Help Project Pride & Joy push their community art quilts over the finish line this Saturday!
Come help the Project Pride & Joy push their community art quilts over the finish line this Saturday, August 22nd at Generator Makerspace in Burlington.
No sewing experience needed!
There are plenty of different tasks to complete, and many hands make light work. Here's what you can expect to jump into:
- Binding quilts – an easy skill to pick up on the flyTying quilts – the simplest hand-quilting method, with room for several people to work on the same quilt at once
- Hand quilting – just a bit trickier than tying, still simple, and also open to multiple people at a time
- Appliqué and embellishments – sew on appliqué pieces and add embellishments to different quilt
- "Heck Yeah!" affirmation quilt – write and decorate affirmations for queer youth on quilt blocks for a special quilt headed to Outright Vermont
Bring yourself, your fam, a few friends you haven't seen in a while - all ages and abilities are welcome! Come as you are and learn a new skill or two while you help out. Skilled volunteers from local quilt guilds and fabric shops will be on hand at the technique-focused stations to help guide folks along.
Drop in anytime on Saturday, August 22nd from 10:00am-3:00pm and stay as long as you'd like.
This community event is free to participate.
Learn More & RSVP > https://app.glueup.com/event/pride-joy-quilting-bee-calling-all-hands-186368/
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About Pride & Joy
Pride & Joy is a community art project celebrating Queer joy, vitality, and community through the medium of art quilts! We've commissioned quilt designs from 10 local artists and are organizing a series of free, public crafting events inviting members of the community to contribute to the production of the quilts. The quilts will be exhibited during the month of September, then auctioned off to fundraise for Outright Vermont.