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CCQ to exhibit at Yamhill quilt show

Yamhill quilt showCoffee Creek Quilters will be a featured exhibitor at the Yamhill County Historical Society Treasures in the Attic quilt show on Saturday, September 17th. CCQ instructors Peggy Gelbrich and Gloria Richardson will be there with our exhibit and available to answer questions about our program. In addition, Peggy will show 14 of her own quilts and will give a presentation.

Treasures in the Attic will be at the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center, 11275 SW Durham Lane, McMinnville, OR on Saturday, September 17th, 9 am – 5 pm.

Please click on the flyer at left for additional details about this fun annual event.

CCQ instructor to speak at WMQC meeting.

Westside Modern Quilt ClubCCQ instructor Mary Ann McCammon will speak at a meeting of the WestSide Modern Quilt Club on Wednesday, July 27th. We wrote about Mary Ann’s work teaching quilting to disadvantaged women in a blog post in May. Now there’s an opportunity to hear her speak. WestSide Modern Quilt Club meets at The Pine Needle, 429 1st Street, Lake Oswego, Oregon. The meeting starts at 6 pm.

CCQ donates quilts to Community Warehouse

Community WarehouseCCQ donated 20 quilts to Community Warehouse this month. All of the quilts were made by women incarcerated at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville. Each student in our program makes three quilts. Two are donated to organizations like Community Warehouse,
Good Samaritan Hospital, Camp Erin, and others. Students keep their third quilts or give them to loved ones.

Community Warehouse is a Portland-based “furniture warehouse” that helps families become self-sufficient by providing them with basic household furnishings. In the picture at left CCQ President Linda Downey is showing some of the donated quilts along with three Community Warehouse volunteers. When he sent us the picture, CW’s Jeremy said: “We can’t thank you enough for your donation and what these quilts will mean to our families. This donation adds that extra layer of comfort to families trying to make a new space, a home.”

You can learn more about Community Warehouse at their website.