2nd Annual Quilt show June 6-7, 2009
The Women’s Advisory Council of the St. Bernards Development Foundation will sponsor a free quilt show in Jonesboro Saturday, June 6 & Sunday, June 7 called Threads of Life.
The show, which is expected to attract quilters from at least a three-state area, will feature a special display of Jim Gatling's Morrilton School quilt collection. Threads of Life will also feature many quilts from area quilters, which you will have the chance to vote on for the "Peoples Choice Awards."
Scheduled for Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Threads of Life will be held at the St. Bernards Auditorium, 505 East Washington. No admission will be charged.
Members of area quilt clubs and other quilters from Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee will display some of their favorite works. And antique quilts – those at least 50 years old – also will be displayed in a special area. Another area will be set up to show “Quilts of Valor” made by members of the Loose Threads Quilt Club in honor of wounded soldiers. This year the quilts of valor will be shipped to Germany and distributed to soldiers receiving medical care.
The health awareness component of the program will focus on osteoporosis. Free bone density screenings will be offered on Saturday and educational materials on osteoporosis – its prevention, detection and treatment – will be available.
This year's raffle quilt was made and donated by members of the Loose Threads Quilt Club in Jonesboro as one of their annual charitable projects. All proceeds from the sale of tickets for this year's raffle quilt will go to the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House at St. Bernards.
Raffle tickets may be purchased from the Foundation office (400 East Street), from members of the Women’s Advisory Council and at booths at the Healthy Heart 2-Mile Run/Walk, the HMG Health and Fitness Expo at the Arkansas State University Convocation Center on April 18-19 and at the Threads of Life show. The quilt will be raffled at the Threads of Life Quilt Show on Sunday, June 7, 2009, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20.
Persons interested in showing quilts should submit a completed entry form for each quilt. Entry forms can be downloaded from this website at www.stbernardsfoundation.org or at www.stbernards.info (click on “Development Foundation” on the right side of the screen). Entry forms also are available in Jonesboro at Quilters Corner, 2010 Wilkins and The Fabric Store, 1405 Larkwood Drive; in Paragould at Hancock's, 421 W. Kingshighway; In Cape Girardeau, MO at The Golden Needle, 3303 S. Kingshighway; and in Bartlett, TN at Klassy Katz, 2958 Elmore Park Rd. You may also contact Nancy Chrisman at 870-243-1077 or by e-mail at nancychrisman@sbcglobal.net.
Deadline for entering quilts is May 1.
