SMGC Quilt Show

QUILTING BY THE SEA - CELEBRATIONS 2007 - held at the beautiful campus of Loyola Marymount University August 4 and 5th, 2007 .

The 2007 OPPORTUNITY QUILT
A Queen-size quilt made by members of the Santa Monica Quilt Guild
"Pinwheels and Posies"
pattern from LIBERTY HOMESTEAD by Glenda Sha, used by permission
Machine Pieced, Hand appliquéd, Hand embroidered, Hand Quilted

SANTA MONICA QUILT GUILD DONATED ALL NET PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF TICKETS FOR THIS QUILT TO "CURE AUTISM NOW"
Cure Autism Now (CAN) is an organization of parents, clinicians and scientists committed to accelerating the pace of biomedical research by raising money for research projects, education and outreach. Founded by parents of children with autism in 1995, the organization has grown from a kitchen-table effort to the largest national provider of support for autism research and resources. The primary focus is to fund essential research through programs designed to encourage innovative approaches toward identifying the causes, prevention, treatment and a cure for autism and related disorders.

150 QUILTS by our talented members. Click here for the Gallery

Featured Quilter - Virginia Marshall

For twenty years Virginia made clothing for her family, and she thought when she had time she would look into quilting. She finally realized that if she waited until she had time it would never happen! She took a class at Crazy Ladies & Friends in 1992 and made her first quilt, Amish Shadow: Roman Stripe using bright solids. It was a baby shower gift for her first grandson. That’s all it took, she was off and running, a possessed quilter! Virginia has made over two hundred quilts, many for her family, especially her twelve grandchildren, gifts for special friends and charities including quilting for the Methodist Church Quilt Ministry.
Virginia has exhibited quilts several times in the Road to California and Pacific International Quilt Shows. The ribbons she has received at the SMQG Shows include President’s Choice, Quilt Show Chairman's Choice and five Viewers Choice awards. Virginia is always looking for new patterns to challenge her skills and she often works on several tops at one time. Her work includes beautiful hand appliqué, machine appliqué, reverse appliqué, fusible, machine piecing and machine quilting. Color plays a very important part in all of her quilts.

It was an honor to present Virginia as our Featured Quilter at
Quilting By the Sea - Celebrations - Quilt Show 2007!
What a treat!

AWARD WINNERS - Click here to view the Viewer's Choice and Vendor Awards

LIVE QUILT AUCTION of small quilts, Sunday August 5th.
(Click here to see a few of the wonderful auction quilts made by SMQG members.)

SILENT QUILT AUCTION of small quilts, Saturday August 4th.

BOUTIQUE featured beautiful craft items with a CELEBRATIONS THEME made by Santa Monica Quilt Guild members. (Click here to see members hard at work making boutique items.)

VENDORS - wonderful sources for unique fabrics, patterns, accessories, buttons, yarn, gifts, inspirations, ideas and surprises... They included A Quilter's Dream - Pasadena, African Folklore Embroidery - West Hills, Busy Bee Quilter - Rancho Cucamonga, Button Box - Mission Viejo, Compatto Yarns - Santa Monica. Cotton & Chocolate Quilt Company - Thousand Oaks, Country in the Woods - Newbury Park, Fabulous Fabrics - Saugus, Global Expressions - Hemet, Generations - Hand Dyed Fabrics & Supplies - Santa Ana, Maj-Britt Isak - Rolling Hills Estates, Jean's Impressions - Newcastle, Luella's Quilt Basket - Redondo Beach, Sewing Arts Center - Santa Monica, Tanner's Sew & Vac - Westchester and The Treasure Hunt - Carpinteria.

Special thanks to
Tanner Sewing and Vacuum Center
(6230 West 87th Street, Westchester, CA 90045)
Who generously donated a
Janome Jem Platinum 720
sewing machine raffled at
Quilting By the Sea -- Celebrations 2007
Link to the Janome website here.