Saturday, July 9, is outdoor quilt day at the Maple Valley Farmers’ Market.
The market is pleased to welcome Covington Quilt Guild, who will share their love of quilting with a large booth of hug quilts (charity quilts), a magnificent raffle quilt, and a number of prized quilts.
In addition, market manager Victoria Laise Jonas will hang some of her quilts around the market place.
As always, more than 40 vendors will offer freshly-picked fruits and vegetables; custom meat; milk; eggs; baked goods, sandwiches, soups, waffles, bagels, and hot aromatic tea; flower bouquets; artwork, jewelry, furniture, photos, handbags, and more; bath products, lavender products, locally-bottled wine, and plants. In addition, homemade jams, spices, and warm kettle corn are sold each week.
The market will also showcase two youth entrepreneurs, as Kelin Doner and Lost in the Thicket Artisan Group pay a return visit to the Market.
Along with Covington Quilt Guild, Emily Weisenburger & Girl Scout Troop No. 42431 will host an informational/educational booth on the benefits that bats bring to our community.
Music is an essential part of every Market Saturday, and this week will feature a Seattle pop grunge band from Maple Valley. Mascots for the Rat City Rollergirls, Dace and Arielle Anderson run a 501(c)3 nonprofit music school, Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More Music Academy.
According to their website, http://www.zazzle.com/sealthlive/about, their band, Sealth, “blends a potentially dangerous cocktail made of equal parts hometown grunge and classic rock with a heavy dose of hairspray.”
In addition, Dace Anderson is the exclusive Entertainment Sponsor for this year’s market season.
Whether it’s the freshest produce, fruit, and flowers around town; quilts; the unique products made by local entrepreneurs; the music; the delicious food items; the artwork; or the chance to catch up with neighbors and friends—Maple Valley Farmers’ Market, held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Rock Creek Elementary, is definitely the “Saturday morning place to be!”
