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Minnesota Quilters, Inc.
37th Annual
Quilt Show & Conference
REGISTRATION BOOKLET
www.mnquilt.org/mq2015
Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center
Duluth, Minnesota
June 11 - 13, 2015
Classes begin June 10
Updated 3/4/2015
Table of Contents
Admissions ...............................2
Banquet ..................................29
Breakfast Lecture .....................20
Bus Tours ..................................9
Challenge Quilts .......................7
Charming City Stroll ..................28
Class Summary ...................18-19
Classes ..............................21-27
Disability Accommodations .......31
Door Prizes ................................9
Driving to Duluth .....................30
Exhibits - Youth .....................11-12
Exhibits - Judged .................13-17
Exhibits - Non-Judged ..........11-12
Exhibits - Overview ....................11
Exhibits - Special ........................5
Faculty ....................................28
Food at Show .............................7
Hanging Sleeve Instructions ....... 6
Important Dates ........................3
Lectures .................................20
Lodging ..................................31
Meet Teachers/Sneak Preview ....28
MQ Annual Meeting ..................29
MQ Board of Directors.................3
MQ Membership ........................8
Parking Information .................30
Photography Rules ....................9
President’s Challenge .................7
Quilt Appraisal ..........................10
Quilt Drop-Off Sites .................10
Quilter of the Year .......................4
Raffle Quilt ...............................4
Registration Form ....................35
Registration Information ......33-34
Schedule of Events ....................3
Show Committee .......................2
Small Quilt Auction .....................5
Special Events ......................28-29
Volunteer Form ........................32
Admissions
Single Day
MQ Member:
$12.00
$10.00
(MQ membership card required)
Children (5-12):
Children (0 - 4):
Multi-Day:
Multi-Day MQ
Member:
$ 5.00
Free
$25.00
$18.00
*Don’t stand in long admission lines
- see page 27
See page 9 for bus tour
group information.
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Greetings from the MQ President
Hello Quilters,
We are happy to announce that we are holding our 37th Annual Quilt Show at the
Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center in Duluth June 10-13, 2015.
We have planned a lineup of classes, lectures, special events, and special
exhibits that promise to offer something for everyone. So please look through
this registration book and mark your calendar for all the exciting opportunities
you can participate in at the show. Plan to enter your quilts in the judged and
non-judged categories. Invite your niece, nephew, grandchildren, and other
young people you know to enter their quilts in the exhibit designed especially for
children and teen creations. Grab a couple of quilting and non-quilting friends and
come spend a long weekend in Duluth being inspired by hundreds of beautiful
quilts; listening to lectures; learning a new technique in the many classes;
purchasing new tools, fabric, and projects from the vendors; and celebrating at
the banquet with our Quilter of the Year and our Scholarship winner. There are
so many events to participate in! Enjoy exploring this registration book now while
you plan your days at the Show and Conference.
The Show committee and Board of Directors are busy preparing for the best show
yet. We look forward to seeing everyone next June in Duluth.
Bonnie Ellis
President Minnesota Quilters, Inc.
Show Committee
Show Coordinator
Laura Nagel (Apple Valley)
[email protected]
Non-Judged Quilts
Special Exhibits
Ellen Carter (Eden Prairie)
Paulette Marini (Minnetonka)
Lynette Disrud (Eden Prairie) Lisa Stene (Eden Prairie)
Mary Lueders (Wayzata)
Admissions
Vendors
Jean Carr (Hugo)
Powerpoint
Sue Rutford (White Bear
Rita Culshaw (Ham Lake)
Sue Rutford (White Bear
Lake)
Lake)
Doug Rutford (White Bear
Banquet
Lake)
Kathie Simon Frank (MinPhotography
neapolis)
Peggy Stockwell (Taylors
Volunteers
Falls)
Virginia Gleason (St. Cloud)
Bus Tours
Jean Hoff (St. Cloud)
Gail Kieper (Eagan)
Printing & Publishing
Mary Tague (Mahtomedi)
Janet Watt (Maplewood)
Website
Karen Knoll (Lino Lakes)
Pat Curtner (St. Paul)
Challenge
Karen Kopitzke (Afton)
Lori Allison (Prior Lake)
Raffle Quilt
Sandi Irish (Inver Grove Hts) Show Director
Charming City Stroll
Linda Wines
Wynn Martin (Marine on St
Registration
[email protected]
Croix)
Jan Wolfgram (Denver, CO)
Audrey Weinand (Blaine)
Door Prizes
Jan Schmidt (Coon Rapids)
Nancy Broshat (Minneapolis) Sharon Johnson (Blaine)
Carla Kilkelly (Richfield)
Secretary
Information Desk
Rebecca Finch (Minneapolis)
Nancy Hall (Nisswa)
Lorretta Stone (St. Paul Park) Signage
Vickie Perschbacher (Coon
Judged Quilts
Rapids)
Miki Peine (St. Paul)
Pat Solfest (Lino Lakes)
Karen Kopitzke (Afton)
Rose Allen (St. Paul)
Merchandise
Wanda Shelton (Roseville)
Small Quilt Auction
Martha Eaves (St. Paul Park)
Doris Kraemer (Eagan)
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. Annual Show and Conference
Board of Directors
Schedule of Events
Advance registration is required for Classes, Box Lunches,
Breakfast Lecture, and the Awards Banquet.
