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With 140 quilts on display and 75 quilters set to feature this weekend, the Vallejo Piecemakers has stitched together its first quilt show since 2016.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s Sew Amazing quilt show theme is \u201cGarden Party.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy supporting the Vallejo Piecemakers Quilt Guild, you\u2019re also supporting your own community,\u201d says Trudy Molina, treasurer of the Vallejo Piecemakers and co-chair for the quilt show. \u201cEnjoy and take in all the beauty that is the art of quilting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Molina is also a longarm artist and co-chairs the show alongside Stacey Marvin.<\/p>\n
Although the show is \u201cGarden Party\u201d themed, not all quilts will be garden-themed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s so much sadness going on in the world, we decided we wanted to have a garden party,\u201d Molina said.<\/p>\n
Vendors featured at the show include Peruvian Treasures, Quilled Paper Treasures, Femmage, Designs by Jeanette, Global Market Place, Stitched to Last, and more.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe like to get a nice mixture of vendors since not everyone is a quilter,\u201d said Molina.<\/p>\n
The quilt show will also feature works from master textile artist and quilter Margaret Linderman.<\/p>\n
\u201cLinderman has been known in the quilting world for a long time. She\u2019s traveled all over the world and has brought back fabrics from many different places,\u201d said Molina.<\/p>\n
Linderman will showcase her clothing, like coats and jackets, along with other vibrant textile works.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s an amazing artist when it comes to textiles,\u201d Molina said. \u201cHer quilts are amazing too, but her garments are fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Vallejo Piecemakers originated in August 1987 with nine members.<\/p>\n
Their first Opportunity Quilt, a sailboat-themed quilt, began that year.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot every quilt guild, but almost every quilt guild, has an opportunity quilt where members come together and make a quilt,\u201d said Molina. \u201cThey sell tickets for an opportunity to win that quilt, and that\u2019s where many guilds make money, so we can keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n
Molina added that those funds are used to make donations around the community. Last year, the Piecemakers donated \u201cover 250 baby quilts\u201d to local hospitals. One of those donations included donating a sewing machine to The Arc-Solano.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the different things that we do as outreach, we have to be able to afford that. An Opportunity Quilt is one of the ways that we raise funds to supply all those materials,\u201d Molina said.<\/p>\n