Weekend Quilt Show Features Local And World Renowned Quilters

The Rhododendron Needlers Quilt Guild will be holding their biennial Quilt Show, Traditions and Treasures, Saturday, March 19 (10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), and Sunday, March 20 (10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), at the Blue Hills Regional Technical High School, in Canton.

Featured at the show will be an exhibit of the renowned, “Supper Quilt”, modeled after Leonardo DaVinci’s “The Last Supper.”

The quilt was created by Dr. Donald Locke of Waxahachie, Texas. It took Dr. Locke over 2 ½ years to complete his masterpiece.

The quilt is impressive at 15 ft wide and 5.5 ft tall and is made up of 51,000 ½ inch squares sewn together in such a way to depict the painting.

Dr. Locke hand dyed all the fabric, resulting in over 350 different shades of color, just to ensure perfect depth and shading of the quilt. World renowned quilt artist Linda Taylor did all the machine quilting for this work.

The quilt has traveled all over the United States and to several countries.   Dr. Locke hopes to have the quilt hosted in every state.   It has only appeared in New England once before and may not be back in this area. This quilt show offers a unique opportunity to view this incredible piece of art.  

Local quilters from 40 towns south and west of Boston, including Sherborn, will have some 165 of their quilts on display at this show, many of these quilters have produced prize winning works and have had their quilts exhibited in regional, national and international shows.    

In addition to the individual works and “The Supper Quilt”, there is will be a special exhibit loaned by the New England Quilt Museum, a tribute to New England, entitled “Lobstah to Green Monstah.”  

The Quilt Show will also feature a boutique of items for sale, twenty vendors selling items related to quilting and sewing, there will be sewing machines for sale, a guild boutique of handmade items, raffle tickets will be available the for guild’s quilt, other raffles include gift baskets, there will also be a booth dedicated to selling hand made bags made by the guild members.  Refreshments are also available.

For more information about the show and The Supper Quilt, go to the guilds website, www.RNQG.org.