Red and White Group Quilt

Raffle Quilt 2020

The Winner

Tina Connolly

The Story

Fellowship in Scarlet and the companion quilt, Little Red, were made by the members of The Quilters Guild of Plano. Guild members made the blocks and a small group, the Wednesday Girls, sewed the blocks together into two quilts.

Two bolts of white fabric and five bolts of red fabric were purchased, washed, and cut into 80 kits. Each kit consisted of a fat quarter of white and 1/8 yard of each red fabric. Members were asked to make one or two blocks out of the fabric provided with their favorite technique that finished in an even number.

The members had three months to complete their blocks. Almost immediately, the blocks started to come into the Wednesday Girls. And they kept coming and coming! Many members made three or four blocks. We ended up with so many beautiful blocks – about 140! It was impossible to chose which blocks not to use, so we decided to use them all. During the construction process, some blocks were “deconstructed” to be able to fit them together into a quilt. It took a team of eight Wednesday Girls sewing over two days at The Best Little Retreat Center in Texas.

The Quilts

Fellowship in Scarlet measures 91 in x 91 in. The quilt has beautifully pieced blocks on the front, as well as three rows of blocks on the back of the quilt. It was quilted by Richard Larson. Each block was custom quilted to enhance the overall look of the quilt. It has red binding. It received a 2nd place ribbon at Quilt Plano 2019 and a wonderful evaluation from the judge!

Little Red measures 54 in x 70 in. It also has fabulous blocks on the front as well as the back of the quilt. It was quilted by Pam Wingate with a lovely overall design. It is also bound in red.

Matching red and white pillowcases were made to accompany the quilts.

Raffle Tickets

Raffle tickets will be sold starting in Fall of 2019 until the drawing at Quilt Plano 2020. The winner will win BOTH quilts and matching pillowcases! The price for the raffle tickets will be one for $1 or six tickets for $5 and can be purchased from any guild member.