10/1/2014-9/30/2015
President: Bonnie Ellis
[email protected]
President-Elect: Secretary: Martha Eaves
[email protected]
Treasurer: Vicci Mattsfield
[email protected]
Education Directors: Sharon Peterson & Charlette Pittman
[email protected]
Jill Schultz
[email protected]
Thursday, June 11, 2015
7:30am-5:30pm
Registration Open
8:00am-4:30pm
General Admissions Open
8:30am-4:30pm
Classes & Lectures
9:00am-5:00pm
Exhibits & Merchant Mall Open
6:00pm-9:00pm
Evening Classes & Lectures
Communications Directors: Pat Curtner & Karen O’Brien
[email protected]
Operations Directors: Kathleen Winters & Suzanne Fisher
[email protected]
Membership Directors: Anne McAndless & Mary Ann Baraibar
[email protected]
Past Co-Presidents:
Kathie Simon Frank & Patty Von Arx
[email protected]
Important Dates
Advance Registration
(See pages 33-35 for more information)
Members Only: Begins January 15, 2015
General: Begins February 1, 2015
Deadline: May 1, 2015 (mail-in) ;
May 15, 2015 (online)
Non-Judged/Youth Exhibit/President’s Challenge
(see pages 11-12 for more information)
Entry Form Submission Deadline: April 18, 2015
Judged Exhibit
(See pages 13-17 for more information)
2015 Challenge Quilt
(See page 7 for more information)
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
7:30am-7:30pm
Registration Open
8:30am-3:30pm
Classes
6:00pm-7:00pm
Meet the Teachers
7:00pm-9:00pm
Sneak Preview of Quilts
and Merchant Mall
Friday, June 12, 2015
7:30am-5:00pm
Registration Open
8:00am-4:30pm
8:00am-9:00am
Breakfast Lecture
8:30am-4:30pm
Classes and Lectures
9:00am-5:00pm
Noon-1:00pm
MQ Annual Meeting
(MQ Members Only)
5:30pm-9:30pm
Awards Banquet
Saturday, June 13, 2015
7:30am-11:00am
Registration Open
8:00am-3:30pm
8:30am-4:00pm
Classes and Lectures*
9:00am-4:00pm
Noon
Small Quilt Auction bidding
closes (items available for pick-up after 3:00pm)
3:00pm
Small Quilt Auction Pick Up
4:00pm
Raffle Quilt drawing
4:00pm
Show Closes
NOTES:
*The class lunch break on Saturday is 11:30am-1:00pm
since classes end one-half hour earlier than other days
(4:00pm on Saturday).
Event times are subject to change.
For updates, please visit our website at:
Scrap Quilt Challenge
(See page 7 for more information)
Registration Book
Minnesota Quilters, Inc Office
612-436-0449
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Quilter of the Year
Sue Poser
Photo by Brian Leither, Country Gallery Photography
This year Minnesota Quilters honors Sue Poser, the woman
behind Gruber’s Quilt Shop, as the 2015 Quilter of the Year.
After graduating from the College of St. Catherine in 1981,
she worked at the family-owned general store in Genola, MN.
“My grandmother taught me to quilt when I was six years
old,” Poser said. “I began incorporating quilt fabric into the
store right away because that’s my love.” Within ten years
she was offering free quilting classes four times a week and
regularly traveling to national quilting conferences. In 1998,
she brought Gruber’s to downtown St. Cloud and quickly expanded to a larger shop in Waite Park.
For 30+ years, Gruber’s has unquestionably been a mainstay
in the quilt fabric business and Minnesota’s ultimate quilting
destination. But when you meet Sue, it’s quickly apparent,
she is also in the “people” business. “I have had the joy
of meeting people from around the world,” she says. And
people from all over the country have been impressed by
Sue’s passion - from the conception and implementation of
a statewide shop hop with signature fabrics to hosting First
Lady Laura Bush. Sue has mentored quilters on their journey to becoming national teachers and pattern designers,
coordinated Quilt Pink at MOA, promoted quilting on TPT/
PBS, and brought national quilt celebrities to town for classes
and lectures.
For Sue the quilting experience is all about sharing. “It probably goes back to my grandmother,” she says. “She shared
everything.” Congratulations, Sue.
Don’t have Online Access for Registration?
You can try these:
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Public Library
A friend or family member with access
Or mail forms early to have the best class choices
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Minnesota Quilters Raffle Quilt
“Stars On the Water”
Designed, Pieced and Quilted by Sandi Irish
Fabric sponsored in part by
Cherrywood Fabrics (top) &
Timeless Treasures Fabrics (backing)
Batting provided by Air-Lite Manufacturing
(84” X 110”)
The 2015 raffle quilt is machine pieced and machine
quilted. Patterns will be available at the show so you
can make your own version. The quilt was designed to
represent the stars over Duluth Harbor reflecting in the
waters of Lake Superior.
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. uses the proceeds from the raffle
quilt to support its mission to celebrate the art of quilting.
Raffle tickets are $2 each and are available from the MQ
office, at MQ meetings, and during the MQ Quilt Show
and Conference in Duluth. Please pay for the raffle tickets
with cash and checks; we are unable to accept credit card
payment for them. To request raffle tickets, please contact
the MQ Office at 1203 5th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN
55414, by phone 612-436-0449 or email quilter@mnquilt.
org. If you are unable pick up raffle tickets in person, you
may have tickets mailed to you. Call the office or specify
quantity on your registration form.
We encourage you to check out the raffle quilt to take to
your guild or quilt show. This provides extra opportunities
to share the quilt and sell raffle tickets. Please contact the
MQ office at 612-436-0449 or email [email protected]
about when you would like to reserve the quilt.
The raffle drawing will be held on Saturday, June 13, 2015
at 4:00 pm at the DECC in Duluth, MN. You need not be
present to win. Thank you for your help in making this
fundraiser a success! Good luck!!
To view a color photo of the raffle quilt,
please check the show website at
www.mnquilt.org/mq2015.
