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  • 2021 Popular Vote Quilt Show Winners

    LARGE BED QUILTS:
    1st Place – Nancy McCoy – Labor of Love
    2nd Place – Margaret O’Brien – The Roots of a Family Tree Began With the Love of Two Hearts – 50th Wedding Anniversary Quilt
                       – Saima Davis, Quilter
    3rd Place – Jo Ann Thureson – Bali Pineapple – Contoocook Quiltworks, Quilter
     
    SMALL BED QUILTS:
    1st Place – Susan Goodwin – Unity
    2nd Place – Deb Wyman – The Menagerie
    3rd Place – Heidi Lee – The Nostalgia Garden
     
    LARGE ART QUILTS:
    1st Place – June Pease – Awash With Vines – Julia Friedline, Quilter
    2nd Place – Michelle Plourde – My Wool Bouquet
    3rd Place – Cheryl Goldenberg – Forest For The Trees – Michelle Plourde, Quilter
     
    MEDIUM ART QUILT:
    1st Place – Kim Gregoire – Heidi’s Dream Big
    2nd Place – Cheryl Goldenberg – Nili’s Summertime Sampler – Michelle Plourde, Quilter
    3rd Place – Deb Wyman – Celia – Kim Gregoire, Quilter
     
    SMALL ART QUILTS:
    1st Place - Cheryl Goldenberg – Ninety Day Circle Sampler
    2nd Place – Donna Tondreau – Had to Make It
    3rd Place – Jude Shea – Mountain Waterfall
     
    WEARABLES:
    1st Place – Ginny Canning – Asian Swirl Jacket
    2nd Place – Margaret Donnelly – Town Tote
    3rd Place – Ginny Canning – Ladies’ Outing Jacket
     
    MACHINED EMBROIDERED ART:
    1st Place – Ronda Kilanowski – The Bee Life
    2nd Place – Deb Wyman – Flower Vases
    3rd Place – Deb Wyman – Seascapes
     
    OTHER:
    1st Place – Cheryl Goldenberg – Squash Squad Autumnal Pillow
    2nd Place – Kim Amicangioli – Tree Skirt
    3rd Place – Margaret O’Brien – Pennies
     
    CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!

    Raffle Quilt, Vendor Trivia Card and Baskets Galore Winners

    2021 RAFFLE QUILT WINNER:  Jody Saulnier
     
    BASKETS GALORE WINNERS:
    1. Life on the Lakes (kayak) - #15521 – Cathy Bowler
    2. New Leaf and The Studio - #16017 – Katie Lovell
    3. Tubby Time - #16113 – Nancy Townsend
    4. Glow In The Dark (Paradise) - #16143 – Lillian Oczykowski
    5. Quilters Dream (Pfaff) North Country Quilters - #16179 – Katie Lovell
    6. Family Fun - #16009 – Ginny Canning
    7. Gourmet Basket - #16022 – Naomi Mills
    8. Picnic Time - #16186 – Gail Beckwith
    9. Beginner Quilting - #16098 – Gerry Paquette
    10. Good Times for Two - #16009 – Ginny Canning
    11. Spa Experience - #13785 – Keith Lovell
    12. Lets’ Go Shopping - #16113 – Nancy Townsend
    13. Rulers Galore - #15546 – Terri Weeks
    14. Pamper Yourself - #13778 – Mary Heartquist
    15. What to do when your significant other is quilting - #16146 – Barbara Merlini
    16. Half Moon Gift Shop, Weirs Beach - #16121 – Susan Reilly
    17. Patches Quilt Loft & Embroidery – #16197 – Jane Murray
     
    VENDOR TRIVIA - $100 Vista Gift Card Winner:  Karen Rix

    If prior shows took a Village to put on—this Show took a City!  Many of our volunteers dedicated hundreds of hours and a lot of blood (yes we provided band aids), sweat (yes we provided towels), and tears (yes we provided tissues) to put this together.  We are grateful, thankful, and bursting with pride from the amazing results!  Congratulations and THANK YOU for a job well done by all of our volunteers who helped bring this Show back to the Belknap Mill and to downtown Laconia in a very GRAND way! 
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    With our sincerest thanks,
    Ila and Katie, Co-Chairs
    Harvest of Quilts Show & Mysterious Quilt Journey

