2018 TQG QUILT SHOW
Read the TQGVA Quilt Show Special Edition Newsletter Volume 1 here
Read the TQGVA Quilt Show Special Edition Newsletter Volume 2 here.
The TQG 2018 Quilt Show Wrap-up
The TQG 2018 Quilt Show Committee conducted their final meeting on September 5th, 2018 where each sub-committee presented their final reports. I want to share with you some of the information provided.
Paid admission at the gate was approximately 731 people that attended our show. Of the 731, there were 96 people that purchased & turned in the advance ticket vouchers. This number is down from previous quilt shows and we are at a loss as to why because we had excellent advertising! Specifically, there was a full article about our quilt show in the “BEACON” a week prior to the dates of the quilt show. Sometimes, it’s just hard to predict.
Our 2 workshops were well received. Augusta Cole’s Feathered Star workshop had 8 quilters registered and Sara Madson’s Dazzeling Diamonds workshop had 19 quilters registered.
The Special Exhibit of Steve & Karen Albright’s collection of antique quilts was very well received! We had 6 quilts registered and displayed in our “Junior Quilters” exhibit. As always, we honored our members who passed in the last 2 years in our Memory Quilts exhibit.
The “Sit & Sew” event was a big hit and having those wonderful Featherweight machines to sew the blocks with was brilliant! Thank you, Sara’s Thimble, for lending the Featherweights! There were 68 “Red Cross” blocks sewn, and they will be donated to Quilts of Valor and Project Linus.
There were 214 quilts registered for exhibit at the show. Of those, 81 were judged by NAQS Certified Judge, Beverly Fine. The list of award-winning quilts follows this report.
The Door Prize sub-committee received a little over 200 door prizes from quilt shops, vendors, individuals and guild members to be given out during the 2 days of the quilt show.
The Quilt Show Committee quilt “Black & White & Red All Over” had ticket sales of 1384. The winner of the 2018 committee quilt is Rosemary Rooney! And we couldn’t be happier! Congratulations, Rosemary!
There was a total of 13 vendors registered to vend during the quilt show with one vendor canceling at the last minute.
The quilt show challenge to tell your story of what “Home” resonates for you had 15 entries on display for viewer’s choice. The challenge winners were: Darlene Price 1st Place; Noreen Skiles 2nd Place and Janis Krebs 3rd Place. Thank you to all who took on the challenge and entered a piece.
A big shout out to The “B” who made all of the award ribbons and they are: Debbie Williams, Chris Walker, Judy Ross, Chris Johnson, Diane Benette, Sandy Reynolds, Trish Pehrson, Charlene Freeland, and Beth Alexander.
The “Silent Auction” was a huge success! To date, it made the largest profit than any other Silent Auction in the history of the guild’s quilt shows. Rosemary Rooney & Lyn McCandlish that headed that sub-committee did a marvelous job. Everyone on the quilt show committee and other guild members who came out to Rosemary’s to help create the beautiful bundled baskets really shows the creative genius of our members. Thank you to all of our members for your generous donations, as we know there would not be such a fantastic Silent Auction without all of you! How could you resist from purchasing these items? Overall, there were 348 baskets bundled into delicious eye candy, several quilt tops along with some completed quilts, lots and lots of patterns and books available for purchase. Way to go everyone! I should also mention that we had quilters from other guilds that wanted to know just how we did the baskets, wanted to use our “bidding cards” for a template and also wanted our inside scoop on how we kept inventory and established our price point. We also found out that quilters who are members of other guilds asked about our program booklet and took it to share with their guilds. Some of our committee members jokingly suggested we build a program on how to produce a successful quilt show and travel to other guilds and teach it (hahaha). Anyway, we have an awful lot to be proud about.
Now for the big news! Knowing we have a few paid expenses/bills that we are waiting to clear, I can report we made an excellent profit! The extreme dedication and hard work of the quilt show committee, all of the volunteers, and everyone that registered a quilt for exhibit made this happen!
Congratulations to all TQG members! JOB WELL DONE!
We will officially close out the TQG 2018 quilt show after we reconcile the account, hopefully by the end of October. I want to thank everyone for all of your support, hard work and due diligence as I served you, the TQG membership, as your Quilt Show Officer. It has been an honor! Soon, I am turning over the reins to your new Quilt Show Officer, Cindy Hutton. I encourage your support as the planning gets underway for 2020. Please consider being a member of the quilt show committee for 2020 as it is a great opportunity to serve your guild and to learn/experience something magical!