Small Quilt Auction
Special Exhibits
At each Annual Show, Minnesota Quilters, Inc. offers
small quilts and other related quilt items that have been
generously donated by our membership, teachers, and other
interested quilters in a silent auction. The donations can
include small quilts, table runners, purses, wearable art pins,
fabric postcards, dolls, bowls, pillow cases, pillows and other
small items that illustrate to our show visitors the broad
variety of quilting art AND offer our members an opportunity
to demonstrate their skills, generosity, and support of the
Minnesota Quilters organization. All donations will be
welcome beginning January 1, 2015. Please identify each
item you donate, including: your name, address, telephone,
email (if you have one), and the item’s title (if there is one).
Simply secure this ID note to the item with a safety pin. A
second tag can be attached, but the pinned ID note is also
requested.
COVER TO COVER Book Club Quilters
In December 2000, a book club for quilters organized in the
Portland area. This unique group of artists decided to read the
same book, and then challenge itself to make artwork inspired
by literature. While skills and styles vary within the group,
everyone brings her unique talent and ideas, making it an open
forum for innovative approaches to creating art quilts. The
camaraderie and support have helped these women achieve
new goals in the art of quilting.
Auction proceeds are used to support the mission of
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. including the grants and scholarship
programs, the TV shows on quilting aired in Minnesota
and our region, and to meet other needs of this wonderful
volunteer organization. There will be a drawing for those
who are “early bird” donors at the May meeting for a $35 gift
certificate to the quilt shop of your choice that will include
all donors names up to that point. However, we accept
donations right up to the start of the show. We may also
single out items for a “Buy It Now” option and if you would
like your donation to go on the special table and have a basic
price in mind for the item, let us know.
Voyage Art Textile Exhibit
“Earth” is the most recent collection of 13 textile artists from
all around the world who express their art through their
individual approaches to textiles. As a collective of artists they
vary in both their experience and in the nature of expression
in their art from surface design and mixed media to stitching
in its widest interpretation. Voyage Art Textile’s work broadly
encompasses the understanding of a quilt in its loosest form.
You may bring your donations to the MQ meetings or mail
them to
Attn. Small Quilt Auction
MN Quilters, Inc.
1203 5th Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414-2030
All donations become the property of Minnesota Quilters,
Inc. upon donation, although you can buy yours back if
you cannot part with it!! We will encourage the bidders to
be generous; anything not sold will be used for other MQ
charitable purposes so that you may take a tax deduction
consistent with the IRS rules on donated items. Thank you
for donating and bidding at the show!!
Questions?
Call Martha Eaves at 651-261-6505
or Doris Kraemer at 651-955-8076
For additional information on special exhibits,
check the show website at
Registration Book
Game Board Quilts
This amazing exhibit is sure to put a smile on your face. Imagine
your childhood games, Candyland or Monopoly or even chess
created as a larger than life quilt!
Northern Lights Machine Quilters Guild (NLMQG)
Sunrise on Superior - Welcome to Duluth!...a Special Exhibit by
Duluth’s Northern Lights Machine Quilters Guild. A collection of
quilts made by NLMQG members who participated in a Judy
Niemeyer “Desert Sky” workshop in 2014.
“WICKED” Challenge 2014
The strong visual impact of this exhibit is due to the limited
color palette (wicked green and black) and interesting theme
(WICKED). Some entrants were influenced by the Broadway
hit musical, some by the Wizard of Oz, and some are personal
interpretations of the word “wicked”. The quilts are made entirely
from 100% hand dyed suede-look cotton from Cherrywood
Fabrics, excluding embellishments. Select quilts were displayed
at The Gershwin Theater in NYC - home of “WICKED™”.
MQ Holiday Block Challenge
Quilts made using the Holiday Blocks exchanged every year at
the MQ Holiday Brunch.
MQ Scrap Quilt Challenge
“Recycled: Scrap Quilts, Traditional and Radical” The challenge
was to make a quilt using 80% scraps and at least 20 different
fabrics. Donated quilts will be put into a Silent Auction to raise
funds for Minnesota Quilters “Quilting for Others” projects.
Selected quilts will also be exhibited at the Textile Center in
July and August of 2015. (entry info Pg. 7)
MQ President’s Challenge: Duluth - Best Outdoor City
(entry info Pg. 7)
Twin Cities Quilting: Modern Challenge
The Twin Cities Quilting Challenge encompasses a full range of
modern quilts.
Minnesota Contemporary Quilters 2015 Challenge
This year’s theme- Inside, Outside, Upside Down- will look at
our world from many perspectives.
Students of Pat Cox - “A is for Appliqué”
Hand appliqué is a traditional technique still popular amongst
students of Pat Cox.
Additional Exhibits:
Studio Art Quilter Associates - SAQA Exhibit
Sunday Quilters Round Robin
1930s Feed Sack Charm Challenge
612-436-0449
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Quilt Hanging Sleeve Instructions
Sleeve
To prevent quilts from dragging on the floor when hung, any quilt longer
than 90” must have a secondary sleeve attached no higher than 90” from
the bottom of the quilt. You may still have a primary sleeve at the top.
Secondary Sleeve
Removable Sleeve Option
 Creating the sleeve(s)
90”
Label
Cut (and piece, if necessary) a strip of fabric 9 inches tall and
the width of the finished quilt including binding.
 On the short ends, turn ¼” over twice to create a hem and stitch down.
 Fold the strip in half lengthwise with wrong sides together and press the
crease firmly.
 Open the strip. Bring one long unfinished edge to the pressed fold line in the center.
Press firmly. Repeat for the other long unfinished edge.
 Optional - To keep these long edges firmly creased, edge stitch along the long outside folds.
 Bring the long unfinished edges wrong sides together and stitch with a ¼”
seam to create a tube. Press this seam open. Do not turn the resulting
tube.
 Attaching the sleeve(s) to the quilt back
 Primary Sleeve
 With the open seam against the quilts back, pin one long pressed
edge just under the finished upper binding edge on the back of
the quilt.
 If your quilt is longer than 90”
 Create the secondary sleeve as instructed above.
