Libraries host community quilting bees

A community quilting bee and story time is being hosted by all Fauquier libraries this summer, a great chance for families to “bee” creative.

The Fauquier County Quilters Guild will help families attending the program to design and color quilting squares. Guild members will then take the squares and make fabric blocks that will be incorporated into library quilts.

The community quilting bees are at 2 p.m.:

• Saturday, July 11, Bealeton Library (540) 439-9728
• Saturday, July 18, John Marshall Library, (540) 364-4910
• Saturday, Aug. 1, John Barton Payne Building, (540) 347-8750, ext. 5

The quilting bees are part of a series of programs and special events presented during the Be Creative summer reading program for children through fifth grade and their families. The program also features story times, family movies, and events to pique children’s curiosity and inspire them to be creative and to explore new ideas through reading.