BMQG Harvest of Quilts Show & Mysterious Quilt Journey
Thank you for making our 2024 Quilt Show such a HUGE success,
see you next year!
Quilt Show Props
Your Quilt Show Props Committee will soon be 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.
Check back the closer we get to the show for more details.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 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.
We’re getting excited about this year’s Quilt Show Extravaganza – hope you are too!!
Katie & Ila, Quilt Show Co-ChairsAttic 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.
Any questions contact - Joanne Wilhelm [email protected]
or Kathy Allen [email protected]
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;- To showcase our amazing talents, and the fact we are a super generous and giving group;
- 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!!2024 Harvest of Quilts Show & Mysterious Quilt Journey Board
Harvest of Quilts Show & Mysterious Quilt Journey Committees For September 28-29, 2024 Show
Harvest of Quilts Show & Journey Co-Chairs Ila Mattila and Katie Haddock
Admissions – Chair, Cheryl Goldenberg, Della Kapocius and Jean Vaillancourt
Attic Corner – Co-Chairs Joanne Wilhelm and Kathy Allen
Baskets Galore Team – Linda Claveau-Chair, and Susan Sciotto-Brown
Fire Marshalls – Jody Saulnier—LRMHC Conference Center; Cathy Bowler (for 1 day) & Kim Gregoire – Belknap Mill; Donna Tondreau & Pam Horvath – Laconia Senior Center
Golden Scissors – Chair, Lorraine Barrows
Hanging – Quilt Show Logistics Chair, Jean Durfee
Location Hanging Chairs – 1. June Pease, Donna Tondreau & Pam Horvath @ Laconia Senior Center, 2. Kim Gregoire @ Belknap Mill and 3. Michelle Plourde & Sue Goodwin @ LRMHC-Conference Center
Photographer(s) for Event – Deb Derrick
Program Booklet – Chair, Anne Bole
Program Booklet Ad Sales – Chair, Anne Bole
Props – Lena Nirk, Chair
Publicity – Chair, Anne Bole and Jody Saulnier, Co-Chair
Quilted Treasures – Chair Dawn Lovell, and Co-Chairs Kathy Higgins & Deb Balcom
Quilt Registrations – Kim Amicangioli, Michelle Plourde, Sue Goodwin
Quilt Check-In/Quilt Pick-Up – Kim Amicangioli, Michelle Plourde, Sue Goodwin
Quilt Proofing for Program – Kim Amicangioli, Sue Goodwin, Katie Haddock, & Mary Jo Vick
Raffle Quilt 2024 – Cheryl Goldenberg
Raffle Quilt 2025 – Lynn Poulin & Maureen Bird
Raffle Quilt Ticket Sales – Administrative Co-Chairs Pam Horvath
Raffle Quilt Ticket Sales—Outside Sales – Nancy Smath, Chair, Eileen Lovett, Lena Nirk, and Beth
Shehadi
Signs – Outside Directions – Heidi Lee, Joni Belser & Hope Kokas
Signs—Internal –Jody Saulnier
Square Credit Cards – Chair, Mary Heartquist
Take Down/Breakdown – Chair, Jean Durfee
Vendors – Chair, Jennifer Wright, Co-Chair Cathy Bowler
Volunteer Coordinator – Lori Gardiner
***White Gloves – Dawn Dupak & Wendy Solomon
***Still have slot(s) available on this sub-committeeVOTING Categories for the 2024 BMQG Harvest of Quilts Show
- Small Bed Quilts – A quilt intended as a lap quilt, baby quilt, or bed runner with a total outside perimeter not to exceed 240” (3 layers).
- Large Bed Quilts – A quilt that is made to go on a bed with a total outside perimeter of 241” or more (3 layers).
- Small Wall Hangings – A quilt that is made to hang on a wall with a total outside perimeter not to exceed 90” (3 layers).
- Medium Wall Hangings – A quilt that is made to hang on a wall with a total outside perimeter between 91” - 175” (3 layers).
- Large Wall Hangings – A quilt that is made to hang on a wall with a total outside perimeter of 176” or more (3 layers).
- Machine Embroidery – Entries in this category include items made by using computer programmed design/stitching.