 Lay out your quilt on a flat surface with the backing up.
 Measure 90 inches up from the bottom of your quilt and mark the backing. Do this in several
locations.
 Using your ruler, draw a chalk pencil line connecting the markings across the quilt back.
 Center the tube, and place the top edge of the tube along the marked line. The tube’s unfinished
seam faces the quilt.
 Pin the tube securely in place.
 Hand stitch the top edge of the sleeve(s) to the back of your quilt.
 Tack the ends of the sleeve(s) in place so it cannot be lifted from the quilt.
 Hand stitch the bottom of the sleeve(s) in place.
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Permanent Sleeve Option
Complete before binding is hand sewn to the back of the quilt.
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Machine sew the binding as you usually would to the front of the quilt.
Cut (and piece, if necessary) a strip of fabric 9 inches tall and the width of the finished quilt.
On the short ends, turn ¼” over twice to create a hem and stitch down.
Fold the strip lengthwise, wrong sides together, bringing one raw edge up to an inch below the other long
edge. Press the folded edge well.
To keep this long edges firmly creased, edge stitch along the long outside fold.
Center the folded strip along the top edge of the quilt, against the backing, aligning its matched raw edges
with the edge of the quilt. Have the side of the tube with the “bump” or extra fabric facing out. Pin the
layers keeping the binding out of the way so you do not sew over it.
From the front, machine sew the sleeve to the quilt on the existing stitching line.
Tack the ends of the sleeve in place so it cannot be lifted from the quilt
Hand stitch the bottom of the sleeve in place
Hand sew the binding over the raw edges of the tube.
Food at the Show
Duluth abounds with eating establishments within easy walking distance of the DECC. However, if you want to stay close
to quilts, we offer the following:
DECC Deli & Treats
Wednesday
• Deli 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Thursday & Friday
• Deli 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
• Ice Cream Noon to 5:00 pm
• Cappuccino Cart 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
Saturday
• Deli 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
• Ice Cream 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
• Cappuccino Cart 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
Box Lunches
To reduce your time standing in food lines, you may pre-register for a box lunch provided
by the DECC for $14.00.
Your choices for each day are:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Box lunches will be available to you for pickup from 11:00 to 1:00 pm and can be ordered for
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Vegetable Wrap, Chips, Soda or Bottled Water
Ham and Swiss on Pumpernickel, Chips, Soda or Bottled Water
Roast Turkey on Focaccia Bun, Chips, Soda or Bottled Water
Salad with Marinated Chicken, Soda or Bottled Water
Minnesota Quilter’s, Inc. Challenges
2015 Challenge Quilts
“Dueling Dahlias” Challenge
Challenge packets included 1/2 yard of the Kaffe Fasset focus fabric and fat quarters of 2 coordinating fabrics.
All entrants will also have the opportunity to exhibit their challenge entries at either the Eagan Community Center/Eagan
Public Library or the Minneapolis Public Library. Entry forms for these additional exhibits will be provided at quilt pick up time.
2016 Minnesota, “Hail to Thee” Challenge Fabrics are here!
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to purchase next year’s challenge fabrics.
Each challenge packet will consist of four fat quarters of beautiful Cherrywood Fabrics. One packet is made up of blue, green
and golden hues and the second of oranges and reds. From these colors and any additional fabrics you choose, make a quilt,
clothing item or three dimensional piece depicting something you like about Minnesota.
Rules and entry form will be included in the packet.
You can reserve your 2016 Challenge packet when you register online for the 2015 Show.
The 2016 Challenge Packet fabrics can be viewed on the 2015 website: www.mnquilt.org/mq2015.
You may also purchase them at the 2015 Show or at the MQ Office after the show if supplies remain.
Price $18.00
MQ Scrap Challenge: See description on page 5.
The information form is located at http://mnquilt.org/forms/ScrapQuiltChallengeExhibitionDescription.pdf and entry forms (2 pages)
are located at http://mnquilt.org/forms/ScrapQuiltChallengeExhibitionEntryForms.pdf. You can also call Minnesota Quilters at
(612)436-0449 for forms.
MQ President’s Challenge: Duluth - Best Outdoor City
The President’s Challenge is for Minnesota Quilter’s members only. Your challenge is to create a quilt using the theme “Duluth, U.S
Best Outdoor City”, an honor given last year to the city by Outdoor Magazine. Rules are simple: the quilt must have a top, batting,
backing, and quilting. The minumum size is 140” (total all sides). You may use any sewing or art technique. The winner will be
chosen by the MQ president and will receive cash and merchandise prizes. Use the Non-Judged entry form on page 12 to enter.
Registration Book
612-436-0449
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Minnesota Quilters, Inc. Membership Information
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. was formed in 1978 to unite
and support quilters and quilt enthusiasts throughout the
state of Minnesota and elsewhere. MQ is run by members
on a volunteer basis. Every event and activity listed here,
plus many others, depends on volunteers. We encourage all
members to find an area of interest and become involved.
1203 5th Street SE
612-436-0449
www.mnquilt.org
The meetings begin at 7:00pm on the first Thursday of the
month and at 10:00am on the following Saturday, at 1203
5th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN. (Please check online to
confirm meeting dates and times.)
Membership Cost
A regular one year membership is $40. Student membership
is $20. Business membership is $65.
Meetings
MQ brings in nationally known quilters who present
programs several times a year at the monthly meetings.
Other meetings feature programs prepared by our talented
members or may be special events such as the Holiday
Brunch. Every meeting includes members’ Show and Tell,
miscellaneous business, and announcements.
Newsletter
MQ News is published monthly and is available by mail or
Email to MQ members.
Library
MQ members may check out books, magazines and videos/
DVDs on a monthly basis during each meeting or at the Pat
O’Connor Library, located in the Textile Center.
