mail at sales@logcabindrygoods.com. Information about Pam Clarke’s Homestitches and Designs with Lines is available at http://www.HomeStitches.com. The Sewing Basket and Quilted Country Inn, (509) 786-7367 This Prosser business has served quilters and crafters since 1993, providing a variety of pre-made kits for quilts, wall hangings and towels. Bolts of fabric ranging from reproductions to batiks and vegetables to cats are just a sampling of the variety available. The business returns to the quilt show with a wide variety of fabrics and kits that will tempt quilters of all tastes. More information about the business, as well as fabrics to purchase, is available at http://www.prossersewingbasket.com or via e-mail at friendlyquiltstaff@prossersewingbasket.com. Admit One Fabrics, (800) 689-4368 The Kootenai, Idaho, business returns to the show for the second year with a plethora of fun sewing items. At the business’s Web site http://admitonefabrics.com, shoppers can purchase sock animal, inside out basket, locker hook rug and welcome rug kits as well as completed sock animals, socks to create the animals, supplies for hook rugs, books, fiberfill, felt and more. More information is available by calling the number listed above or e-mail at admitonefabrics@nctv.com. Some downtown businesses are offering special in-store discounts, while others have provided giveaway items for distribution at the show. One lucky person will receive a quilt made by Peace By Piece Quilt Guild members in a raffle at 4:30 p.m. Individuals have purchased tickets through the year for a chance at winning the quilt. Tickets are also available to purchase at the show. Complimentary refreshments and Viewers’ Choice voting round out the day’s activities. |