CCQ quilt exhibit at Canby Library
Quilts made by women incarcerated at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility will be on display at the Canby Library during the months of March and April. The exhibit will also include quilts made by instructors in the Coffee Creek Quilters program. Instructor-made quilts will be offered for sale as part of our fundraising efforts.
On April 23rd an instructor in one of our classes will make a presentation about our program at the library. The talk starts at 6:30 pm.
The quilt shown at left is typical of a first quilt made by one of our students. Each student makes three quilts in weekly two-hour classes held in the prison dining room.
The Canby library is located at 292 N. Holly, Canby, OR. Please check the Canby Library’s website for their hours.
We were pleasantly surprised to find Coffee Creek Quilters featured in a new book titled Quilters Questions: A book of Curious Queries. This book includes open-ended questions that probe feelings and opinions about quilting related topics such as quilter identity, motivation, sewing friends, quilt designs, etc.
Yesterday several CCQ members showed our appreciation for the support we receive from Montavilla Sewing Centers by bringing a lunch to share with Montavilla owner Brett Moore and his staff. Montavilla has been a huge in-kind CCQ contributor for the past few years. The company services our classroom sewing machines for a highly discounted price. Montavilla also services the donation machines we give our students when they’re released from prison.