  • 2021 Harvest of Quilts - Quilt Show & Mysterous Quilt Journey
    Sept 25th & 26th
    Saturday 10 am to 5 pm & Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm
    at the Belknap Mill, Laconia Housing & The Conference Center all in downtown Laconia, NH

    Quilt Show Props

    Your Quilt Show Props Committee is looking for Props for the upcoming quilt show.  Props not only make our show more attractive, but they make it safer.  The set-up committee places small props at the base of our quilt racks to prevent our guests from tripping over the rack supports.  Small props such as children’s rocking chairs, toy cribs, dolls, plant stand (to display smaller quilted items) and other antique items are welcome. 

    You should label each item with the owner’s name and complete a Props Registration Form which you will find on the Guild’s website.   Drop your items off at the Belknap Mill Props Registration Table on Thursday, September 23rd between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.   Pick them up after the show closes on Sunday, September 26th.  Please contact Deb Derrick, Michelle Slock or Lori Gardiner (your Prop Committee Members) if you have any questions.

    Thank you for making our show attractive and safe!

    Mysterious Quilt Journey

    Registration for the “Journey” will involve a different form and will follow at a later date.  For now, please be thinking about the quilts you are working on, or may have already made that match a particular business in downtown Laconia.  The list of businesses from 2020 was posted in the March Newsletter for reference.  The Mysterious Quilt Journey is a fun, interactive, family event, made all the more whimsical by matching quilts to the businesses, so please be thinking of all the quilts in your inventory!  Just a reminder: Quilts in the “Journey” will NOT be voted on, nor will they be included in the Program Booklet.
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    We’re getting excited about this year’s Quilt Show Extravaganza – hope you are too!!
    Katie & Ila, Quilt Show Co-Chairs

    Attic Corner

              If you find yourself home and cleaning your sewing room, please keep the Attic Corner in mind. We will be taking fabric donations at the donation bins anytime and at the meetings in June, July, August, and September.
              NO scraps! Any pieces you would like to donate now need to be a least 1/4 yard of quilting cotton or flannel. Denise Moore & I will sort, measure, mark and bundle these donations before the quilt show in September. All sewing-related donations are welcome to be dropped off at the show site on Friday, the day before the show opens. We take books, magazines, patterns, tools, rulers, etc.
              We have cleared more than $1000 in our corner of the show (not counting 2020) for the last several years because a lot of people donate a little.
              Please clearly mark the items “Attic Corner” when dropping them off.

    Quilted Treasures

              Hello Everyone!!! I would like to let you know that our team will be able to collect donated items at the monthly quilt meetings.
        The goal of the Quilted Treasures “Table” is twofold;
    1. To showcase our amazing talents, and the fact we are a super generous and giving group;
    2. And the second is promoting all of the things our Guild offers when you become a member.
              Any handmade item is welcome.  I will have some different ideas, patterns and premade kits for members if that sparks your creativity.  Also, I will even have a few UFO’s for you to finish if you are feeling courageous.  Consider joining the Quilted Treasurers team, if you are a person who likes to organize, play with fabric and cut, cut and cut !! Thank you for your team spirit!! 
              Feel free to send me an email with ideas or comments: dawnlovell72@gmail.com.

