Quilt Show

B.M.Q.G. Quilt Show

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BMQG 41st Annual "Harvest of Quilts" Coming in 2018!

Check out our 2017 Winners by clicking here.

Date: Saturday, Sept. 29th & Sunday, Sept. 30th, 2018
Where: Gilford Community Center, Gilford, NH 03249
Times:
Admission:

Quilt Registration is now open for 2018. Click on the Quilt Registration tab above.

Harvest of Quilts includes quilts of all sizes and designs. Visit the show's merchants, our "Harvest Café", take in a demonstration or two, have your quilt appraised by making an appointment, visit the guild table, buy your tickets for the penny raffle, door prizes, or buy a chance on our raffle quilt & sewing machine raffles.

JULIE A. CROSSLAND
American Quilter’s Society Certified Quilt Appraiser
Julie Crossland is an American Quilter’s Society Certified Quilt Appraiser with thirty plus years experience as a quiltmaker, historian, and teacher. Julie provides a full range of appraisal types: Insurance, Fair Market, Projected Income (Raffle) or Donation. Her experience and areas of expertise include dating quilts, judging workmanship, providing documentation of physical description and appraisal value. She is trained in traditional and contemporary quilt techniques that include hand or machine quilting.
Visit Julie’s website at: http://juliecrossland.com/
To make an appointment to have your quilt appraised email or call Mary at 603-524-6672.

Quilt Show Entry Registration Information, Registration Forms & Tips

Quilt Show Entry Deadline: Friday, July 20, 2018 in order for your entry to be included in the booklet. No registrations will be accepted after August 17, 2018.

NON-MEMBER REGISTRATION FEE $10 PER ENTRY (keep in mind that is only cost $25 to join the Guild).

Online Registration Form - Preferred method of registration.
2018 Registration Form - PDF Hard Copy

2018 Tips & requirements or registering your quilts.

2018 B.M.Q.G. Quilt Show – Category Descriptions

Junior: A quilt made by someone 16 years of age or younger.
Lap/Crib/Bed Runner: A smaller quilt intended as a lap quilt, crib or bed runner not to exceed 240” - total outside dimension.
Bed Quilt: A quilt that is made to go on a bed, perimeter of 241” or more – total outside dimensions.
Small Wall hanging: Quilts that are made to hang on a wall, not to exceed 175”- total outside dimension. Miniature quilts will now be included in the Small Wall Hanging Category.
Large Wall hanging: Quilts that are made to hang on a wall, perimeter of 176” or more - total outside dimension.
Wearable: Clothing, pocketbooks, totes (including but not limited to Jackets, coats, vests, etc.).
Other: Non-wearable’s including lampshades, pillows, pin cushions, Christmas tree skirts or stockings, pillows, etc.
Non-Voting Categories: Quilts that are entered into this category will not be considered in the popular vote, ie, vintage quilts, quilt tops, etc.
2018 Guild Challenge – From A Distance: Do I Look Great!: Quilts exhibited from this category are part of the quilts shown for the 2018 Guild Challenge at June’s Membership Meeting. A quilt registered in this category are NOT considered in the popular vote.
The registration committee reserves the right to change a quilt’s category if it does not meet the above guidelines.

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

All quilts displayed in the quilt show will need a quilt sleeve. Here are few resources you can use to learn how to make a quilt sleeve.

Quilt Sleeve Directions at About.com (cut a 13" strip instead of a 9" strip to ensure you have a quilt sleeve between 5 - 6 inch sleeve).

2017 Merchants Mall

Ann's Fabrics & Crafts - Box 854, Center Ossippee, NH 03814 Tel: 603-731-3152
Ann Skehan
Barnyard Quilting - 232 US Route 5 North Fairlee, VT 05045 Tel: 802-333-3566
Sharon Petersen
Bittersweet Fabrics & Machines - 8 Cottage Street, Boscawen, NH 03303 Tel: 603-753-4920
David LaValley
*Dreamland Machine Quilting - 15 Fowler St. Penacook, NH 03303
Tel: 603-731-5566 Tracey Szanto www.dreamlandmachinequilting.com
* North Country Quilters & Sew N Vac - 15 Depot St., Rumney, NH 03266
Tel: 603-786-6118 Steve & Michelle Vanasse www.ncquilt.com
Patches Quilt Loft & Embroidery - 649 E. Industrial Park Drive., Unit 17, Manchester, NH 03109
Tel: 603-206-5490 TK & Diane Tkacz
Sew There! Oilcloth Designs and more - 15 Massasecum Ave, Bradford NH 03221
Tel: 603-938-5700 Faye Graziano
Sew-Together Quilt Shop - 2297 Main Street, Tewskbury, MA 01876 Tel: 978-203-0219
Maryann Rossetti
* The Quilting Corner - 322 W. Main St., Suite 110 Tilton, NH 03276 Tel: 603-286-3437
Irene Haley

Please thank our vendors, donors and advertisers by considering their products and services.
* Belknap Mill Quilters Guild Members

Quilt Show Board 2017

Show Co Chairs  –  Ann Rampulla & Co Chair Ila Mattila
Chair –Admissions -Shirley Mento & Chair Tricia Stream
Café - Chair -  Dawn Lovell & Cafe Team Judy Robertson, Bonnie Breen-Wagner & Kaitlyn Lovell
Demonstrations – Deb Wyman
Golden Scissors – Kathy Higgins
Attic Corner (formerly Guild Table) – Chair - Linda Monasky & Co Chair Dawn Lemay
Quilted Treasures (formerly Guild Table New Items) - Chair Ginny Canning & Co Chair Wendy Solomon
Hanging – Chair June Pease & Co Chair Jean Durfee
Take Down - Chair Jean Durfee & Co Chair Diane Malcolm
Penny Sale – Chair - Margaret O'Brien & her "Team" Kathy Higgins, Jean Vaillancourt, Inga Wulfratt
Program Booklet - Penn Wilder
Program Booklet Ad Sales – Chair - Deb Wyman
Props Co-Chairs Penn Wilder & Jane Welch
Publicity – Chair Christy Bartlett
Quilt Appraisal Coordinator - Mary Albert
Quilter 2017 - Tracy Szanto
Raffle Quilt 2017 Chair - Kim Gregoire
Raffle Quilt 2018 Chair - Pam Horvath and her "Team"
Quilter 2018 - Linda Monasky
Raffle Quilt Ticket Sales – Pam Horvath, Donna Tondreau & Micci Freyenhagen
Quilt Registrations – Chair Michelle Plourde & Co-Chair Linda McCloskey
Special Exhibits - Judy Sigsworth & Margaret O'Brien
Signs & Directions- Christy Bartlett & Jo Ann Thureson
Internal Signs - Jody Saulnier
Vendors - Chair Kathy Rice & Co Chair Judi Shea
White Gloves - Kim Gregoire