Expression through applique

Clark County Quilters Guild celebrates 40th anniversary

By Danielle Frost

September 16, 2014 12:00 am

Life

An "opportunity quilt," also known as the raffle quilt, provides an opportunity for the winner to receive a quilt and proceeds benefit a different local charity each year. In 2013, more than $5,000 was donated to the Vancouver Police Department's K-9 program.

Marilyn Price (pictured) and Georgia Hockett are part of the "Baggettes" group at the Clark County Quilters Guild. They make cloth bags and baby quilts for the Children's Justice Center in Vancouver. "When children are removed from a home, they often have to put their belongings in a plastic bag," Price said. "We give them handmade cloth bags to use instead."

The Unsung Hero Award was created by member Syn Ferguson in 2008, using excess Clark County Quilters pins on an old lamp base. Each month, the award is given to a different volunteer within the guild.

Members of the quilting guild chat with an audio technician with the Vancouver Church of Christ before the meeting begins.

Clark County Quilters is a non-profit organization based in Vancouver. The purpose of the guild is to contribute to the growth and knowledge of quilting techniques, provide educational meetings, support quilting activities, perform community service by participation in quilt related projects and to provide assistance to charities in Clark County and the Pacific Northwest.

General meetings are held the second Thursday of each month September through June, at the Vancouver Church of Christ, 9019 N.E. 86th St., Vancouver. Social hour begins at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7 p.m. Non-members are asked to pay $5 per meeting to cover speaker fees.

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