Carol Rosenquist named guild's Quilter of the Year

Carol Rosenquist: generous, kind, positive, tireless worker, favorite teacher, musical, creative, quiet strength and fun.

These are all words that describe this talented lady. She also now has a new role as Kootenai Valley Quilt Guild’s Quilter of the Year.

Carol Rosenquist, a member of the guild since the 1990s has been honored and will be featured at the 2023 KVQG Quilt Show, to be held at Memorial Center Sept. 8-9.

When asked how long she had been sewing and quilting, she said she started sewing on her grandma’s treadle machine at the age of 6, about 80 years ago.

Throughout her life she has sewed in home economics classes and in 4-H. She made her own clothes as well as those of her children. She stated her kids never had a store-bought pair of “jammies.”

When her husband died, at the recommendation of her friend and co-quilter, Chloe Adamson, she started quilting and never stopped.

She attends about eight retreats a year at places like Flathead Lake and Seeley Lake as well as local retreats. Carol does mission work with her church and they make quilts year-round to be distributed all over the world.

After Hurricane Katrina, Carol went with her mission group and a load of quilts to Biloxi, Mississippi, to aid victims. She has done many trips with her mission groups and armfuls of quilts. She stated that during the Covid pandemic she made about 20 60-inch x 80-inch quilt tops for the mission project.

She loves quilting, which suits her type A personality. The color and feel of the fabric, the creative possibilities, the new ideas that everyone comes up with are some of the reasons it has become her passion. She likes the way quilters share ideas and time with each other.

Carol was a classroom teacher who loved every day of her career, which was 42 years in length. She retired from teaching but didn’t retire from life. She still mows her five-acre lawn about one hour every day and keeps up with her busy life. The members of KVQG are glad she shares her time with them.

The Guild urges Lincoln County residents to come and see Carol’s work as featured quilter at the annual KVQG Show along with many other beautiful creations.

There will be vendors, a Quilter’s Boutique with items available for purchase, along with cookies to purchase.

Show hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Memorial Center.