Raffle Quilt

The 2025 raffle quilt is almost complete.  The pattern is called Make Your Point.  It was first printed by American Patchwork & Quilting in 2016.  The guild has obtained permission to use this pattern for our 2025 raffle quilt.

The 2025 raffle quilt blocks have been pieced and the finished quilt is currently being completed.  The finished quilt will be unveiled at the June membership meetings.  It's stunning!

Thanks go to:

• Karen Michaels for bringing this pattern to our attention and spear-heading its completion,
• Guild members for making lots of blocks,
• Karen Michaels for piecing all those blocks into a beautiful quilt top,
• Nancy Graves for donating the backing fabric, and
• Nancy Green for her longarming skills.

Raffle tickets will be available starting at the July membership meetings.  Members can buy 1 or more tickets or pick up an envelop of 20 tickets to purchase for themselves, sell to friends, or give as gifts.  The quilt will also travel to several venues in the Tri-Cities where we will sell tickets to the public.  This is one of our guild's annual fund raisers, so please participate to help our guild.

Here are the public locations where you can buy raffle tickets:

• 7/27/2024, Hunt & Gather Antiques in the Park, John Dam Plaza
• 8/31-9/1/2024, Tumbleweeds Music Festival, Howard Amon Park
• 9/21/2024, SEW-IQ Quilt Walk, Downtown Kennewick
• November 2024, Badger Mountain Elementary School Holiday Bazaar
• 1/24-26/2025, Tri-Cities Sportsmen Show, HAPO Center
• 3/27-28/2025, Tri-City Quilters Guild Annual Quilt Show, 3 Rivers Convention Center

The 2024 raffle quilt was revealed to the guild members at the June 19th membership meetings.  The quilt, titled "Good Day Sunshine", was created by the Sew Scattered Stitches friendship group.  This friendship group consists of Judy Deneen, Michele Boston, Janelle Domarotsky, Tina Foley, Judy Gelhaus, and Katie Harris.  The quilting was done by Dana Pearson, Courageous Quilting.  Wonderful job ladies!  The quilt is 82" X 90".

Wilma Pittman of Warden, WA, was the lucky winner of our beautiful 2024 Raffle Quilt.  Congratulations to Wilma!

We received a very nice note from Wilma.  "Thank you to everyone who helped to put on the quilt show.  It is always fun to come to your show and shop your nice vendor's booths and to see all the beautiful quilts made by so many talented quilters for all of us to view and to be inspired by.

I was so surprised to have my ticket drawn to win your raffle quilt.  Thank you to everyone that helped to make the quilt.  I will treasure it.  As a fellow quilter I know how much time goes into making a quilt.  Thanks again for the surprise of winning the quilt.  Sincerely, Wilma Pittman"