![]() There will be a food truck on site and people can bring their food inside where there will be a seating area with tables and chairs. Other features include the merchants’ mall where 10 retail vendors will be selling new items, the members’ boutique where folks will find handmade items for sale made by the members, and the white elephant table where second-hand sewing items will be for sale that have been donated by guild members.ĭemos of quilting techniques will take place throughout the weekend. There are also 10 raffle baskets at the show and tickets for those are $1 each. Raffle tickets for the quilt are $2 each. ![]() The quilt has a “cozy flannel backing,” Hilton said. The queen-size raffle quilt for this year’s show was sewn by about six to eight members and quilted by Beatrice Rieske. The quilt with the most votes will result in a gift certificate for the person who made the quilt and “bragging rights,” said show co-chair Donna Hilton. The public will have a chance to guess which song is depicted in each of the 18 quilts, plus they can vote for their favourite. The theme for the challenge quilts this year is ‘name that tune.’ A different design has been quilted into each piece representing a song. In the foyer, folks will find the quilted bags and wallets, plus 10 ‘serendipity’ quilts and 18 ‘challenge’ quilts. Instead of hanging them, each quilt will be draped over the pews in the sanctuary. They will be displaying the quilts in a new way this year. ![]() In addition to the 22 bed-turning quilts, nearly 200 other quilts, plus quilted bags and wallets will be on display. Chilliwack Quilters’ Guild members (from left) Shirley Square-Briggs, Donna Hilton, Darlene Campbell, Kathy Lang and Hanne Gidora look at details in their guild’s quilt that will be on display during their biannual show ‘Sew’d to Joy’ which runs Oct. They will be bringing a bed into the church for the bed turnings. The bed turnings take place in the chapel inside the church at 7 p.m. The 22 bed-turning quilts are mostly vintage pieces and the oldest one is more than 100 years old. Each one is held up for the audience to see and one member will speak of its history and who made it. Think of it like layers of history that are unveiled one at a time. They would take them off, layer by layer, and talk about the quilt and the history behind the quilt,” said guild president Shirley Square-Briggs. “What they would do years ago… the women would gather and they would put all their quilts on a bed. Guild members are calling one new attraction, an old-fashioned bed turning, a “special treat.” The Chilliwack Quilters’ Guild holds its biannual show ‘Sew’d to Joy’ on Oct. Pieces of history will be laid out for the public to see during an upcoming quilt show in Chilliwack.
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