Members of the Peacemakers Quilting Group will honor Fayette’s Bicentennial during their annual quilt show in August. “Granny’s Attic: 200 Years of Quilts” will be presented from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 5, in the sanctuary of Linn Memorial United Methodist Church on the campus of Central Methodist University.

The Peacemakers encourage quilt enthusiasts to not only attend the free show but to display their own quilts. They hope to display a wide variety of quilts but need fellow quilters and quilt lovers to enter the show, which is open to everyone.  

The Peacemakers Quilt Show, which is held in conjunction with the Fayette Festival of the Arts, is unique because it does not limit who may enter the show. The quilts in the show are most often made by the person who enters the quilt. However, many of the quilts which have been displayed in years past have been family heirlooms, while others were received as gifts or purchased at estate sales or quilt stores. There is no cost to enter a quilt into the show. Quilts may have been displayed in previous Peacemaker Quilt Shows and/or other shows. Registration forms are available online at www.fayettefestival.org/quilt.html or by contacting Linda Lembke at mathedperson@yahoo.com. Entry forms are due no later than Wednesday, July 26.

In the past, the stage area at the front of the sanctuary has been used to showcase quilts representing the show’s theme. This year, however, the entire sanctuary will depict Granny’s attic, with some of the more unique entrees taking center stage. The back of the sanctuary will be reserved for a display of some of the 70 Quilts of Valor, which the group has presented since 2012.

Although admission to the show is free, visitors will have the opportunity to make a free-will offering. Proceeds from the offering will go to the Fayette Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry and to the group’s Quilt of Valor Project.