- Dates
- 1998-07 – 1998-07-25
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- artscommunityfundraisingcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The newly formed Talking Threads Quilt Guild spent the winter creating its first group quilt, a folk-art queen-sized “Christmas in July” quilt. The July 1998 Beaver Beacon says it was displayed at McDonough’s Market, with the winning ticket scheduled to be drawn July 25 during the closing Corktown concert of Museum Week.
Evidence limits
The notice documents the quilt and planned raffle but not ticket sales, the winner, or proceeds.
Sources
- Reports that the newly formed Talking Threads Quilt Guild spent the winter making a folk-art queen-sized Christmas quilt, displayed it at McDonough’s Market, and scheduled the raffle drawing for July 25 during the closing Corktown concert of Museum Week. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1998-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the quilt and raffle announcement.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1998-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Talking Threads Guild raffles its first group quilt during Museum Week in 1998”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-talking-threads-christmas-in-july-quilt-raffle-1998/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1998, “Christmas in July.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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