Inspiration is: Our Local Quilt Shop

Pacific Piecemakers Quilt Guild Presents

Annual Quilt Challenge


Opens Friday, May 9 from 4-6 pm, exhibit up through June 8, 2025

Gualala Arts Center

free

The Pacific Piecemakers Quilt Guild is set to present their Annual Quilt Challenge, “Inspiration is: Our Local Quilt Shop”. This year’s creative endeavor challenges participants to incorporate a featured fabric from the Loft, a cherished local fabric store located in the heart of downtown Gualala. The exhibit will commence with an opening reception on Friday, May 9, from 4-6 pm, and will be on display through June 8, 2025, in the Gualala Arts Jacob Foyer and Burnett Gallery. This showcase not only celebrates the artistry and craftsmanship of local quilters but also reinforces the bond between the arts and local businesses.

Important Dates to Remember:

Exhibit Opens:  Friday,  May 9, 2025 from 4-6 pm

Turn in Registration by:      April 25, 2025

Drop off artwork:    May 7, 2025  from noon – 2 pm

Art Pickup:      June 9, from noon – 2 pm

Exhibit Curators:

Sandy Hughes

          sandyh52@icloud.com

Francie Angwin

          fangwin@mcn.org

Rules:

  1. Any design, any size quilt.
  2. Use one or more of the four fabrics chosen for this challenge. The challenge fabric(s) must be purchased at the Loft. The fabrics chosen are for their simplicity and versatility. The fabric line is “Thatch” in the colorways: Plum, Turquoise, Royal, Heather. (see photo below)
  3. Purchase one or more featured fabrics in a minimum ½ yard cut.
  4. Use as much of the featured challenge fabric as you like but at least one of the challenge fabrics must be recognizable within your challenge quilt top.
  5. Print your name on your challenge-fabric purchase receipt. It must be from the Loft. Save it.
  6. Turn in a fabric purchase receipt with each of your finished quilt(s) on the Challenge “turn-in” date 5/7/2025. One receipt per person per quilt. Do not attach your receipt to your registration form. Your receipt will be placed into a drawing for a “Tula Pink mini-Oliso Iron” or an “Accuquilt Go! Me” fabric cutter with a 5” finished square die. Note: A Guild member donated the prizes for our Challenge.
  7. The 2025 Challenge will also include the opportunity for the community to vote for a “Viewer’s Choice.” The quilt chosen as the Viewer’s Choice will receive a ribbon and its maker will receive a gift certificate from the Loft.
  8. All Artists exhibiting their artwork at Gualala Arts must be current Gualala Arts members.
  9. Registration fees are $10 for For Sale and $20 for Not For Sale entries.

Register Your Quilt Here