Let’s get ready to snuggle.

The Bainbridge Island Modern Quilt Guild will again blanket Winslow Way with works of handmade artistry on Saturday, Sept. 14 as part of the annual Bainbridge Quilt Festival.

Begun in September 2013 by local fabric store owner Barbara Kirk, the yearly exhibition sees quilts “of all styles” hanging throughout downtown Winslow, along Winslow Way outside shops and storefronts and from awnings, as well as at Winslow Green.

“We work with the merchants and landlords to accomplish this,” guild officials said. “The quilts will be hung with clothespins or clips from lines or poles, depending on the situation.”

Previous festivals have included more than 200 quilts.

Various ballot boxes, where votes can be cast for the “Viewer’s Choice Prize,” a basket of sewing goodies from area shops, will be out again as well.

The Bainbridge Island Modern Quilt Guild is a nonprofit group dedicated to developing and encouraging the art of modern quilting. The group encourages new quilters and other fiber artists interested in non­-traditional fiber projects, offers educational opportunities through classes and workshops, and supports and provides opportunity for philanthropic works that give back to the community through the use of modern quilting skills.

Later this year, the guild will again host their annual American Hero Sew-In.

A sew-in is a gathering where folks come together to sew, sometimes individual projects, sometimes a common project for a charity or fundraiser. The island guild hosts a sew-in each November making quilt blocks and quilts for the American Hero Quilters and this year’s will be from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10 at the Bainbridge Public Library.

Visit www.bainbridgeislandmodernquiltguild.com to learn more.

American Hero Quilters was established in 2004 to provide recognition and appreciation to wounded service men and women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Each quilt is “a metaphoric hug and a way to express gratitude for their service to our country,” officials said.

American Hero Quilters has more than 800 volunteers participating in the program, ranging from piecers, binders, quilters and other helpers, including generous contributors.

As of the first of the year in 2018, the group has provided more than 26,500 quilts to military men and women and their families.

Quilts are sent to Madigan Hospital at Joint Base Lewis McCord and other Warrior Transition Centers in the U.S., then directly to bases in Afghanistan.