Keeper Quilt Collection
Each year, as part of the Dallas Quilt Show, the Guild sponsors a “Block Contest.” For many years, the contest results served two purposes. Some of the blocks were used to make the “donation quilt” for the following year, and the best blocks were used to make a “keeper quilt” that becomes part of the Guild’s permanent collection. In recent years, there have been variations from this, with the donation quilt created using standardized patterns or like the 2001 donation quilt, a common theme. However, the Block Contest continues as a way for guild members to pit their skills against other guild members in friendly competition, while helping the guild preserve our quilting history.
If you would like to inquire about borrowing the “keeper collection” as a special exhibit, please email us.
Some of Our “Keeper Quilts”
2015
Winter Chill
Chaired by Marcia Wood & Francis Hafer
2013
Sunbonnet Sue and Her Garden
Chaired by Val Hubbard
2012
Hot Air Balloons in Bloom
Chaired by Cleola Green
2009
Oriental Expressions
Chaired by Joan Wilson
2009
Texas Boots – Baltimore Style
Chaired by Joan Wilson
2008
Teapots
Chaired by Rhonda Anderson
2007
Trip Down Memory Lane
Chaired by Joan Wilson
2006
I Heart Quilts
Chaired by Richard Larson
2005
Birds of a Feather
Chaired by Debbie Tribble and Richard Larson
2004
Feelings of Fall
Chaired by Rhonda Anderson
2003
Snow Sparkles
Chaired by Rhonda Anderson
2003
Under the Sea
Chaired by Concetta Boscardin
2002
Baskets Full
Chaired by Carol Morrissey
2002
20th Anniversary
Chaired by Rhonda Anderson and Juliette Kimbrew
2001
Fancy Fans
Chaired by Flo Klein
2000
Art Nouveau Garden
Chaired by Sandy Brawner
1999
Myrtle’s Friends
Chaired by Sharon Martinez and Dana Perez
1998
Dallas’ Past
Chaired by Judith Patricelli-Stone
1997
Dallas Wind Rose
Chaired by Ruth Cottrell
1996
Life’s Little Pleasures
Chaired by Carol Hill and Karyn Bently
1995
Sunflower Quilt
Chaired by Eileen Simon and Peggy Kiersteadt
1993
Fantasy in Flight
Chaired by Sharon Blevins Wilhelm and Jane Mitchell
1992
Dallas Wreaths
Chaired by Teresa Kline
1989
Dallas Album
Chaired by Michele Jack