Minnesota Quilt Project (MQP)
A standing committee of Minnesota Quilters, Inc., MQP’s
purpose is to locate, record, photograph, and document
quilts with a Minnesota connection.
Annual Quilt Show
Our Annual Quilt Show and Conference takes place every
year in June. The show is open to the public and includes
judged, non-judged, national, and special quilt exhibits.
There are classes and lectures by nationally recognized
teachers, a raffle quilt, small quilt auction, and other
events. MQ awards one scholarship each year to a novice
quilter. For more information, visit our website at www.
mnquilt.org. In past years our show has been on a four
year cycle, rotating through Duluth, St. Cloud, St. Paul and
Rochester. Based on bids received from these locations,
the next three year cycle will alternate between St. Cloud
(2016 and 2018) and Duluth (2017).
Grant Program
The MQ Board accepts applications for grant funds each
year to help with our mission of quilting education. These
grants are provided statewide to support quilting programs
on television and other quilting education efforts. Grant
requests are now accepted from July 1st to September 16th
each year. For more information, visit www.mnquilt.org.
MQ Outstanding Volunteer Award
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. has initiated an annual award in
recognition of the outstanding contributions of our many
volunteers. This award is given annually at the April birthday
party to an MQ member who has been a loyal volunteer over
time and across responsibilities. The honoree will receive
a year’s free membership, a quilt shop gift certificate, and
recognition on an MQ Outstanding Volunteer plaque. MQ
board members welcome member nominations for the
award.
Membership Has Its Privileges!
A prized benefit of MQ membership is early registration for
classes and other show events. Additionally, members receive
reduced rates for registration, classes, lectures, the banquet,
judged quilt entry fees, and free entry for non-judged quilts.
Members can also save money on MQ sponsored events and
classes throughout the year. You may become a member or
renew your membership online at www.mnquilt.org. If you
prefer, use the membership form on this page.
Name
MQ Membership #
Address
City
State
Zip
Phone
Email
Birthdate if 18 or younger:
Please describe volunteer interest and experience on an additional sheet.
____YES, I would be interested in receiving mailings about quilting
____NO, I do not want to receive additional mailings
MEMBERSHIP: $40.00 (regular); $20.00 (students 18 years or younger); $65 (business membership)
Complete and detach this form and send it with a check for the proper amount (US Dollars), made payable to
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. to:
Membership - Minnesota Quilters, Inc.
1203 5th Street SE
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Bus Tours
Door Prizes
Bus tours are a great way to visit the Show. You do not
have to drive, park, or stand in line for admission — just
get off the bus and head for the show floor!
Tell your local quilt shop, quilt guild, or bus company
about registering a bus tour to the show because-• Tour group members get a discounted admission price
(based on the size of the group).
• Tour group members receive a show book.
• Tour registration is free.
• No need to commit to the number of people until a
few days before the show.
• Tour information is put on the 2015 show website for
those people looking for a tour.
For further information, contact the 2015 Bus Tours
committee by email at [email protected] or
check out the information on the 2015 Show website at
www.mnquilt.org/mq2015 on the Venue tab.
2015 MQ SHOW MERCHANDISE
Show your pride in Minnesota Quilters and support the
guild by visiting the merchandise booth to purchase
pins, bags, clothing and other show souvenirs. Items
will be offered for sale at the Minnesota Quilters
monthly meetings in 2015. If you would like to order
in advance of the show and are unable to attend a
monthly meeting, you can contact the merchandise
committee at [email protected].
Send us your ideas for additional merchandise. We are
our own best customers!
The show committee thanks you for supporting
Minnesota Quilters.
Door prizes are a fun and exciting part of our annual quilt
show. During the show and conference, drawings for prizes
are held at the end of every class and lecture, at the annual
MQ meeting, and at special events. Volunteers who work
at the show are also eligible for daily prizes.
We need your help to ensure there are door prizes for all these
events. Please donate one or more quilting related items
that can be given as a door prize (for example fat quarters,
quilt patterns, kits, books, chocolate for sustenance, rulers,
batting, notions, etc.) Also encourage your MQ and nonMQ friends to make a door prize donation.
Items donated should be new or nearly new (in excellent
condition). When you are cleaning out your sewing
area, remember MQ. Just keep in mind when choosing
something to donate: is the item something you would like
to win? Does it look new?
How do you donate door prizes?
• Mail to: Door Prizes
Minnesota Quilters
1203 5th Street SE
•
Bring to the monthly MQ meeting on
Thursday night or Saturday morning.
•
Bring to the 2015 Minnesota Quilters Show
& Conference – donations can be dropped off at
the volunteer table.
Please make sure each donation is clearly labeled
with your name and address, dollar value of the
item and the words “2015 Show Door Prizes”. Your
donations are greatly appreciated. Every donation will
be acknowledged as quickly as possible. Door prize
recipients are encouraged to send a note of thanks.
Questions? Contact the door prize committee by email
at: [email protected]. Contributions are tax
deductible as allowed by the law.
Quilt Show Photography Rules
It’s okay to photograph quilts at the Show if you keep the
following in mind:
to be used on items that may be purchased, such as mugs,
t-shirts, note cards, etc.
Some Special Exhibits may prohibit photography. Check for
signs.
If you post pictures of quilts on your personal website, you
must give credit to the person who made the quilts and
the designer if different than the maker, and note that the
photos were taken at the Minnesota Quilters, Inc. 37th Annual
Show.
Do not take pictures at vendors’ booths unless you ask
permission.
Photos are for your personal use only (NO commercial use).
Do not post photos of quilts on a website that permits images
If you post pictures to your account on a photo-sharing
website, you MUST disable any function that would allow
viewers to order the images on any goods.
Have Questions?
