Red River Quilters annual show coming up in Sept.

The Red River Quilters Annual Quilt Show will be judged by Sandy Gard of Edmond, Okla. and Shawn Sickle of Richardson, Texas, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 8 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9.

The event will be at the Louisiana State Fair Grounds Ag Building located at 3721 Hudson Ave, Shreveport, Lou., and the theme will be Ruby Anniversary – celebrating 40 years of quilting and friendships.

The Featured Quilter is Peggy Bishop and features include: 200-plus quilts and quilted items on display, Silent auction quilted items, Handmade Items for sale in the Guild Booth, Merchant mall, Tickets for “Friendship Bouquet,” a 74” X 92” hand stitched, and a hand quilted floral quilt. Proceeds fund community service projects.

For more information visit www.redriverquilters.com.

About Red River Quilters

Red River Quilters are celebration their 40th anniversary this year. The guild was formed in 1983, with the mission to promote the appreciation and preservation of quilts, to encourage the art itself, to foster charitable endeavors with quilting, and to provide a forum in which quilters and quilt lovers might share their common interest in the craft. Our annual quilt show is one way we share the art of quilting with the public.

We enjoy using our craft to fill many needs in our community. We make hundreds of small quilts yearly that we deliver to local hospitals to distribute to young patients. We make hundreds of “comfort caps” similar to a scrubs cap for cancer patients who have lost their hair. We provide very basic covers to the Volunteer Network to have as a first cover when they go to disasters. We made thousands of washable cloth masks for anyone who needed one including first responders and medical facilities when they reopened.