Each September, we invite the public to the Great Alaska
Quilt Show, a two-day quilt-fest in which members can show off what they do –
their skill, artistic ideas, and love of quilting. It is also a major
fund-raising event for the guild with a quilt raffle and the Small Treasures
Silent Auction.
The Great Alaska Quilt Show is a
major undertaking, with well over 100 member-made quilts on display, plus 50 or
more Small Treasures in the silent auction. In addition we have a featured
quilter, exhibits of comfort quilts and teddy bears with quilts, satellite
group creations, wearable art, and demonstrations. Such a show needs several
committees and work teams, and we strongly encourage all members to
participate, not only by showing her or his own quilts or by donating Small
Treasures, but also by helping the show committee with event activities.
Volunteer activities include tasks such as: hanging quilts during set-up,
setting up and/or staffing special displays, staffing show tables, selling
raffle tickets, performing white-glove duty, working as greeter, demonstrating
quilting skills, helping with take-down, etc. This show is held in the
ConocoPhillips Atrium in downtown Anchorage, 700 G St.
Small Quilt Auction is a fundraiser for the guild, where
small quilts (30” x 30” or smaller) are placed in a silent auction. We
encourage each member to make and donate at least one item to the auction each
year.
The raffle quilt, made by a member or a small group, has
fine workmanship, a creative theme, visual excitement and is prominently
displayed. Members sell tickets in advance as well as during the quilt show.
The raffle quilt drawing is a highlight of the second day of the show.
2020 show dates are Sept 19-20, 2020.
The 2020 Great Alaska Quilt Show will be jammed packed with all kinds of neat quilts.
- it's the 40th Anniversary of ALCQ; historical items of events of when and how the guild will be displayed.
- quilts commenorating the USA’s 19th Ammendment to the constitution - Women’s right to vote
- quilts from the 2020 Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle challenge