Check out the website www.mnquilt.org/mq2015 for the latest information
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Quilt Appraisals at the Show
Minnesota has a rich and abundant quilting heritage. Over the past 20 years, the Minnesota Quilt Project (MQP), a
standing committee of Minnesota Quilters, Inc., has been documenting quilts and interviewing quilters to preserve this
history for future generations. MQP also offers appraisal opportunities at the annual show.
An appraisal is a valuation in which a diverse number of factors are considered by the appraiser and analyzed in written
form. These factors include the purpose of the appraisal, the market in which the quilt is being valued, the market in
which the quilt was purchased, the market in which you may want to sell the quilt, the type of valuation applied and
valuation approach used by the appraiser. At the end of the appraisal, the appraiser will provide you with an insurance
value, fair market value or donation value for your quilt. Quilt appraisals will be performed at the MQP booth on the show
floor on Friday, June 12, 2015 by appointment only.
There is a $35.00 fee for the appraisal of each quilt.
You may make an appointment to have your quilt appraised at the Show in one of two ways: 1) Email [email protected]
indicating you wish to schedule an appraisal with a telephone number at which we can contact you; or 2) complete the
form below and mail it to the address indicated.
All appointments must be requested by May 30, 2015. All quilts, old or new, are eligible. There is a 3 quilt maximum
unless otherwise approved. Appraisals will be held on Friday, June 12, 2015. Appointment confirmations will be mailed
out by June 1, 2015.
Name: _______________________________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________________
City: _______________________________ State: ____ Zip: _________ Phone: _____________
_____ Number of quilts to be appraised
Deadline is May 30, 2015. Mail to:
Pat Cox
6601 Normandale Rd.
Edina, MN 55435
Non-Judged Drop-Off Sites
Quilts entered in the Non-Judged and Children’s exhibit can be dropped off between
June 1st and June 5th at one of the following quilt shops during their business hours.
Creations Quilt Shop
2904 West 3rd St
Duluth MN 55806
218-628-1687
Gruber’s Quilt Shop
310 4th Ave NE
Waite Park MN 56387
320-259-4360
Red Pine Quilt Shop
915 Washington Ave
Detroit Lakes MN 56501
218-844-5260
Firefly Quilt Shop
1219 Caledonia St
Mankato MN 56001
507-344-0441
Pine Needles
1300 Salem Rd SW
Rochester MN 55902
507-226-8480
Sew With Me
1250 Frontage Road
Stillwater MN 55082
651-342-2126
Four Seasons Quilt Shop
9708 63rd Ave N
Maple Grove MN 55369
763-557-5899
Quilter’s Haven
2930 146th St, Suite 108
Rosemount MN 55068
651-322-7071
You may also mail quilts to the MQ
Office at 1203 5th St. SE, Minneapolis
MN 55414. If you mail to MQ, you
must include a prepaid shipping return
label OR pick up the quilt at the show.
All mailed quilts must be mailed in
time to be received during the regular
drop off dates noted.
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Quilt Exhibits - General Overview
Non-Judged Exhibit
Are you considering displaying a quilt in the 2015
Duluth Show? First, decide whether you want to receive
professional judged feedback and be eligible for competitive
prizes (Judged Exhibit) or if you would simply like to
display and share your quilt (Non-Judged Exhibit). Once
decided, read through and follow the instructions provided
in this booklet for the selected category.
This Exhibit gives quilters a place to share quilts they’ve
enjoyed creating -- whether it’s their interpretation of a
pattern, their results of a group exchange, challenge or
mystery, a kit, or a special gift they’ve made. Because of
the unlimited variety, these quilts offer inspiration and ideas
to all levels of quilting.
• Youth Exhibit: Are you (or do you know) a
youngster who would like to show his or her quilt?
See article on this page.
The non-refundable entry fee for each quilt entered in the
Non-Judged exhibit is as follows:
Minnesota Quilters members – Free
Youth – Free
Non-Members - $10. (US funds)
Payment may be made by check, credit card, or money
order. Make check or money order payable to Minnesota
Quilters, Inc. For entries from outside the United States, an
international money order is required.
• Challenge Quilt: Folks who purchased 2015
challenge fabric share their creativity in this exhibit.
Refer to page 7.
You may submit up to two entries in the Non-Judged
quilt exhibit. Any quilts finished after January 1, 2013 are
welcome. Entry form deadline is April 18, 2015.
• Special Exhibits: Refer to page 5.
Here’s how to enter:
Complete one Non-Judged entry form for each quilt
that you wish to enter.
• Mail entry form plus a photo of the quilt (for exhibit layout
planning only - quilt does not have to be finished), entry fee
(if required) and a stamped, self-addressed return envelope
to:
Non-Judged Exhibit
Minnesota Quilters, Inc
1203 5th Street SE
• Complete all parts of the entry form. Make sure to
designate your drop-off and pick-up choices.
• Do not forget the photo.
• Do not forget the pre-stamped return envelope.
Your entry will result in a letter with information about
dropping off and picking up your quilt(s), usually about 10
days before the drop off week. We need time to plan the
display and organize the numbering system.
• All Non-Judged quilts must have a hanging sleeve and
must have a fabric storage and transport bag with the
name, address, and phone number printed on the outside.
(Sleeve instructions can be found at www.mnquilt.org and
on page 6 of this registration booklet.)
• Quilts for the Non-Judged exhibit must be dropped off, or
mailed to arrive, at the shops or MQ office by June 1 to June
5, or delivered to the DECC by noon Tuesday, June 9.
Non-Judged Quilt details follow.
Judged Quilt descriptions begin on page 13.
Additional 2015 Duluth Show exhibits:
• Small Quilt Auction: Are you willing to donate a
small quilt or quilted item for the show’s silent auction?
Refer to page 5.
Design Source or Inspiration: If you followed a
published pattern from a book, magazine, or pattern
company, indicate the designer’s name and/or publication
on the form. If it is your original design, you may leave it
blank.
