Quilt Show General Information

Quilt Show Hours - Entrance Fees - Quilt Entry Information

Teacher Comment Program - Quilt Show Entry Form
 

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Quilt Show  and Vendor Mall Hours
The Innovations Quilt Show and Vendor Mall will be open during the following hours:

Wednesday, October 8, 2—7 pm
Thursday, October 9, 10 am —7 pm
Peer Judging Event* Wednesday & Thursday during regular show hours
Friday, October 10, 10 am—6 pm
Saturday, October 11, 10 am—5pm

 *Click Here for information about Peer Judging

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Quilt Show and Vendor Mall Entrance Fees
Registered participants of Innovations will receive a name tag that allows them unlimited access to the Quilt Show and Vendor Mall during regular show hours.

The general public is invited to attend the
Innovations Quilt Show.  

There is a daily Quilt Show Entry Fee of $15 and a
Multi Day Quilt Show pass is available for $25. 

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Quilt Show Entry Information

· Entries to the Quilt Show are limited to Two (2) quilts per person. In addition you can also enter One (1) quilt in the Fabric Challenge and One (1) quilt in the Water Challenge and One (1) quilt in the Creativity Challenge for a maximum total of five (5) entries per person.

· All quilts entered MUST be machine quilted.  Quilts may be quilted on a longarm, shortarm, sit down quilting machine, home sewing machine or table top quilting system (Handi Quilter or similar). Quilt tops may be hand or machine pieced.

· All quilts entered in the Innovations Quilt Show will be included in the Peer Judging Event.

· You MUST include a full view photograph or printed digital photo of each quilt entered into the Innovations Quilt Show with your entry form. The photo will be used for identification purposes only and will not be returned.

· The deadline for Quilt Show Entries is:

September 10, 2008

· Confirmation of your quilt entry  will be sent as soon as your entry is received.  The  Quilt Show Information packet will be sent to all entrants after August 1, 2008. The Quilt Show Packet will include shipping and quilt drop off instructions, quilt pick up instructions and any other information necessary for the Innovations Quilt Show.

Submitting a Quilt Show Entry:  An entry fee of $15 per quilt is required with the completed Quilt Show Entry Form on page 10. 

Click Here for a printable Quilt Show Entry Form (pdf file)  

Quilt Show Judging:  All quilts entered in the Innovations Quilt Show will be
PEER JUDGED.   During the regular Quilt Show hours on Wednesday, October 8 and Thursday, October 9, all people attending the Innovations Quilt Show will be given a special Peer Judging ballot. Each person will then cast their vote for their favorite quilt in each category.  All votes will be tallied Thursday night and the winners will be posted by 10:00 am on Friday, October 10.

Awards:  There will be a First, Second and Third Place ribbon awarded for each quilt category, including the Teacher’s Category.  There will be one (1) winner in the Fabric Challenge, the Creativity Challenge and the Water Challenge. Two (2) identical ribbons will be awarded to each winning quilt, one ribbon for the piecer/appliquér and one ribbon for the quilter. Cash prized will be awarded to winning quilts. More details about the cash awards will be posted at a later date.

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Teacher Comment Program

Due to the overwhelmingly positive responses to the Teacher Comment Program introduced last year, Innovations 2008 will again offer quilt show entrants feedback about their quilts from the Innovations teachers.

Innovations is a peer judged quilt show and has no “formal” judging. Many quilt show judges are unfamiliar with the intricacies or mechanics of machine quilting, especially longarm/shortarm quilting. Because of this, Innovations purposely does not have “formal” judging of the quilt show.

The Innovations teachers have volunteered to make comments on the quilts hanging in the Innovations Quilt Show.  The Teacher Comment Program is another way the Innovations teachers are committed to making the event the best educational experience possible for all participants. It is our goal to have at least two teacher comments for each quilt in the quilt show.

Each Teacher participating in this program will be given a Quilt Comment Form for each of their assigned quilts. They will have the opportunity to view the quilts during the Quilt Show and make their comments. The Teacher Comments will be held in a secure area until the end of the Quilt Show and will be available to the quilt owner when the quilt is picked up at the conclusion of the Quilt Show or will be included in the box if a quilt is to be shipped back to its owner.

We at Innovations wish to thank our teachers who are volunteering their time and for their enthusiastic support of the Teacher Comment Program.