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SHARE YOUR SHINE BY DONATING A QUILT TO QUILT VILLAGE. 

Shelly was approached early 2025 to be a part of (1 of 3) new design areas at the 2025 Festival of Trees event. After several conversations and much mulling over...because did I realllly have extra time?? Wink.I decided, why not? If there is an opportunity to introduce even a few folks to the the Quilt Industry...then of course! I'm all in. So I quickly asked quilter-extraordinaries Susan Nixon and Julia Warner to co-chair and they thankfully agreed! So we have been emailing, texting, calling, video-conferencing and attending meetings (whew!) to create Quilt Village. 

Your need-to-know is that the Festival of Trees occurs at the River Center in Davenport, IA, and is kicked off by a Thanksgiving Day Parade and is a fundraiser for Quad City Arts. The displays and design areas include items  that are donated by hundreds of creators and sold at the event, including Quilt Village entries/donations. So designs (aka entries, donations) must be quality and in sellable condition. Read the Small Areas Manual to learn more about the FIVE quilt categories and your quilt may even receive a ribbon, because yup, they'll get judged too. 

And one amazing thing I know about quilters is how giving and thoughtful they are, so have no doubt they will donate their quilty creations to Quilt Village. And psst...each entry will receive 2 general admission tickets to Festival of Trees.  :-)

Shout out to my quilty friends (and sisters) Barb & Diane Schloemer for brainstorming the title of this new Design Area back in May. Quilt Village brings it all back around to the Festival of Trees event with its design areas such as its Tree Designs (of course!), Hearth & Home, Handcrafted Ornaments, Gingerbread Village, Petite Forest...and more! Also a pre-thank you to three of my nieces who quickly agreed to volunteer with design area set-up. 

Side note: this is a volunteer-event so the community can sign up to volunteer for shifts during the event. View the Volunteer page to sign-up to work a shift.  Volunteers receive a FREE TICKET to Festival of Trees for every shift worked and I may even get to meet you during shift-change in the Volunteer Lounge (on the weekends)!