"Sunset Slope Quilters is bringing you another Mesas to Monuments Quilt Show. Our featured artist is Ricky Tims: quilter, pianist, storyteller. 250+ quilts will be on display. Antique bed turnings will be twice daily in the ballroom, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. We will have two silent auctions (small quilt and large quilt) with a “buy-it-now” feature, quilts for sale, twenty vendors offering a variety of products. Vote for viewer’s choice. Sign up for door prizes.
Ricky Tims will delight us with a concert April 11, 2024, at 7 p.m. at Grand Junction High School as well as lectures on Friday, April 12, 9 a.m. (LocoMotion) and 1:00 p.m. (Eleven Cool Things), at the Grand Junction Convention Center in the Whitewater Room. Details, prices and ticketing through 970tix or sunsetslopequilters.com/m2m.
Website: www.sunsetslopequilters.com/
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Prizes: Viewer's Choice 1st through 3rd places and Ricky Tims’ Choice. (A non-juried show)
An antique bed turning is scheduled at 11:00 and 3:00 each day and is a very popular event. 100 seats will be available.
Silent Auctions with buy-it-now feature. (New quilts each day).
As well, several quilts will be available throughout the ballroom for sale.
Miscellaneous
· This is our 5th large show. Prior to 2015, we had an annual show at the Mesa Mall in the clock court and corridor. (2015 – Lincoln Park Barn; 2016 - Lincoln Park Barn; 2019 - Mesa Mall where Homegoods is now; 2022 - Grand Junction Convention Center).
· Largest show between Denver and Grand Junction.
· Everyone is welcome; you don't have to be a quilter to enjoy the show.
· The displays offer a lot of eye candy that will serve to amaze.
· In addition to the general public, it would be a great mother-daughter outing or a nice place to spend a couple hours with a friend.
· Many booths with handmade items from which to buy gifts, especially for Mother’s Day, birthdays, etc. (quilted goods, tatting, jewelry, pottery, dyed fabric, baskets, handmade bags, and so much more)
· A total of 20 vendors to please the quilters and crafters. Quilting and crafting vendors from Grand Junction, Montrose, Rifle; Cortez; Erie; Ogden, Utah; Gunnison, Utah; San Tan Valley, Arizona;
There are some very talented quilters here in the Grand Valley. Come to see the beautiful fabrics and colors, the traditional and antique quilts, the wonderful creativity of the art quilts.
SSQ Membership
We will have Sunset Slope Quilters' membership information at the show.
We meet the 2nd Wednesday of each month at First Presbyterian Church (3940 27-1/2 Road at intersection with Cortland), 9 a.m.
Sunset Slope Quilters was formed in 1986 and currently has about 165 members of all ages and abilities. We have programs, workshops, retreats, and sew-ins throughout the year. We are very active in making community quilts for a wide variety of organizations.
Just last year, SSQ donated 188 quilts to various outreach programs, including
· Habitat for Humanity
· The Joseph Center
· Homeward Bound
· Latimer House
· The Pregnancy Center
· Hospital pediatric units
· Sleep in Heavenly Peace
· Laurel House
· VA Hospital
· Western Colorado Center for Children
· Oncology
Our members also donated 250 stockings to Mesa County to be filled for foster children.
We are an open group that welcomes new members of all abilities. We even have some members who joined before they started quilting at all. We love to pass the joy of quilting on to the younger generations. We offer a comfortable atmosphere to meet new people, share stories and ideas, and enjoy the camaraderie of people with common interests as well as learn about quilts and quilting. Our monthly show and tell segments are always a highlight. "