LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild will hold its Falling Leaves Quilt Show at Lewis Hall at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Lakeport on Saturday, Oct. 5, and Sunday, Oct. 6.

The hours on Saturday are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The quilt show will display over 160 quilts in a wide variety of colors and styles.

Visitors will enjoy the Country Store boutique with various member created, handmade items, a diverse vendor mall, quilting demonstrations, a silent auction and themed gift baskets.

The opportunity quilt will find a home as the raffle drawing will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Fun door prizes will be announced every hour throughout the show with the grand prize of a sewing machine donated from Village Sewing.

This year’s featured artist is Charter member of the Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild and longtime member of Konocti Quilters guild in Lakeport, Kerrie Hershey.

​Hershey’s love of quilting started when her mother-in-law gave her an Ohio Rose quilt made by her husband’s grandmother.

“The hand quilting was wonderful,” Hershey said.

In 1979 she took a class at the Ukiah Adult Ed and one at Connie's Customs in Redwood Valley and has been quilting by hand and machine ever since.

Hershey started teaching quilting in her home in 1991. Her dream of someday owning a fabric shop came true in 2001 when she opened Kerrie's Quilting in High Street Village.

Hershey has received many awards in the quilting world. She has encouraged hundreds of young and not so young people in Lake County through her shop and youth organizations such as 4-H and CLHS Senior Projects in their new sewing endeavors.

Discount pre-sale tickets are available at Darn Cute Quilts and Fabrics, 1859 N. High St., Lakeport, and at Village Sewing, 1252 Airport Park Blvd. in Ukiah now through Oct. 3. Pre-sale tickets are $8, $10 at the door. Children under 12 are free with an adult.

More information can be found on the website http://www.LLQG.org/quilt-show.html.

Suzanne Lee is a member of the Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild and publicity chair for the Falling Leaves Quilt Show.