A quilt hand-sewn by shul member Roberta Garris has been selected for inclusion in the 2024 International Quilt Festival’s judged show, the largest annual quilt show in the U.S., held each fall in Houston, Texas, this year from Oct. 31 to Nov. 3.

Roberta’s quilts are prized by her family and friends. This is the first time that Roberta’s design and workmanship have been recognized by the prestigious IQF. The festival regularly attracts more than 40,000 visitors from around the world, and features more than 1,200 quilts on display.

Roberta’s quilt, titled “A year in Patches,” is known by the artisans as a temperature quilt. A temperature quilt uses a quilt block to track the high and low temperatures of each day in a given location over the course of one year. In this quilt, the left-hand side of the block represents the high temperature, the right-hand side the low temperature. The background in each block indicates the daily precipitation: clear, rain, hail, snow, and rainbow. Roberta used number blocks to mark the months.

The Shofar joins the membership in congratulating Roberta on this remarkable achievement, and extending to her a joyous mazel tov.

For more information about the festival, visit www.quilts.com/. To learn more about temperature quilts, visit www.modafabrics.com/.                                                                                        Andrea Blaga photo