June 14, 2025 — Hold That Date!
Contributed by S.Franznick
The Colony Days events in Palmer are always exciting — and this year there will be some new happenings around town to celebrate Palmer’s 90th birthday. Here’s a short list of quilt-related activities being planned:
The Valley Quilters Guild will sponsor a quilt silent auction to benefit the local chapters of the nationally recognized Quilts of Valor (QOV) organization. QOV honors active military and veterans for their courage and honor while honorably serving our nation. The silent auction will be held in the historic Eagle Hotel.
Antique quilts will be displayed in the United Protestant Church (aka Log Church) on Denali Street - quilts of local importance and those representing the 1930s will be featured. An audience-participation oldfashioned “quilting bee” is also in the works at this location.
A trio of barn quilts, representing the three states (Minnesota, Wisconsin & Michigan) from which the Matanuska Colonists came, will be unveiled at the Palmer Train Depot. These barn quilts are the beginning of a plan for a local Barn Quilt Trail.
Mark your calendars now - and hold that date - for some new and exciting quilt-themed events coming to this year’s Colony Days weekend! Keep an eye out for more details to be published soon — watch for information posters to pop up around the Valley!