Hanging Sleeves: Each quilt entered, regardless of
exhibit, must have a 4 inch finished sleeve securely attached
to the top back of the quilt. Instructions can be found on
page 6 of this book and on the MQ website (www.mnquilt.
org).
Youth Exhibit
Children and youth quilters (18 and younger) are
enthusiastically encouraged to enter quilts in the Show —
whether a doll quilt, wall-hanging, or a quilt.
Use the Non-Judged Quilt and Youth Exhibit entry form to
enter a quilt. Non-Judged Quilt drop-off sites also apply to
children’s and youth quilts.
Children’s and youth quilts must have a hanging sleeve
and a cloth storage/transport bag with name, address, and
phone number printed on the bag and quilt.
Each child or youth who exhibits in the show will receive
a special ribbon and a complimentary one-day show pass
when accompanied by a paying adult.
Registration Book
Non-Judged Quilts are eligible for one of two Non-Judged
Viewers Choice Awards of $250 (Large Quilt or Small Quilt).
Special Recognition Ribbons are awarded throughout the
show by: the MQ President, 2015 Show Coordinator, Show
Faculty, Site Security Team, and a Harbor City (Duluth)
representative. Non-Judged quilts are included with the
Judged quilts in the consideration for those ribbons. The
Harbor City ribbon recipient is also awarded $100.
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Non-Judged Quilt Exhibit, Youth Exhibit, and Duluth – Best Outdoor City Exhibit Entry Form
Mail Deadline: S a t u r d a y A p r i l 1 8 , 2 0 1 5
Complete one form and photograph per item (you may photocopy the form). Limit of two items per person.
Entry fee for the Non-Judged Exhibit: MQ members and Youth – Free, Non-Members - $10.
If paying by check, please make payable to Minnesota Quilters, Inc.
MasterCard
Visa
Discover
Check
Money Order
Payment:
EXP:
/
CCV: _______
CREDIT CARD #
Signature: _____________________________________
Authorized charge amount $ _________
Are you a current member of Minnesota Quilters, Inc.? ___ Yes ___ No
(Please Print)
Name:
Cell phone:
Street Address:
Daytime Phone:
(add’l address)
Evening Phone:
City, State, Zip:
Email:
Please complete one form per item. Limit of two items per person.
Indicate Exhibit:
Indicate Category:
Indicate Size of Quilt (in Inches)
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 Non-Judged
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Quilt
(Maximum is 110” wide by 110” long)
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 Youth
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Wallhanging
Width at Top Edge:
(Youth’s Age: _____)
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Inches
Length from Top to Bottom:
 Duluth – Best Outdoor City
Title of Work:
Inches
Sewn/ Pieced/ Appliqued by:
Design Source/ Inspiration: If item is from a published book, magazine or pattern,
please indicate the pattern designer’s name and/or the publication If original design,
leave blank.
QUILT DELIVERY AND QUILT PICK UP
Quilt Drop Off
I will:
Please indicate which.
Quilt Pick Up
I will:
Quilted by:
Year Item Was Completed: ______
Quilts finished after January 1, 2013, and
not previously displayed in a Minnesota
Quilters Show may be entered.
Please indicate which.
�
Ship my work(s) to Minnesota Quilters
1203 5th St SE. Minneapolis, MN 55414-2030
�
Pick up my quilt at the DECC Saturday June 13th after
the show closes.
�
Drop my work(s) off at the DECC on Tues June 9th by
12 Noon
�
I am enclosing my prepaid shipping label to have my
quilt returned to me after the show.
�
Quilt Shop (between June 1 – June 5) –Specify
Name of shop from page 10
�
Pick up my quilt at the Quilt Shop –Specify Name of
shop from page 10
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
Brief Description of entry: (Approximately 25 words for publication in show brochure). If not enough space here, please attach a
concise description of your entry. Space is limited and published descriptions may be edited to fit space allowed.
Value (for insurance purposes) $
If no value is listed, works will be insured for $100.00 each. A copy of the quilt
appraisal performed by a certified appraiser must accompany entries of quilts valued at more than $1000.00.
By submitting this quilt for the exhibit and signing this entry form, I grant to Minnesota Quilters, Inc., a limited right to
photograph my quilt for archival purposes and for advertising or promotional purposes relating to the promotion of Minnesota Quilters,
Inc. Quilt Show and Conference. This grant includes print and electronic rights to display my quilt for a limited period of time for the
stated purpose. I agree to all the terms and conditions set forth in this application.
Signature:
Date:
Mail this completed form, photograph(s) of the quilted item(s), entry fee (if applicable) and enclose a selfaddressed, stamped envelope for return of acceptance materials to:
Non-Judged Exhibit Minnesota Quilters, Inc
12
1203 5th St SE.
Minneapolis,
MN
55414-2030
Judged Quilt Competition Definitions
Judged Award Definitions
Quilt
Each quilt entered must have three distinct layers (quilt top,
batting, backing), and must be quilted. No faced or lined
quilt backs allowed.
Quilt Entrant
Entrant is the person who constructed the quilt top. Each
entrant may enter up to two quilts but only one in any single
category.
Two Person Quilt
Any quilt that two people worked on, in any way, during
the construction, quilting or finishing. This includes quilting
done for hire. All work may be done by hand or machine.
Track Machine Quilting
The machine needle is moved across the quilt surface.
Stationary Machine Quilting
The quilt is moved under the machine needle such as a home
sewing machine.
Judged Category Award Descriptions
Appliqué
A quilt that uses appliqué as the predominant construction
technique. It may be hand or machine quilted. It may be
completely constructed and quilted by one person, or the
quilting may be done by a second person. There are three
(3) categories: Large 1 Person, Large 2 Person, and Small.
