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Helena Quilters' Guild Album Of Past Guild Raffle Quilts

This is a small portion of the Helena Quilters' Guild Quilt Show raffle quilts that were created by members to raffle during the quilt show. Usually there were a few specific individuals who decided the theme, color and blocks for each raffle quilt. These individuals made fabric kits which include directions for the quilt blocks. Guild members sewed blocks and then gathered in work sessions to assemble the blocks. At first, the Guild raffle quilts were hand quilted. Now, with all the talented long-arm quilters in the area, the Guild contracts the quilting to be done by one of these long-arm quilt artists.

The Helena Quilters' Guild uses the proceeds of the show raffle quilt to help defray the expensive quilt show costs.
Lady and boy in front of Dresdan plate quilt.
White background quilt with pointed red and pink fans.
Woman standing with white background quilt with red, white and blue blocks.
Carolyn Gibbons and Son, Nick, won the Dresden Plate raffle quilt Gregg and Wendy Wheeler won Mary's Fan raffle quilt. Designed by Nola McLane. Emilie Meiers won the Patriotic Sampler Raffle Quilt.
Man standing with a white background basket block quilt.
Woman standing with center medallion block featuring flowers in a blue pot.
Family standing with a red, white, and blue lone star quilt.
Jim Schulte won the Flower Basket raffle quilt. Kim Kradolfer won the Windsor Gardens raffle quilt. Designed by Sue Clark and Juanita Padden. Bev Holnbeck and family won the Patriotic Lone Star raffle quilt. Designed by Juanita Padden.
A quilt with white background and various bear-pieced and bear-paw blocks.
Quilt with white background and pieced blue blocks.
Quilt with white background and different shades of red pieced blocks.
Judy Lowe won the Bears In the Wilderness raffle quilt. Designed by Carina Zook. Julia Rhoads winner of the Blue raffle quilt. Red and White raffle quilt for the Heart of the Rockies quilt show. Designed by Julie Dess.
Woman standing with a quilt with pieced red tulips as main blocks.
Nine-patch blocks with applique vines in border.
Quilt with whitebackground and featuring different shades of blue and yellow star blocks.
Karen Bowers won the Tip Toe Through the Tulips raffle quilt. Designed by Dean Hall and Vicky McClean. Batik Nine-Patch Quilt (2005). Designed by Deb Plant. Stars in Montana Skies raffle quilt was won by Billie Veerkamp. Designed by Jill Larson, fabric choices by Linda Parker.
Quilt with appliqued cowgirls and cowboys with multicolored log cabin blocks for a border; won by John Cinadle.
Trip Around the World.
Libby's black cat with featherweight sewing machine.
Rodeo Romance 2009 raffle quilt. Designed by Carina Zook; machine quilted by Kerri Myles. Won by John Chinadler.

Reflections, Trip Around the World 2011 raffle quilt. Designed by Andrea Atwood; machine quilted by Kerri Myles.

 This spot reserved for raffle quilt 2013.
Most images were photographed by J. Padden, otherwise taken out of the Guild archives.

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