Lighthouse Quilt Raffle To Benefit Library

Starting May 4 and continuing until July 4, the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library will be selling tickets to raffle a one-of-a-kind quilt created by the Sew Together Gals to benefit the library. The queen-size blue-and-white quilt is an original design by Newtown quilter Peg Jacques. It features eight hand-embroidered lighthouses set in a medallion pattern and surrounded by seaside prints. The quilt is entirely hand-quilted.

In accepting the quilt, Friends’ president Mary Maki said, “The Friends of the C.H. Booth Library are honored to be chosen as the recipient of this year’s Sew Together Gals’ quilt project. The proceeds from the raffle will help offset the cost of the library’s Downloadable Audiobooks subscription, a program that’s very popular with all age groups.”

This is the second consecutive year that the Sew Together Gals have made a quilt to benefit a nonprofit organization in Newtown. The Friends of the Library was chosen as this year’s recipient because of the magnitude of services the library provides for Newtown. The Sew Together Gals, a group of beginner and experienced quilters who meet monthly, are Liz Arneth, Fran Ashbolt, Emily Ashbolt, Peg Jacques, Lori Jacques, Holly Walczak, and Marian Wood.

The lighthouse quilt is on display on the main floor of the Booth Library. Raffle tickets can be purchased at the library’s main circulation desk for $1 each — but only 3,000 are available. The prize drawing will be held at 4 pm on July 4 during the Friends of the Library’s 31st Annual Book Sale at the Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane. The winner need not be present to win.