Quilt
Display - bed quilts, wall hangings, miniature quilts,
antique quilts, children's quilts, memorial quilts, challenge
quilts. Click here to see many of
them!
Challenge Quilts - 10 members expressed themselves
with challenge fabric designed by member Sandy Benjamin Hannibal.
Member's Boutique - Nearly 30 talented and
sales-worthy members created a multitude of items for sale.
Vendors – Area vendors offered many opportunities
to shop and shop and shop!
Small Raffle – Wonderful goodies were
won each hour by some lucky ticket-holder.
Demonstrations – in the midst of our
quilt display, members offered mini-workshops on a wide variety
of topics.
Lectures – notable quilters offered
presentations demonstrating their work and techniques:
• Gurusurya Khaur Khalsa: “Inspiration, Intuition
and Creativity”
• Sandy Benjamin Hannibal: “African American Quilters”
• Margaret Cusack: “Illustrating the Fabric of
Life”
• Ed Johnetta Miller: “Community, Life and Art”
• Diane Rode Schneck: “Trunk Show”
Silent Auction – 25 group round-robin
and individual quilts were auctioned during the show, raising
funds for the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Women. This worthwhile
and local organization has provided free adult education classes
to low-income residents of South Brooklyn for 20 years.
