During our last Quilt-a-thon on October 2nd, the Press Democrat came and took pictures for the newspaper. For more information about our Quilt-a-thons and community projects check out our Community Quilts page on our website.

Mirna Estes, left, and Lee Beardsley, both of Santa Rosa work on a quilt at the Santa Rosa Quilt Guilds annual quiltathon at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Santa Rosa on Thursday October 2, 2008.

 Bob Oliver, of Calistoga, one of two male members, of the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild sews a quilt during the guilds annual quiltathon

Quilters, left to right, Georgiann Morrissey, of Cloverdale , Pam Brown, of Sebastopol, and Carolle Lemonnier, of Cloverdale, of the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild sews a quilt during the guilds annual quiltathon

Joyce Wood irons quilts in front of an opportunity quilt, one of two that will be raffled off at the end of the year, at the Santa Rosa Quilt Guilds annual quiltathon

Muriel Leary stitches labels onto quilts at the Santa Rosa Quilt Guilds annual quiltathon

Dotty Zagar, one of the founding members of the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild sews quilts during the guilds annual quiltathon

Members, left to right, Jackie Harris, Pat Schabel, and Valeska Lattin of the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild enjoy each others company as the work together to sew quilts during the guilds annual quiltathon

98 year old Dolly Haines of Santa rosa dosn’t quilt but knits hats to the tune of over 1,000 so far this year. Here she knits at the Santa Rosa Quilt Guilds annual quiltathon

Members of the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild sew quilts during the guilds annual quiltathon

Members of the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild sew a quilt during the guilds annual quiltathon

Sharon Fry of Sonoma runs the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild’s library of over 2,000 quilt books. Fry says it is the largest quilt book library in the world.

Lavella Cassinelli, standing, winner of the Jeferson Award in July, chats with Mirna Estes at the Santa Rosa Quilt Guilds annual quiltathon

A day of quilting includes lunch at the Santa Rosa Quilt Guilds annual quiltathon

Jenine Giblen works on a quilt at the Santa Rosa Quilt Guilds annual quiltathon

Photo Credit: Scott Manchester / The Press Democrat

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