Raffle Quilt
The 2007 raffle quilt, “Rocky Mountain Baskets,” was awardedon Saturday, December 15, 2007. Karen Wedding, pictured here with Lorie Stubbs, was the winner. Karen is a new RMQM member as well as a new docent to the museum. She is a quilter and lives in Lakewood. Congratulations Karen!

RMQM prides itself on offering an outstanding raffle quilt each year. This year's quilt, called "August in Washington Park", was made by Barbara Barr. Be sure to look for this quilt the next time you visit the museum!

The drawing for this quilt will be held December 13, 2008. Monies raised go toward exhibits and operating expenses of the Museum. Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. To have tickets mailed to you call 303-277-0377 or email rmqm@rmqm.org. Click here to download an order form and to view a larger image.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Fabric & Friends luncheon.

This event was a great success in large part to our sponsors:

Lou Ann Bissett, Real Eastate of the Rockies
Arapahoe County Quilters
Ferrari of Denver
Make It Sew
Columbine Quilt Guild

The live and silent action generated some great bidding and everyone had a wonderful time.

Our sincere thanks and appreciation to the RMQM staff and volunteers for helping make this event a success.

Special thanks to The Greenwood Village Quilters for creating the beautiful centerpieces. We also would like to thank pianist Linda Jackson for sharing her incredible talents with us.

The Patchwork Society 2008
The Patchwork Society is coming to the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. Beginning in January 2008, Kaye England’s patterns, Voices of the Past, will be brought to you as we celebrate the lives of some extraordinary women who have helped shape the nation’s history.  Each month we will spend some time on discussing these remarkable women and part of the period will be spent reviewing piecing techniques for these blocks. Patterns can be used as a “block” a month; or for the very industrious, a “quilt” a month.

A quilt block that has been chosen to represent the women studied will be made available to participants. We hope to further the study of women’s history, and learn viable quilting skills. Meetings will be held the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:00 pm in the Education room. Membership is $15 per month which includes a pattern, supplemental materials and a SURPRISE!

May Discussion – Dolly Madison

Please call Quilt Market at 303-215-9001 for more information.

Our first annual Red Hat Tea was a great success. Thank you to all who came and joined us; we hope you had a fabulous time! Our thanks to: Colleen Orr of Cowboy Up Hatters who made our lovely hat; Liberty Savings Bank for their contribution to the hat and hat box; Cableland for the beautiful setting of our tea; Lightfull Foods for the goodies bags and Celestial Seasonings for the tea samples.

RMQM would also like to extend a special thanks to Pat Moore for lending us her beautiful 1930s quilts and to Nanette Simonds for a lovely lecture.

This event was a lot of fun! Local television channel CW2 came to this event and we made the 9pm news on July 21. Click here to view pictures from our evening.

A great big thank you to Phyllis and Bill Stewart of Stewart's Ferrari of Denver for hosting our event and making us feel so welcome.

Thank you to Brenda Gallagher of Crown Imports for donating beer for our enjoyment. Also, we want to thank the Ryan J. Elwood Ensemble for providing jazz music for the evening. They were fabulous! Lisa Call and Betsy Cannon shared their beautiful quilts with us as well.

We hope to make this an annual event so don't miss it next year!