FLIGHT OF THE CRANES

Because of the many wonderful quilts guild member Jerry Fugimoto has shared with us, our membership asked him if he would consider doing our next opportunity quilt as a solo project. Jerry accepted our challenge and his design ideas were gladly accepted by all.

He chose to quilt from the pattern "The Peace Quilt" by Margaret Rolfe. Martingale & Co. has granted permission for our guild to copy and use the pattern for this fundraising project. Different fabric hues in Asian prints were selected by Jerry who then paper pieced 98 cranes for the quilt top. Jerry complimented the quilt with shades of cranberry for the inner border with a coordinating outer border of mini cranes. He titled this quilt, "Flight of the Cranes" which measures 75 inches by 82 inches (or an approximate standard double bed size) with medium loft cotton batting.

Debbie Lopez, who has been longarm quilting since 2000, was selected to quilt our opportunity quilt. Debbie combined continuous curves and stippling in the pieced blocks. The outer border was done in circular Sachiko and was enhanced by quilted pearls on the inner border. To frame the quilt, an elegant motif of oriental flowers was stitched into each of the four cornerstones with cranberry threads.

Linda Hanson attached the binding, the sleeve was added by Marcia Richards and Marilyn Lacey embroidered the label to finish the beautiful project.

Raffle tickets are available at $1 each, 6 for $5, or 13 for $10. Contact Opportunity Quilt 2009 Chairperson, Marcia Richards to puchase tickets at 916-798-3698.

The quilt will be traveling to the following locations:

October 4-5 - Elk Grove Harvest Festival
October 25 - Elk Grove Music Dept. Craft Fair
November 29 - Dicken's Faire
January 4 - Quilter's Corner Preview Day
February 2 - Pioneer Guild
February 10 - Folsom Guild
February 18 - Roseville Guild
March 27 - 29 Sacramento Craft and Sewing Expo (Cal Expo)

Our 2009 biennial quilt show, "Harvest of Quilts" event, will be held on Saturday/Sunday, September 12th and 13th, 2009. This opportunity quilt will be raffled at the quilt show on September 13, 2009 at 3:00pm. Location of the show is: SES Portuguese Hall at 10427 Stockton Blvd., Elk Grove, CA 95624. See map for directions.