LAKEPORT, Calif. – Two hundred quilts will be on display at the Lake County Fairgrounds when the 12th annual Falling Leaves Quilt Show comes to town Saturday, Oct. 5, and Sunday, Oct. 6.

The show takes place 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the fairgrounds, 401 Martin St. in Lakeport

The Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild (LLQG) invites quilters, quilt lovers and their friends to this show that crams Lewis Hall to the rafters with color and beauty.

The quilts range in style from traditional to innovative to art quilts, in sizes from miniatures to king-size. The colors span the spectrum from delicate pastels to bold and bright.

A “first” for this year’s show is a display of 3-D quilts by Donna Hodges and her daughter Lyn Nunn.

Hodges and Nunn used fabric that looks normal to the unaided eye but, when viewed through 3-D glasses, fish swim off of the quilt, planets orbit and butterflies float.

LLQG will provide 3-D glasses for viewing these quilts.

The show also includes 20 patriotically themed Wounded Warrior quilts made by LLQG members and destined for wounded military members returning from combat.

Cara Gulati, the show’s featured quilter, will display a number of her distinctive quilts and will attend the show both days to meet show guests. Gulati is known for her large art quilts such as her 3-D Explosion series.

Local VIP judges Rich Hinchcliff, chief deputy district attorney; Mandy Feder, editor of the Lake County Record-Bee; Stephanie Wayment, from the Lake County Office of Education; Steve Estrada, owner of the Chapel of the Lakes; and Jennifer Taylor of Umpqua Bank will select their favorite quilts for special awards.

The VIPs may not be quilters, but they “know what they like.” VIP Award ribbons will mark the VIP quilts.

Vendors will be selling quilt-related merchandise and demonstrating various quiltmaking techniques both Saturday and Sunday.

The demonstration schedule is posted at www.LLQG.org under the Falling Leaves Quilt Show tab.

Other show attractions include the Country Store boutique, an opportunity quilt, a door prize, themed gift baskets and a silent auction.

Guests can vote for their favorite quilts, one of which will receive the Viewer’s Choice award. Drawings will occur on Sunday afternoon.

Angelina’s Bakery is returning this year to serve lunch in the “Open-Air Café” on the east side of Lewis Hall each day.

Discount pre-sale tickets are available at Kerrie’s Quilting, 1853, N. High St. in Lakeport, Shelley’s Quilted Treasures, 5300 Second St. in Kelseyville and Bird Brain Designs, 3925 Main St. in Kelseyville now through 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4.

For more information about the Falling Leaves Quilt Show, contact Marj Sweeney at 707-994-1186.

Information also is available on the Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild Web site at www.LLQG.org .