By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Quinobequin Quilters Guild held its biennial 2022 Quilt Show over the weekend of October 21 and 22. Held in the Needham Masonic Hall, one hundred and forty nine quilts were displayed to inspire the community.
The Quinobequin Quilters have been working together for over three decades. Active in the Boston area, the friendly and knowledgeable group was delighted to share its work in Needham.
On the day, attendees grabbed programs and ranking sheets and made their way around, sure to vote for their favorite quilts. Some quilters even tried their luck with raffle tickets for a chance to take home a gorgeous, detailed geometric floral quilt.
Quilt show chair Jane Evans explained the challenges that the Quinobequin Quilters complete. Members are given a prompt at the beginning of the month, then work on the challenge together. The results yield, according to Evans, “a wide variety. There’s also block of the month, where everyone uses the same pattern.” Some opt for adding personal touches, like changing the color palate or adding embroidery. “Everybody makes it their own.”
Each quilt block has its own story, as each quilter does. Quilters add personal details — a favorite stitch, a sentimental scrap of fabric — and showcase their stories to spread joy in the community.
That joy is not exclusively aesthetic, though. As explained on the Quinobequin Quilters’ website, “The Guild serves the wider community by assembling baby, lap, and bed-sized Comfort Quilts. Completed Comfort Quilts are donated to charitable organizations and agencies to distribute to people in need.”
In short, the quilts not only serve to beautify, but to warm the heart, as well.
For those who came through the Masonic Hall over the weekend to take in the Quinobequin Quilters show, it was an impressive reminder of both the skill and kindness at work in their community.
