Quilts for the Library

On March 16, we will be holding the second (perhaps annual) Point Roberts Fiber Arts Festival at the Community Center, 10-4.  There will be a quilt exhibit, hands-on workshops in felting, peace flag making (flags to be mounted on the big wall of the Julius Firehall this spring), knitting, etc.; demonstrations of rug hooking, tiny bookmaking, woven treasure bags.  And a talk on the abandoned house quilts as well as one on a rug hooking collection.  And vendors.  It will be a nice day with lots of things to do and wonders to look at.

And there will be a raffle for three stunning quilts made by the members of the Point Roberts Quilt Group.  And below are pictures of those quilts:

The three quilts are all different sizes: the top one, with the houses ("There Goes the Neighborhood) is made by all the members of the P.R. quilters and is a wall quilt; the middle one, ("Library Log Cabin") made by Maxine Clark, is a double-bed-sized quilt, and the bottom one ("Kaleidoscope") pieced and hand-quilted by June Christie, is a lap quilt/baby quilt.

The drawings for the quilt winners will be at the end of the day on March 16 and, of course, you don't need to be there to win.  But...you need to buy a ticket to win.  Tickets will be on sale at the Fiber Arts Festival ($2 each or 3/$5) and also tomorrow, Wednesday March 6) at the Community Center from noon till 2 pm.  We were at the International Market last Sunday and will try to be there Saturday or Sunday of this coming week, depending upon the weather: can't take the quilts out in the rain, of course.

The great bulk of the proceeds from this event will go to the New Library Building Fund.  These include all the proceeds from the quilt raffle, the 'New to You' table, and the donated fiber arts goods: quilts, knitwear, and various other fiber articles donated by artists from this community.  Join us for a fun day.  And if you can't make it, please buy a raffle ticket ahead of time.

Judy Ross, for the Friends of the Point Roberts Library