East Cobb Quilters’ Guild is hosting a block party
Published 10:42 am Monday, July 10, 2023
- QUILT TILL YOU CAN’T: Kids stand in front of their quilt block during the 2022 Block Party Exhibit. Any K-12 student in the state of Georgia is eligible to quilt a block to exhibit.
MARIETTA- East Cobb Quilters’ Guild invites K – 12 students from throughout the state of Georgia to again use their creativity to create a quilt block to display at the Guild’s biennial “Georgia Celebrates Quilts® – Quilt Show & Market in June of 2024. This is the third show that has had the blocks on display.
“Block Party” is inspired by the annual nationwide Block Challenge coordinated by the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY. Students in grades K-12 are encouraged to learn about quilting by sewing their own quilt block, using their creativity, color sense, and math skills.
This program is sponsored by the East Cobb Quilters’ Guild and is open to any student in grades K-12 in the state of Georgia. Blocks which meet the entry criteria will be displayed at “Georgia Celebrates Quilts”®, their biennial quilt show which will be held June 6, 7, 8, 2024 at the Cobb County Civic Center in Marietta, GA. A student may only submit one entry block – made on their own, in a sewing class, in a home school program, a Scout Troup, 4-H club, or with a neighborhood quilter. Blocks can be based on existing quilt patterns or be an original design. Additionally, since every quilt block has a story, participants are asked to include their story or details related to their block with their entry.
All entries must be postmarked by May 10, 2024, and will be qualified by a committee from the East Cobb Quilters’ Guild for display at the show. Complete entry details and entry form can be found at https://www.georgiacelebratesquilts.com/block-party/. Each student entrant will receive a certificate for free admission to Georgia Celebrates Quilts®. After the show, the blocks will be returned to the student along with fabric and instructions for creating a pillow or wall hanging from the block.
