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Upcoming quilt show will feature marathon-inspired quilted panels

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The Marathon Quilters Guild will unveil a collaborative project celebrating the Boston Marathon at its quilt show next month.

Titled “Go the Distance,” the exhibit is a polyptych — an arrangement of quilted panels — representing all eight towns on the Boston Marathon route. Over 40 artists collaborated on the quilts, according to information from the guild.

Nancy Burdick, co-chair of the guild’s upcoming quilt show April 11-12, said the group coordinated with quilters from each town and across the nation.

“The only rules we had on this invitation to participate is that you’d have to display the road,” explained Burdick. “Each panel connects at the road.”

Each panel will have the same fabric for its section of marathon route, but artists were allowed to customize them with everything from 3D elements and embroidery to special materials. Well-known quilter Timna Tarr incorporated a heat blanket Burdick used when she ran the Boston Marathon in 2024.

“It’s so, so cool,” Burdick said of the exhibit.

The creation and exhibition of the panels aligns with the 130th running of the Boston Marathon. Burdick explained this year’s quilt show had been delayed from the guild’s normal three-year schedule in order to line up with the marathon and the nation’s 250th anniversaries.

The marathon panels are just one part of the guild’s show this year. Burdick said the group will display over 100 member quilt designs at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts next month. It also will have a special exhibit with quilts inspired by the challenge of “freedom of expression” and all incorporate red, white and blue elements.

The guild is participating in a national Quilts of Valor campaign to provide veterans with quilts as recognition of their service as well. Visitors can sign a note of thanks that will be included in the quilt.

Following April’s quilt show, the “Go the Distance” exhibit will keep on moving.

“The [Boston Athletic Association] is very interested in the work we’ve done,” said Burdick. “They will be showcasing our work in a future publication.”

She added that the panels will travel around to different national quilt shows before eventually finding a home at the future International Marathon Center in Hopkinton.

— NICK SCHOFIELD

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Individuals check out clothing in the Hopkinton High School cafeteria during the annual HopSwap community tag sale Saturday. Click here for more photos.

PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO