Peacemakers Quilting Group Quilt Show

Although the heat index was in the hundreds and the calendar said August 6, the Peacemaker’s Quilt show featured a display of Christmas quilts and wall hangings.  Christmas trees trimmed with quilted ornaments and sewing notions brightened the Linn Memorial United Methodist Church sanctuary at the show which started at 9 and continued until 3 p.m. this Saturday.  Procceds from the show, raffle and marketplace totaling over $1000 will go to the Fayette Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry. 

Two other special exhibits at this year’s show were quilts from the Quilts of Valor program and a display of five of the Johnmeyer family quilts.  The Mid-Missouri Quilts of Valor (QOV), established in September 2009 as an independent branch of the National QOV Foundation (QOVF.org), honors those touched by War with Wartime quilts.  Their mission is to provide comforting quilts of appreciation to active duty members and veterans of all branches of service touched by any war or conflict, thereby thanking them for their service and unselfish sacrifice to the United States of America. 

 In 2004 twelve members of the Johnmeyer family decided to make quilts as a family project.  Each person chose colors for her own quilt and then family members made blocks from these colors to be used in that person’s quilts.  Although the blocks are of similar design the colors and the arrangement of blocks reflects the individual personalities of the owners.  Included in the project were sisters, daughters, granddaughters, nieces and daughter-in-laws.  Five of the quilts have been completed and wereon display at the show.

Two raffle quilts were on display on the breezeway between the sanctuary and the Parrish House.  Proceeds from the raffle of the wall hanging “Fayette Courthouse” will go to the Food Pantry while money derived from the other quilt “Golden Christmas Memories” will go to the Boonslick Tourism Group for its barn quilts project.