WIN THIS QUILT and HELP SAVE THE GILA RIVER!
Raffle tickets are $5 each, or 5 tickets for $20.
This beautiful one-of-a-kind art quilt features wildlife of southwest New Mexico’s Gila River, the last free-flowing river in the state. Artist Elli Sorensen donated this quilt as a fundraiser to protect the Gila from an ecologically harmful diversion. About the quilt: Artist Elli Sorensen created the silk face of this quilt bycombining her hand-carved block prints with hand painting, using nontoxic heat-set professional textile pigments. Special effects and finishing touches in the design were created with salt, wax and textile crayons on silk. The batting is silk, bamboo, botanic tencel and cotton, and the quilt backing is cotton. The piece was machine quilted by the artist on a Grace frame
with a Juki sewing machine, and the binding was hand-sewn. The quilt is machine washable (cold water, delicate cycle) and should be line-dried.
Where to buy tickets: You can purchase raffle tickets at the Silco Theater, headquarters for the Gila River Festival, and at the Friday and Saturday evening events at Western New Mexico University. Your last chance to buy raffle tickets is at the Sunday morning brunch, when we will choose the winning ticket.
Why to buy tickets: Need another reason to buy raffle tickets, other than the chance to win this stunning quilt? Here’s reason #2: Proceeds from the raffle will help the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance and the Gila Conservation Coalition to keep the Gila River wild and free.