LAKEPORT >> The Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild have named Tami Benevedes-Graeber as the featured quilter at this year’s Falling Leaves Quilt Show this weekend. The show takes place in Lewis Hall at the Lake County Fairgrounds this weekend. The hours on Saturday are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Benevedes-Graeber is a Lake County native raised in Lakeport. She is known nationally and internationally for her technique of fabric painting.
Benevedes-Graeber will give a demonstration at her booth for interested parties, give lectures and tips on textile painting and sell small kits for those that want to try it at home.
Her schedule is: Saturday at 11 a.m. for a lecture and tips on textile painting, and Sunday at 11 a.m. for the lecture “How I got from the Lake County Fair to the World Show.”
Benevedes-Graeber is a fourth-generation quilter. Unlike her mother and grandmothers before her, Benevedes-Graeber does not hand quilt but has turned to machine quilting. Her mom tried teaching her to hand quilt in the 1990s, but she gave up after six months and finished the tree skirt by machine.
“I didn’t really start quilting until I retired and moved to Oregon in 2005,” Benevedes-Graeber said. Free motion quilting is what sold me. I could make tops and quilt them in no time. My first year I made 15 quilts.”
Making show quilts has slowed her down to one or two a year.
Many of Benevedes-Graeber’s show quilts will be on display at the Falling Leaves Quilt Show.
For more information call show chair Linda Morrison (707) 245-5217
More information can also be found on the website at http://www.LLQG.org/quilt-show.html.
The Lake County Fairgrounds are located at 401 Martin St. in Lakeport.
