Marys River Quilt Guild
Serving the quilters and quilt lovers of Benton County, OR
Block of the Month
Chair: Debbie Poole
Develops an annual theme for members to sew a block each month. Quilt blocks are collected and entered into a raffle for one of the quilters to take home.
Month | Pattern | Link/s |
|---|---|---|
January | Flag | |
February | Wild Goose Chase | |
March | Patriotic Candy | |
April | Thank You Star | |
May | Disappearing Four Patch | |
June | Scrappy Square | |
July | Four Stars | |
August | Independence Hall | |
September | Friendship Star | |
October | Strip Butterflies Are Free | |
November | ||
December | HAPPY HOLIDAYS! |
Quilt Challenge
Chair: Rita Kilstrom, Debbie Garvin, Karen Gottschlich
Challenge Quilts offer an opportunity to stretch the boundaries of our members in creating a quilt based on a predetermined theme each year. The end products are wide-ranging and inevitably push members to their creative limits.
2027 Monochromatic Quilt Challenge
This exciting challenge invites you to explore the full range of a single color hue through varying shades, tints, tones, and values, creating a cohesive yet dynamic design. Quilts will be presented in October, so get your creative juices flowing!!
Round Robin
Chair: Cindy Graff
Starting in January each year, each participant starts a quilt and chooses preferred colors, then passes the quilt to another member who creates the next "round" until a finished quilt is returned to each participant. These quilts are presented to the rest of the Guild at one of our meetings.
Service
Chair: Lynn Grube
Mancy Anderson, Louise Muhl, Yvonne Thomas, Lisa Ullmer, Linda Standeven, Cindy Graff, Cathy Griffin, Ritą Kilstrom, Andy Chiappisi, Cynthia Janes, Dawnell Tingey, Gene Newburgh, Linda Meyer, Marc Kemper, Tina Withrow-Robinson
The Service Committee creates quilts for charitable causes. Annually, up to 200 quilts are donated to community service organizations, assisted living facilities, victims of house and wild fires. Quilts are also provided to organizations for raffles and auctions.
TOUCH (Take One Ukranian Child's Hand)
TOUCH, Take One Ukranian Child’s Hand, is a sponsorship program for Ukrainian children. In 1999, Sabra Killen and Alice Rampton traveled to Uzhhorod, Ukraine to help distribute a shipment of humanitarian aid. This shipment was one of many projects between Uzhhorod and Corvallis since the inception of their sister city relationship in 1989-90. Killen and Rampton visited three orphanages and recognized that there were many children with special needs. Upon returning home, they envisioned a program that would help meet some of these specific needs. To support these children, the concept of a sponsorship program was developed.
Service Committee Room
The Service Committee has a dedicated space in the Philomath Museum. Members meet weekly every Thursday from 08:30 to 11:30 to work on the many quilts for donation - Everyone is encouraged to volunteer their time & talent!
It goes without saying that these projects require a great deal of resources, from the many hours of volunteer time to donated fabric. In order to purchase the much needed supplies, the Service Committee will hold occasional sales and welcome monetary donations.
If you need to pay for a purchase or would like to make a monetary donation to the Service Committee, click on this Payment Button.
Any questions? Contact Lynn Grube.
