Countdown to Quilt Show!

Our third annual quilt show is June 1-2-3!  This year our theme is "Blast of Stars" and we're getting ready to shine!

Quilt show preregistration forms are now available - hard copies at Cascade Fabrics in Sedro-Woolley and soft copies via Teri Bever or Judy Johnson.  Leave a message on this blog if you need a form and don't have the current e'mail addresses.

We welcome quilters of ALL abilities to participate and display quilts.  This is a COMMUNITY quilt show and we want to show off the variety of talent that Sedro-Woolley and Skagit County quilters have to offer.  There will be some quilts displayed from outside our immediate area, too, come and see!  We plan to hang 200+ quilts again this year.

Remember to submit a photo with each entry form.  Also cite the source of your pattern on the form and in the artist's comments that will be displayed with the quilts.  We want to be sure to credit pattern designers wherever we can! 

Once again, we will have local "Celebrity Judges" who will each pick one favorite as well as "People's Choice" winners in these categories:  Large (over 200" in circumference), Small (100" to 199"), Miniature (1" to 99"), Theme, Challenge ("books"), Youth, and Other (wearables, totes, etc.) .

All this in coordination with Sedro-Woolley's Blast from the Past celebration which features vendors, kids' contests, live music, Museum open house, and the vintage car show on Sunday June 3.

Downtown Sedro-Woolley!  See you there!

WFQ 2012 Quilt Challenge - Books!

The criteria for our 2012 quilting challenge have been released, and this year we're focusing on books!  Reading and quilting go together - so many quilters are avid readers and many even listen to audio books while quilting! 

Choose a favorite or one that inspires you and refer to the set of criteria below.  We have an opportunity to hang these quilts in participating businesses during the Sedro-Woolley Story Walk on March 10, 2012 and to also hang them as part of the Challenge category at our 2012 quilt show, June 1-2-3.

Complete your entry by February 29th (it's always fun to use that as an important date) and turn it in at Cascade Fabrics with a copy of the entry form - also available at Cascade Fabrics.

There is no limit on the number of times you can enter and EVERYONE is invited to participate!  Share this info with other local quilters of all ages and be inspired by books!

 

Sedro-Woolley Story-Walk

2012 Challenge Registration Form

The fine print: Using a book for your inspiration, make a quilt depicting some aspect of the book. You can use the cover, general story line, specific setting/scene in the book, title of the book or a character of the book to symbolize the book. There are no size restrictions on the quilt.

The quilt must have a hanging sleeve and if possible provide the rod also (doweling, cut to size, with 2 eye screws in each end works great), but please note, that depending on the store your quilt is placed in, we may use tacks or push pins to hang the quilt.

A copy of the cover of the book must be incorporated into the label on the back of the quilt.

This form must accompany the quilt. Please turn the completed quilt into Cascade Fabrics by February 29, 2012.

There is no limit on the number of times you can enter.

Name:                                                                                                  

Address:                                                                                              

Phone:                                      Email:                                              

Name of quilt:                                                                                   

Title of book used:                                                                            

My inspiration came from:

r The cover

r The general story line

r A specific setting/scene in the book (page(s) _______)

r The title of the book

r A Character in the book (Who?__________________)

Questions? Contact Teri Bever – 360-856-4567 or Judy Johnson – 360-422-3788

 

WFQ meets Sept. 21st

We're getting back in the groove of quilt show planning with a meeting on Wednesday, September 21st at 5:30 p.m. At the Home Town Cafe. Come join us! We'll be talking about the 2012 quilt show and our newest "challenge" idea!

2011 Quilt Show day 3 - the end!

What a great quilt show! 

Thanks to the quilters who shared their work, the attendees who appreciated the quilts, the vendors who kept us hopping with ideas, and the VOLUNTEERS who made the show run like a fine clock.

It takes SO MANY people to put on a great show like this and we appreciate them all.  Lots of non-quilters volunteer, just because they have a quilter in their lives or because they just like the fun of a quilt show! 

Sedro-Woolley's Blast from the Past vintage car show was Sunday, June 5th, and it attracted folks from all over the region.  More than 160 cars were on display - these photos were taken at about 8:00 in the morning when entries were still coming in.  Later, the streets were jam-packed!!

Finally, at 4:00 on Sunday afternoon, we broke down the show and returned all the quilts.  Monday morning, when it was time to take the quilt stands back to Fidalgo Island Quilters (they were rentals!), 10 volunteers showed up at 8:30 in the morning to do the loading and transport, and to do some final cleaning on the buildings!  What would we do without them?

Check back on this blog for some photos of fabulous quilts!  And think about what quilts you will enter next year.  Come on in!  Woolley Fiber Quilters 2012 quilt show will be June 1-2-3 in Downtown Sedro-Woolley!

PS  Don't freak out about "where" the quilt show will be.  It will be downtown.  All you need to do is come to Metcalf Street and look for the signs that say "Quilt Show".  We'll find a building (or two) and be ready to greet YOU!