- Wearables & Accessories – Entries in this category include items that may be worn (jackets, vests, and other articles of clothing) as well as purses, totes, briefcases, planner covers, etc. which would be considered accessories to wearables/clothing.
- Home Décor – Entries in this category include items used in household decoration (table toppers/runners, kitchen or sewing room accessories, pillows, rugs, holiday décor, wool runners, penny rugs, etc.) Quilts and/or wall hangings do not qualify for this category.
- Original Design – Entries in this category include quilts that are designed by the entrant. While these items may be inspired by other work, they should not be made using a published pattern. Traditional blocks used in innovative ways may qualify. No size or technique limitations, but all entries must have 3 layers and contain some quilting. Both design and workmanship must be by the entering quilter/artist.
NON-VOTING Categories for the 2024 BMQG Harvest of Quilts Show- Non-Voting – Vintage quilts, quilt tops, etc. Displayed, but not for popular vote.
- Junior (Non-Voting) – A quilt made by someone 17 years of age or younger. BMQG Junior Members may choose to enter their quilts in the appropriate voting categories. (No registration fee is required.)
- My Very First Quilt – A quilt made during the Beginner Quilting Workshop series, Jan-Mar 2024. (No registration fee is required.)
- BMQG 2024 Challenge - "Inspired By A Song" – The 2024 challenge quilts will be displayed as part of a non-voting special exhibit. Quilters may enter their challenge quilt in the Original Design (voting) category if they so choose, and the entry will be identified as having been created as part of the challenge.
- Small Bed Quilts – A quilt intended as a lap quilt, baby quilt, or bed runner with a total outside perimeter not to exceed 240” (3 layers).
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.
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.- …AND THE WINNER IS… BMQG Quilt Show 2024 Winners
Large Bed Quilts- 1st Place – Deborah Bourne “The Flower Garden”
- Quilted by Michelle Plourde - 2nd Place – Carole St. Onge “Lanes End Camp Quilt”
- 3rd Place – Terri Weeks “Circle of Life”
- 1st Place – Pam Horvath “Check Marks the Spot”
- Quilted by Kim Gregoire - 2nd Place – Heidi Lee “Favorites”
- 3rd Place – Charlene Welch “My Blue Garden”
Quilted by Beth Cardoza
Medium Wall Hangings- 1st Place – Cheryl Goldenberg “Truffle Duffel”- Quilted by Michelle Plourde
- 2nd Place – Kim Gregoire “ZURI”
- 3 rd Place – Michelle Plourde “Blossoms”
Small Bed Quilts- 1st Place – Lynn Poulin “Wooly Stars”
- 2nd Place – Linda Monasky “Starry Splendor”
- 3rd Place – Kathy Rice “Manor House” - Quilted by Suki Wright
Original Design- 1st Place – Rebecca Baergen “Escher”
- 2nd Place – Sue Collier “Antique Hankie Butterflies” --- Quilted by Thelma Forrest
- 3rd Place – Maureen Bird “CLQ Strings”
Block of the Month- 1st Place – Michelle Plourde “Stacked”
- 2nd Place – Katie Haddock “Blocking Around the Christmas Tree”
- 3rd Place - Linda Peary “Delicate Flowers”- Quilted by Michelle Plourde
Home Décor- 1st Place – Sue Ochs “Easter Hippity Hop”
- 2nd Place – Helen Hemeon “Bob’s Silk Ties”
- 3rd Place – Deb Wyman “All Boxed Up”
Machine Embroidery Quilts- 1st Place – Deb Wyman “Class Portrait”
- 2nd Place – Lynn Poulin “Starry Night Santa”
- 3rd Place – Freda Weinbrecht “Dashing Through the Snow”
Small Wall Hangings- 1st Place – Carole St. Onge “Embroidery Extravaganza”
- 2nd Place – Cheryl Goldenberg “Rooted” - Quilted by Michelle Plourde
- (Tie) 3rd Place – Sue Ochs “Blooming Cactus”
- (Tie) 3rd Place – Monica Hanlon “Spirit of Amy”
Wearables and Accessories- 1 st Place – Michelle Plourde “My Quilted Kicks”
- 2 nd Place – Sue Goodwin “Hildegard’s Notion Trunk”
- 3 rd Place – Kim Amicangioli “Nora’s Library Bag”
- 1st Place – Deborah Bourne “The Flower Garden”