{"id":73659,"date":"2016-08-23T23:34:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T05:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-mountain-quilters-show-off-talent-this-weekend\/"},"modified":"2016-08-24T05:34:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T05:34:41","slug":"dolores-mountain-quilters-show-off-talent-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-mountain-quilters-show-off-talent-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores Mountain Quilters show off talent this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=15d9c2e8-4af3-4cb1-b1a3-08096ce5e34a&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1284\" alt=\"Marilyn Madsen and Sandy Redfield check out the Dolores Quilt Show in this 2014 Journal file photo.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Marilyn Madsen and Sandy Redfield check out the Dolores Quilt Show in this 2014 Journal file photo.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Sam Green\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>On Friday and Saturday, stop by the Dolores Community Center to support a biennial charity event put on by the Dolores Mountain Quilter\u2019s Guild.<\/p>\n<p>The event features 100 locally made quilts, which will be judged by the public in six categories. A king-size quilt, titled \u201c98 Stars,\u201d will be raffled off as well. Tickets are $1 each or $6 for five.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a quilters\u2019 boutique sale featuring reasonably priced fabrics, pin cushions, hot pads, bags, lap quilts, and unique gift items. The items are all handmade by guild members.<\/p>\n<p>The show runs on Friday, Aug. 26, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Aug. 26, and from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Aug. 27. Tickets are $3 per person for age 16 and over.<\/p>\n<p>Raffle revenue and boutique sales all goes to public service and nonprofit organizations, including The Pi\u00f1on Project, the Dolores Fire Department, K-9 Search and Rescue, local schools, Hospice of Montezuma, nursing homes, Social Services, The Nest and Habitat for Humanity.<\/p>\n<p>The event raises between $3,000 and $5,000 every year for local organizations, said Diane Donahue, event organizer and member of the quilters guild.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur mission is too keep the art of quilting alive and to give back to the community,\u201d Donahue said. \u201cExpect a marvelous variety of quilts at the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dolores Mountain Quilters is the largest in the area, boasting 80 to 90 members. In 1998, it had just 13 members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe keep growing, and have an amazing variety of enthusiastic and talented quilters,\u201d Donahue said. \u201cAnyone is welcome to join and attend our meetings to learn how to quilt and get tips from the experts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c98 Stars\u201d quilt being raffled was put together by 25 members of the group. Each person stitches their section, then they are all brought together and assembled into the final quilt, which contains 98 stars in its design. Planning and completion takes many months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe group has a lot of very innovative people, and the design for the raffle quilt is carefully selected with a vote of the group,\u201d Donahue said. \u201cWe love the challenge of coming up with a new pattern and style for the next year\u2019s quilt show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you are a quilter or interested in learning the art of quilting, attend the guild\u2019s monthly meetings held on the first Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. at the Dolores Community Center. More information is available at doloresmountainquilters.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charity event features arts and crafts, quilt competition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[363,408,44],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-73659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arts","tag-charity","tag-dolores"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73659"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=73659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}