Published September 15. 2026 02:45PM
The Sew What Quilt Guild will host its Quilt Bingo Sunday at the Aquashicola Fire Company, 270 Little Gap Road, Palmerton.
Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. Bingo will start at 1 p.m. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Palmerton Area Library or at the door. All tickets include cards for 20 games plus five specials.
Each bingo prize will be a quilted item, such as place mats, table runners and wall hangings.
The coverall prize pictured will be an America250 commemorative queen size (92-inches wide by 92-inches long) quilt that was assembled by Barbara Herman and long arm quilted by Mary Jane Klenk.
Additional cards and refreshments will be available to purchase. There will be a 50/50 drawing.
The proceeds will benefit the Palmerton Area Library and the Sew What Quilt Guild.
For ticket or information about the Quilt Bingo, contact the Palmerton Area Library at 610-826-3424.
The Sew What Quilt Guild has about 50 members, and is always in search of new members.
The group generally holds its meetings at 10 a.m. on the first Friday of each month at the Palmerton Area Library.
For more information about joining the Sew What Quilt Guild, contact Terri Sheckler at 570-386-5242.
Kristin Simmons, left, public relations person for Sew What Quilt Guild; Barbara Herman, center, treasurer for the guild; and Judy Borger, co-chair of the Quilt Bingo, are shown with this America250 commemorative queen-size quilt that is the coverall prize for the Sew What Quilt Guild’s seventh annual Quilt Bingo on Sunday at the Aquashicola Volunteer Fire Company. TERRY AHNER/TIMES NEWS