Stitched together: quilting community remains popular in Flathead Valley
Nancy Dahl and Nancy Richwine, members of the Flathead Quilters' Guild, hold up a quilt titled "Keep It Simply Slanted" during one of the Guild's sewing days at the Quilt Gallery in Kalispell on Wednesday, March 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Linda Anderson irons the quilt titled "Mile a Minute" during a Flathead Quilters' Guild sewing day at the Quilt Gallery in Kalispell on Wednesday, March 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A patch sewn onto one of around 16 quilts created by members of the Flathead Quilters' Guild that they donate each month to different branches of Logan Health as well as CASA for Kids, Flathead County. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Cathy Calloway, a member of the Flathead Quilters' Guild, stitches together individual quilt blocks on her Singer Featherweight sewing machine from the 1930s during one of the Guild's sewing days at the Quilt Gallery in Kalispell on Wednesday, March 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Nancy Richwine, left, gives a few pointers about how to stitch mountains for a Delectable Mountains quilt to Shelly Withall, Adelyn Moss and Valerie Peters during a Flathead Quilters' Guild sewing day at the Quilt Gallery in Kalispell on Wednesday, March 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Cathy Calloway, a member of the Flathead Quilters' Guild, stitches together individual quilt blocks on her Singer Featherweight sewing machine from the 1930s during one of the Guild's sewing days at the Quilt Gallery in Kalispell on Wednesday, March 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The Flathead Quilters' Guild donates around 16 quilts each month to different branches of Logan Health as well as CASA for Kids, Flathead County. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Rolls of quilting fabric during a Flathead Quilters' Guild sewing day at the Quilt Gallery in Kalispell on Wednesday, March 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Jan Shanahan holds one of the colorful bindings she was creating for the edge of the quilts during a Flathead Quilters' Guild sewing day at Quilt Gallery in Kalispell on Wednesday, March 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Adelyn Moss and Linda Anderson hold up a quilt titled "Mile A Minute" during a Flathead Quilters' Guild sewing day at the Quilt Gallery in Kalispell on Wednesday, March 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Shelly Withall cuts material to create mountains in a "Delectable Mountains" quilt during a Flathead Quilters' Guild sewing day at the Quilt Gallery in Kalispell on Wednesday, March 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Cathy Calloway's individual quilt blocks during one of the Guild's sewing days at the Quilt Gallery in Kalispell on Wednesday, March 13. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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While some may be under the impression that quilting is a dying art, members of local quilting groups like the Flathead Quilters’ Guild would beg to differ. The guild makes quilts to give back to the community, works toward putting on their annual quilt show and most importantly, connects those who have a passion for fiber arts.
On a windy March morning, guild members gathered at the Quilt Gallery in Kalispell to get together and sew quilts for Logan Health Medical Center. It’s part of an outreach program that has been running since 1995, according to guild spokesperson Audrey Hyvonen.
“For more than 30 years this outreach group has been meeting once a month — sometimes with specialty days dedicated to sandwiching quilts or cutting strips ready to make into kits, or sometimes just kind of free for all quilting,” Hyvonen said.
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