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Peacemakers Quilt Show will feature Christmas, Halloween themes

Posted 7/26/22

The sanctuary of Linn Memorial United Methodist Church on the campus of Central Methodist College will once again be turned into a quilter’s paradise on Saturday, July 30. More than 150 quilts …

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Peacemakers Quilt Show will feature Christmas, Halloween themes

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The sanctuary of Linn Memorial United Methodist Church on the campus of Central Methodist College will once again be turned into a quilter’s paradise on Saturday, July 30. More than 150 quilts will adorn the chairs, decorate the stage, and hang from the balcony during the Peacemakers Quilt Show, creating a patchwork of color, texture, and patterns. A slide show of the entries projected on the screen in the front of the sanctuary will enhance the experience.  The show will open at 9 a.m. and close at 4 p.m.

Entry to the show is free, but visitors will have the opportunity to make a free-will offering. Proceeds from this offering and the Market Place, located on the breezeway between the sanctuary and the Parish House, will go to the Fayette Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry and to the Peacemakers’ Quilt of Valor project.

The theme of this year’s show is “Happy Holidays.” Christmas and Halloween seem to be the favorite holidays for quilters. More than a third of this year’s entries illustrate one or the other of these holidays. However, quilts featuring other holiday themes, including Thanksgiving and Valentine's Day, are also included in the show, as are quilts that do not represent a particular holiday.

The reds, whites, and blues of Independence Day will be well represented in the back of the sanctuary. The Peacemakers expect to display more than 30 of the 60-plus Quilts of Valor that they have presented to local veterans who have been touched by war since beginning their project in 2011.

More than 30 individuals have entered quilts in this year’s show. Many of these individuals made their entries themselves; others were purchased at estate sales, antique stores, and quilt stores. Some were gifts, and others are treasured heirlooms. The oldest quilt in the show was created in the 1830s, while several were finished just in time for the show.

Although none of the quilts in the show are for sale, visitors will have the opportunity to purchase smaller quilted items, craft items, quilt books, Christmas ornaments, and other objects at the Peacemaker Market Place.

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