A Quilters’ Gathering
2008 QUILT CONTEST
Theme:
“ANYTHING GOES!”
Anything goes with this years theme!
A
Quilters Gathering
Quilt Contest is a
juried and judged contest
open to individuals, partners, and groups. Quilts may be new
or completed within the past 10 years. Selected entries will
be exhibited to the public at
A Quilters’
Gathering from
November 6-9, 2008. Judging will take place prior to the
exhibit and a range of ribbons, from 1st Place to
Honorable Mention, will be presented as follows: Best in
Show, Popular Choice, Judges’ Choice, Directors’ Choice,
Overall Craftsmanship, Color Compatibility, Hand Quilting,
Machine Quilting, Reflections of Theme, Publisher’s Award.
Additional award categories may be added at the discretion
of show organizers.
In addition to ribbons
there are other awards. The Quilter Magazine will award cash
prizes to: Best of Show-$400; 1st Place
Reflection of Theme-$300; and Publisher’s Award-$300.
Bernina of America, Inc. will present one of their machine
models for Best Quilting, Hand or Machine, and Eastcoast
Quilters Alliance 3 will present the Jayne E. Young Memorial
cash awards of $200, $100, and $50 to the 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd Place winners in the Overall
Craftsmanship category. Several other cash or prize awards
may also be offered.
Jurying of
Slide/Photo entries is done by a highly qualified Selection
Committee; Judging is done by duly certified judges who
examine the actual quilts and determine winners in each
category.
All quilts and wall
hangings in any style, size, design, and method of
construction may be entered. All work submitted must have
been executed totally by Entrant(s), i.e. individual,
partners, or group, and must be available from October 25 to
November 20, 2008. Entries that are tied or made from kits
or non-traditional materials are not eligible. Work
previously shown at A Quilters Gathering
cannot be entered again.
A non-refundable
entry fee of $15.00 per Entrant is required. This fee allows
3 different pieces to be submitted. Each submission must
include 2 slides, photos or scanned images on CD – a full view and a close-up, and
an Entry Form. Entries must be in color. Any size photo may
be sent so long as it clearly depicts the quilt colors,
technique, craftsmanship, quilting stitch, and other
pertinent details. Slides/Photos/CD's of work will become
the property of Eastcoast Quilters Alliance 3 and accepted
entries may be used for publicity purposes. Entries must include
a Self-Addressed-Stamped-Envelope with $.41 postage for
mailing the Notification of Status letter. This letter will contain full
instructions for mailing/delivering accepted entries. In
the event this letter is not received within a week of the
date indicated below please do not hesitate to contact Kate
Sussman at kate@aquiltersgathering.com or 1-603-714-8871.
Submission of Entry
Form implies consent to abide by contest rules and
regulations.
CONTEST CALENDAR
Deadline date for
submitting Entries: September 15, 2008
Entrants notified of
status by: October 1, 2008
Quilts due to
Eastcoast Quilters Alliance by: October 25, 2008
Quilts exhibited at A
Quilters Gathering: November 6 - 9, 2008
Quilts shipped to
Entrants by: November 20, 2008
SUBMIT ENTRIES BY
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 AS FOLLOWS: A CHECK FOR $15.00
MADE OUT TO EASTCOAST QUILTERS ALLIANCE 3 SHOULD BE SENT
WITH AN ENTRY FORM AND 2 SLIDES/PHOTOS/SCANNED IMAGES ON
CD PER SUBMISSION.
(THREE SUBMISSIONS MAXIMUM PER ENTRANT - IF SUBMITTING CD
PLEASE SEND ALL IMAGES ON ONE CD) AND A SASE FOR
NOTIFICATION AND RETURN OF SLIDES OR PHOTOS TO: QUILT
CONTEST: EASTCOAST QUILTERS ALLIANCE 3, 307 N AMHERST RD,
BEDFORD, NH 03110.
2008 "ANYTHING GOES" Quilt Contest Entry Form
