Applications available for quilters to construct quilt top and to do long-arm quilting

Posted on: July 3rd, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   July 3, 2014   Contact: Katie Arrington, Flood Recovery Public Information Specialist, 303-441-1609

 

Applications available for quilters to construct quilt top and to do long-arm quilting

Interested quilters are asked to submit applications by July 15

Boulder County, Colo. – In order to commemorate the upcoming one year anniversary of the devastating 2013 Flood, a collaborative quilt project will serve as a long-lasting memorial to Boulder County residents’ resiliency. The project has been in full swing, and is now in need of volunteer quilters to help construct the quilt and do long-arm quilting.

Quilters who are interested in helping to construct a quilt top consisting of 30 blocks are asked to submit an application online by July 15. Actual quilting will take place at Fabricate in Boulder on the evenings of July 21 and 22 from 6-8 p.m. Interested participants can choose to help just one of the evenings or both.

Applications are also available for someone to do long-arm quilting once the top and back of the quilt have been pieced together. Interested applicants will need to submit an application and two photos of previous projects no later than July 15. The quilt will be available to begin work on July 25 and will need to be completed and returned by Aug. 15

Quilters of all types from around the county, the state and the nation have collaborated to send blocks to be included in the Flood Recovery Quilt. A finished quilt, comprised of 30 blocks, will be hung in the Boulder County Courthouse on Pearl Street, and any remaining submitted blocks will be turned into items for flood survivors (including throw blankets, pillows, wall hangings, etc.). More details and photos of the project can be found at http://bit.ly/BoCoQuilt.

Blocks are still being accepted until July 11. Find more information about guidelines and the submission form online.

The completed quilt will be dedicated and hung during the week of September 8 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the 2013 Flood. Items for flood survivors will be completed thereafter and donated as they are complete, with a final completion date of December 31.

For more information contact Katie Arrington at 303-441-1609 or karrington@nullbouldercounty.org.

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