Sincerely,
Karan Fisher
Winners – 2018 Tidewater Quilters Guild Quilt Show
Judged by Beverly Fine
Best in Show: Seven Sisters by Sara Madson
NACQJ Award of Merit: Yankee Doodle Joshua by Pamila Bowen
Judges Choice: Tranquil Waves by Karan Fisher
Viewer’s Choice: From Sea to Shining Sea by Barbara Clary
Hand Quilted Applique
1st Place: Awakening by Lee Gravina
2nd Place: Joe Garden by Janet L. Simmons
Machine Quilted Applique – Small
1st Place: Sunrise Serenade by Jackie Gaskins
2nd Place: My Cup of Tea by Peggy Miltier
Machine Quilted Applique – Large
1st Place: Baltimore Album by Barbara Cartwright
2nd Place: Ada’s Aprons by Thelma Sawyer
Hand Quilted Pieced – Small
1st Place: Grandbaby Quilt by Brenda Sue Hill
Hand Quilted Pieced – Large
1st Place: Barn Raising Under the Stars by Gene D. Payne
2nd Place: Traveling Chaney by Deborah Huber
Machine Quilted Pieced – Small
1st Place: Sapphire Seas by Christie Prenger
2nd Place: Sunday Go-To-Meeting by Linda Reynolds
Machine Quilted Pieced – Medium
1st Place: Traditional En Pointe by Carole Harris
2nd Place: Governors Island Beauty by Pat Carney
Machine Quilted Pieced – Large
1st Place: Wishing Upon a Star by Wendy Sue Barrett
2nd Place: Turquoise Turkey by Cindy Hutton
Machine Embroidery
1st Place: Night Before Christmas by Thea Heagy
2nd Place: A Look Back in Time by Barbara Uehling
Hand Embroidery
1st Place: Mid Atlantic Sashiko by Mana K. Masters
2nd Place: I Am Quilt for Susan Cofer by Susan Newsome
Miniatures
1st Place: With This Ring by Jackie Gaskins
2nd Place: Mini Log Cabin by Sybil Magrill
Wool
1st Place: Brown Sugar by Nancy Garnett
2nd Place: My Lovely Wool by Deborah Thompson
Innovative
1st Place: Mountains & Valleys by Jackie Gaskins
2nd Place: Kenny by Darlene Price
Mixed Technique
1st Place: Something Old, Something New by Pat Carney
2nd Place: Stars & Prints by Sandy Reynolds
Wearable
1st Place: Going Around in Circles by Joan Bryan
2nd Place: Chenille Vest by Judy McCloskey
Quilt Show Challenge
1st Place: Darlene Price
2nd Place: Noreen Skyles
3rd Place: Janice Krebbs
Read the TQGVA Quilt Show Special Edition Newsletter Volume 2 here.
The TQG 2018 Quilt Show Wrap-up
The TQG 2018 Quilt Show Committee conducted their final meeting on September 5th, 2018 where each sub-committee presented their final reports. I want to share with you some of the information provided.
Paid admission at the gate was approximately 731 people that attended our show. Of the 731, there were 96 people that purchased & turned in the advance ticket vouchers. This number is down from previous quilt shows and we are at a loss as to why because we had excellent advertising! Specifically, there was a full article about our quilt show in the “BEACON” a week prior to the dates of the quilt show. Sometimes, it’s just hard to predict.
Our 2 workshops were well received. Augusta Cole’s Feathered Star workshop had 8 quilters registered and Sara Madson’s Dazzeling Diamonds workshop had 19 quilters registered.
The Special Exhibit of Steve & Karen Albright’s collection of antique quilts was very well received! We had 6 quilts registered and displayed in our “Junior Quilters” exhibit. As always, we honored our members who passed in the last 2 years in our Memory Quilts exhibit.
The “Sit & Sew” event was a big hit and having those wonderful Featherweight machines to sew the blocks with was brilliant! Thank you, Sara’s Thimble, for lending the Featherweights! There were 68 “Red Cross” blocks sewn, and they will be donated to Quilts of Valor and Project Linus.
There were 214 quilts registered for exhibit at the show. Of those, 81 were judged by NAQS Certified Judge, Beverly Fine. The list of award-winning quilts follows this report.
The Door Prize sub-committee received a little over 200 door prizes from quilt shops, vendors, individuals and guild members to be given out during the 2 days of the quilt show.
The Quilt Show Committee quilt “Black & White & Red All Over” had ticket sales of 1384. The winner of the 2018 committee quilt is Rosemary Rooney! And we couldn’t be happier! Congratulations, Rosemary!
There was a total of 13 vendors registered to vend during the quilt show with one vendor canceling at the last minute.
The quilt show challenge to tell your story of what “Home” resonates for you had 15 entries on display for viewer’s choice. The challenge winners were: Darlene Price 1st Place; Noreen Skiles 2nd Place and Janis Krebs 3rd Place. Thank you to all who took on the challenge and entered a piece.
