'A Cut Above' Award
In 2010, CVQG instituted this award to recognize a member each year who we feel has gone above and beyond to help make our Quilt Guild special. Sometimes that is in the form of leadership, sometimes it’s that person you can always count on to step up and help. Having monthly quilt meetings and a yearly quilt show requires so much energy and effort- we’re pleased to recognize one more member who is ‘A Cut Above'.
Prior Recipients:
2025 - Jo Ann Hill & Pat Scherer
2024 - Bobbie Elliott
2023 - Debbi Gabler
2022 - Barbara Schellberg
2021- Glenda Price
2020 - Sandy Courrier
2019 - Carolyn Bisbee
2018 - Linda Polk
2017 - Brigitte Mesecke
2016 - Mary Margaret Read
2015 - Kathy Theut
2014 - Janice Raabe
2013 - Kathi Babcock
2012 - Jo Knox
2011- Kay Marburger
2010 - Jackie Asbill
The 2026 'A Cut Above' Award goes to Candace Perkins!
The Colorado Valley Quilt Guild wouldn’t exist without the energy and dedication of its members- and some have gone above and beyond in their service. Take a look at the list of those who have won our ‘A Cut Above’ award in the past to see some examples of those who have made CVQG what it is today.
And why do we do what we do? Why do we attend the meetings, worry about By-Laws changes, work like youngsters (which none of us are anymore!) to put on a yearly Best Little Quilt Show, sell raffle tickets and make and give away quilts?
One word: fellowship. We use this hobby to create a community, a tribe, a sisterhood. Think of how much richer we all are to have belonged to CVQG. Think of how its existence has provided the opportunity for so many of us to join, learn more, and share what we’ve learned with others and with the community. And then think of what it takes to keep that wheel turning. People. Us.
The “Cut Above” award gives recognition to a member who has given of themselves to the Guild above and beyond the call of duty. Candace certainly fits this definition. Candace has always stepped up to jobs within the Guild and at the Quilt Shows. Among other things, she has been a greeter at our Guild meetings. For many years, she has taken on important Quilt Show jobs supervising the kitchen as well as the Quilt Angel workers. Her work with Quilts of Valor is the sweetest, making sure our local veterans are honored by presenting quilts to them complete with a great speech. She took on a greater job and the largest commitment of all with our Quilted Stories Project. She is flexible and creative in her distribution
and rotation of quilts and books to area elementary schools and beyond. She has supplied these beauties at school art shows for the public in Flatonia and for Turtle Wing special displays in Schulenburg. She always makes sure there are plenty of books and quilts for story time at the Texas Quilt Museum in La Grange. She is sometimes a silent worker, but she is always there for the Guild. She is a treasure.
Congratulations, Candace. You are truly ‘A Cut Above’!