  •  2021 Harvest of Quilts Show & Mysterious Quilt Journey Board

    Harvest of Quilts Show & Mysterious Quilt Journey Co-Chairs — Katie Haddock & Ila Mattila
    Admissions Chair — Tricia Stream, Co-Chair — Deb Maes and Cheryl Goldenberg
    Attic Corner  Co-Chairs — Linda Monasky & Denise Moore
    Baskets Galore Team — Susan Reilly, Dawn Dupak, Linda Claveau
    Fire Marshals — Jody Saulnier, Cathy Bowler, Donna Tondreau, Pam Horvath & Jen DePiano
    Golden Scissors Chair — Kathy Higgins
    Hanging Quilt Show Design Chair — June Pease
    Logistics/Hanging Chair — Jean Durfee
    Hanging MQJ Design Chair — Kim Gregoire
    Photographers for Event — Denise Badger & Allison Rainville
    Preview/”Reception” — Ann Rampulla, Deb Wyman, and Mary Jo Vick
    Program Booklet Chair — Allison Rainville
    Program Booklet Ad Sales Chair — Allison Rainville
    Props Co-Chairs — Deb Derrick & Michele Slock
    Publicity Chair — Micci Freyenhagen
    Quilted Treasures Chair — Dawn Lovell, Co-Chair — Kathy Higgins, & Deb Balcom
    Quilt Registrations Chair — Michelle Plourde & Sue Goodwin
    Raffle Quilt 2021 – Kim Gregoire
    Raffle Quilt 2022 – Margaret O’Brien, Jean Vaillancourt & Inga Wulfraat
    Raffle Quilt Ticket Sales Administrative — Co-Chairs Pam Horvath and Donna Tondreau
    Raffle Quilt Outside Sales Chair — Kim Gregoire
    Special Exhibit “My Very First Quilt” Entries from the Beginner Quilting Classes — Chair, Lisa Burton
    Signs Outside Directions Chair —  Lena Nirk and Co-Chair Heidi Lee
    Signs Internal — Jody Saulnier
    Sweet Finishes Baked Goods — Ann Rampulla, Bonnie Breen-Wagner, Deb Wyman, Mary Jo Vick
    Take Down/Breakdown Chair — Jean Durfee
    Vendors Chair — Jennifer Wright, Co-Chair — Cathy Bowler
    Volunteer Coordinator — Allison Rainville
    White Gloves Chair —Wendy Solomon, Co-Chair — JoAnn Thureson

  • 2021 Quilt Show Categories

    Junior:  A quilt made by someone 16 years of age or younger

    Bed - Small:  A quilt intended as a lap quilt, baby quilt, or bed runner; total outside perimeter not to exceed 240” 

    Bed - Large:  A quilt that is made to go on a bed, total outside perimeter of 241” or more.

    Small Art Quilt:  A quilt that is made to hang on a wall, total outside perimeter not to exceed 50”  Miniature quilts will be included in this category.

    Medium Art Quilt:  A quilt that is made to hang on a wall, total outside perimeter between 51” and 175” 

    Large Art Quilt:  A quilt that is made to hang on a wall, total outside perimeter more than 175”.

    Machine Embroidered Art:   A quilt or other piece of art created using computer controlled stitching.

    Wearable: Quilted clothing, including but not limited to jackets, coats, vests, purses, totes, etc.

    Other:  Non-wearables, including lampshades, pillows, pin cushions, Christmas tree skirts, stockings, home decor’, etc.
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    Non-Voting Categories:  Includes vintage quilts, quilt tops, etc.  Quilts that are entered in this category will not be included in the popular vote. 


    The registration committee reserves the right to change a quilt’s category if it does not meet the above guidelines.

  • Hanging Sleeve for Quilt Show Display

    1. The hanging sleeve for your quilt does not need to be a permanent hanging sleeve. If however, you put a temporary sleeve over a permanent sleeve (for instance, if the show sleeve needs to be wider than the permanent sleeve), be sure that permanent sleeve is completely covered.
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    2. Cut a 11.5” strip of washed muslin or cotton fabric, making it 1” shorter than the top edge of the quilt. Turn under 1/4” twice at each end and stitch in place. 
    ​3. With wrong sides together, stitch long edges together 1/2” from raw edges. Baste the long folded edge loosely, 1/2” from edge.
    ​4. Roll the seam to the middle of one side and place this side against the quilt backing. Press open or to one side; either way is fine. The basted seam should be away from the quilt, opposite to the stitched seam. 
    ​5. Slipstitch the top edge of the tube to the quilt backing about 1” below the inner edge of the binding and the lower edge of the sleeve flat to the quilt backing, catching the lower layer of the sleeve. Remove the basting so the front of the hanging sleeve is a little larger than the side which has been slip stitches to the backing. This excess will be taken up by the pole, allowing your quilt to hang smoothly without a ripple at the top. 
    Click here to download PDF instructions.

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