A big shout out to The “B” who made all of the award ribbons and they are: Debbie Williams, Chris Walker, Judy Ross, Chris Johnson, Diane Benette, Sandy Reynolds, Trish Pehrson, Charlene Freeland, and Beth Alexander.
The “Silent Auction” was a huge success! To date, it made the largest profit than any other Silent Auction in the history of the guild’s quilt shows. Rosemary Rooney & Lyn McCandlish that headed that sub-committee did a marvelous job. Everyone on the quilt show committee and other guild members who came out to Rosemary’s to help create the beautiful bundled baskets really shows the creative genius of our members. Thank you to all of our members for your generous donations, as we know there would not be such a fantastic Silent Auction without all of you! How could you resist from purchasing these items? Overall, there were 348 baskets bundled into delicious eye candy, several quilt tops along with some completed quilts, lots and lots of patterns and books available for purchase. Way to go everyone! I should also mention that we had quilters from other guilds that wanted to know just how we did the baskets, wanted to use our “bidding cards” for a template and also wanted our inside scoop on how we kept inventory and established our price point. We also found out that quilters who are members of other guilds asked about our program booklet and took it to share with their guilds. Some of our committee members jokingly suggested we build a program on how to produce a successful quilt show and travel to other guilds and teach it (hahaha). Anyway, we have an awful lot to be proud about.
Now for the big news! Knowing we have a few paid expenses/bills that we are waiting to clear, I can report we made an excellent profit! The extreme dedication and hard work of the quilt show committee, all of the volunteers, and everyone that registered a quilt for exhibit made this happen!
Congratulations to all TQG members! JOB WELL DONE!
We will officially close out the TQG 2018 quilt show after we reconcile the account, hopefully by the end of October. I want to thank everyone for all of your support, hard work and due diligence as I served you, the TQG membership, as your Quilt Show Officer. It has been an honor! Soon, I am turning over the reins to your new Quilt Show Officer, Cindy Hutton. I encourage your support as the planning gets underway for 2020. Please consider being a member of the quilt show committee for 2020 as it is a great opportunity to serve your guild and to learn/experience something magical!
Sincerely,
Karan Fisher
Winners – 2018 Tidewater Quilters Guild Quilt Show
Judged by Beverly Fine
Best in Show: Seven Sisters by Sara Madson
NACQJ Award of Merit: Yankee Doodle Joshua by Pamila Bowen
Judges Choice: Tranquil Waves by Karan Fisher
Viewer’s Choice: From Sea to Shining Sea by Barbara Clary
Hand Quilted Applique
1st Place: Awakening by Lee Gravina
2nd Place: Joe Garden by Janet L. Simmons
Machine Quilted Applique – Small
1st Place: Sunrise Serenade by Jackie Gaskins
2nd Place: My Cup of Tea by Peggy Miltier
Machine Quilted Applique – Large
1st Place: Baltimore Album by Barbara Cartwright
2nd Place: Ada’s Aprons by Thelma Sawyer
Hand Quilted Pieced – Small
1st Place: Grandbaby Quilt by Brenda Sue Hill
Hand Quilted Pieced – Large
1st Place: Barn Raising Under the Stars by Gene D. Payne
2nd Place: Traveling Chaney by Deborah Huber
Machine Quilted Pieced – Small
1st Place: Sapphire Seas by Christie Prenger
2nd Place: Sunday Go-To-Meeting by Linda Reynolds
Machine Quilted Pieced – Medium
1st Place: Traditional En Pointe by Carole Harris
2nd Place: Governors Island Beauty by Pat Carney
Machine Quilted Pieced – Large
1st Place: Wishing Upon a Star by Wendy Sue Barrett
2nd Place: Turquoise Turkey by Cindy Hutton
Machine Embroidery
1st Place: Night Before Christmas by Thea Heagy
2nd Place: A Look Back in Time by Barbara Uehling
Hand Embroidery
1st Place: Mid Atlantic Sashiko by Mana K. Masters
2nd Place: I Am Quilt for Susan Cofer by Susan Newsome
Miniatures
1st Place: With This Ring by Jackie Gaskins
2nd Place: Mini Log Cabin by Sybil Magrill
Wool
1st Place: Brown Sugar by Nancy Garnett
2nd Place: My Lovely Wool by Deborah Thompson
Innovative
1st Place: Mountains & Valleys by Jackie Gaskins
2nd Place: Kenny by Darlene Price
Mixed Technique
1st Place: Something Old, Something New by Pat Carney
2nd Place: Stars & Prints by Sandy Reynolds
Wearable
1st Place: Going Around in Circles by Joan Bryan
2nd Place: Chenille Vest by Judy McCloskey
Quilt Show Challenge
1st Place: Darlene Price
2nd Place: Noreen Skyles
3rd Place: Janice Krebbs