Quilt show this weekend in Marshall
Threadbenders quilt show features trunk show, quilt displays
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MARSHALL -- There's a lot of excitement building for the Threadbenders Quilt Guild quilt show this weekend, organizers said.
On Saturday and Sunday, visitors will not only be able to see displays of quilts at the Marshall Adult Community Center, but they can take in a trunk show presented by quilter Cindy Bader, of Patterns on the Prairie.
Threadbenders co-president Lila Schmidt said the trunk show is a chance to see different quilts all made by the same person. This year's presenter, Cindy Bader, is a national educator and quilt pattern designer based in Marshall. Schmidt said Bader creates beginner-friendly mosaic applique patterns, and teaches step-by-step classes for quilters of any experience level.
This year's quilt raffle prize has also been catching people's eyes, said Heather Rokeh of the Graceful Marilyn Quilt Shoppe, where the quilt was displayed. The prize quilt, using the pattern "Starlight" by Wilmington Prints, was made by members of the quilt guild.
Schmidt said a lot of work went into the raffle quilt. A total of 80 hours went into quilting the piece, besides sewing the quilt pattern together, she said. Last week, guild member Phyllis Scholtes talked about some of the work that went into the project. Scholtes said she and Michelle Full found the pattern at the Minnesota Quilt Show.
"There was a committee that sewed it," Schmidt said, made up of Full, Scholtes, Marissa Kunde, and LeAnn Buysse.
Once the sewing was done, Scholtes did the custom quilting work.
"I guess when I looked at it in my mind, I could see the outline of the pattern. So I did that first," Scholtes said, talking about the process she followed.
But in addition to quilting along the lines of the pattern, she also filled in areas with intricate, swirling lines of stitches.
"It just comes to me, I guess," she said. "There's no pattern for it."
Scholtes said the quilt design had a lot of open background area, and it seemed like the custom quilting would be a good way to accent the design.
Scholtes said she got her quilting machine in 1998. "I quilted before that, but I didn't long-arm until then," she said.
Scholtes said it was "awesome" to see the completed quilt that will be in the raffle.
The quilt show will be at the Adult Community Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5. Cindy Bader will be presenting a trunk show on Saturday at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.