Art
A quilt made from an original design, reflecting innovative construction and design techniques, theme or subject
matter and/or materials. No commercial patterns or copies
of previous works allowed. Quilts must be made predominantly of fabric, have three layers, and contain hand or machine quilting. This is a single category for 1 or 2 persons
and any size quilt.
Mixed Techniques
A quilt that uses a balanced combination of appliqué and
piecing. It may be completely constructed and quilted by
one person, or the quilting may be done by a second person. There are three (3) categories: Large 1 Person, Large
2 Person, and Small.
Modern
Modern quilts are functional, and are inspired by modern
design. Minimalism, asymmetry, expansive negative space,
and alternate grid work are often part of the composition, as
are improvisational piecing, high contrast, and solid fabrics.
This is a single category for 1 or 2 persons and a quilt of
any size.
Other Techniques
A quilt that uses a special technique(s) to develop the design
of the top such as whole cloth, cathedral window, embroidery, etc. It may include piecing, any type of appliqué and/
or embellishments, or surface design techniques. This is a
single category for 1 or 2 persons and a quilt of any size.
Pictorial
A quilt depicting a person, place, thing, or scene in a realistic
or abstract manner. It may include piecing, any type of appliqué and embellishments, abstract quilting, or techniques
that are not included in any other category. It may be completely constructed and quilted by one person or the quilting
may be done by a second person. This is a single category
for 1 or 2 persons and a quilt of any size.
Pieced
A quilt that uses piecing, by hand or machine, as the predominant construction technique. It may be hand or machine quilted. It may be completely constructed by one person, or the quilting may be done by a second person. There
are three (3) categories: Large 1 Person, Large 2 Person,
and Small.
Group Quilt
Any quilt created by three or more people. All work may
be done by hand or by machine.
Teen (ages 13 to 19)
All types and sizes of quilts are accepted. Quilts may be
tied. The quilt can be a one or two person quilt.
Miniature
Any quilt measuring less than 24 inches on a side, overall
pattern reflecting proportionately reduced scale, and individual blocks no larger than 4 inches square. All work may
be done by hand or by machine and by only one person.
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Judged Quilt Competition Rules
Judged Competition ENTRY DEADLINE is Saturday, April 18, 2015.
Forms submitted by USPS mail must be postmarked before midnight on April 18, 2015.
To register online, go to www.mnquilt.org/mq2015
Please read the category definitions carefully, and contact [email protected] if you have any questions. Each quilt
entered will receive a critique by a National Quilt Association Certified Judge.
Non-refundable Entry Fees
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. members: $15.00 (US funds) per quilt entry.
Non-members: $25.00 (US funds) per quilt entry.
Shipping and Handling Fee
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. will pack and ship your quilt(s) after the show for a Shipping and Handling Fee of $35.00 (US
funds) per quilt.
Payment
Credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, Discover), or checks are accepted. Make checks payable to Minnesota Quilters, Inc. Mail
checks to: Bookkeeper, Minnesota Quilters, Inc., 1203 Fifth St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414-2030
Entry Information
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A maximum of 200 entries will be accepted.
•
Each entrant is limited to two (2) entries.
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Each entry must be accompanied by a 4x6 photograph of the quilt top. The photo should be a full front view of
the finished quilt or quilt top and should fill the entire photograph.
•
We highly recommend that entrants using paper verify the form is totally completed, the entry terms and conditions
have been read and accepted, and the form signed.
•
Submit entries online at: www.mnquilt.org/mq2015 OR photocopy and mail paper form(s) to:
Judged Competition, Minnesota Quilters, Inc., 1203 Fifth St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414-2030
Rules
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All quilts entered in the Judged Competition must have been completed on or after January 1, 2013.
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. 2015 Show faculty, sponsors and judges are not eligible to enter the Judged Competition.
Each quilt entered must have three distinct layers (quilt top, batting, backing), and must be quilted. No faced or
lined quilt backs allowed.
No tied quilts except in the Teen (ages 13 to 19) category.
No kits.
No rigid frames, rods or mounting devices may accompany quilts.
No rods may be sewn into the quilt sleeve.
Hanging Sleeve: Each quilt must have a 4” wide (finished) sleeve securely attached to the back of the quilt with
the top edge of the sleeve 90 inches above the bottom edge of the quilt. Directions on how to create and
place a sleeve can be found on the MQ website (www.mnquilt.org), the show website (www.mnquilt.org/mq2015),
and on page 6 of this registration book.
Label: An identifying label must be attached to the bottom left corner of the back of the quilt.
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. reserves the right:
• To refuse to hang any quilt that exhibits poor quality construction, has been misrepresented by the photograph,
is soiled or stained, does not adhere to the size restrictions, or has been entered in the Judged Competition at
a previous Minnesota Quilters, Inc. show.
• To combine or eliminate categories if five (5) or fewer entries have been received for that category. If this occurs,
entrants will be contacted by Tuesday, April 21, 2015, to discuss options.
PLEASE SEE PAGE 16 FOR JUDGED QUILT SIZES.
Enter Judged Quilt Competition Online at www.mnquilt.org/mq2015
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Judged Quilt Awards by Category
APPLIQUE - Large - 1 Person
1st Place
$ 500
2nd Place
$ 350
3rd Place
$ 200
MODERN - 1 or 2 Person
1st Place
$ 500
2nd Place
$ 350
3rd Place
$ 200
APPLIQUE - Large - 2 Person
1st Place
$ 500
2nd Place
$ 350
3rd Place
$ 200
OTHER TECHNIQUES - 1 or 2
Person
1st Place
$ 500
2nd Place
$ 350
3rd Place
$ 200
APPLIQUE - Small - 1 or 2 Person
1st Place
$ 500
2nd Place
$ 350
3rd Place
$ 200
ART - 1 or 2 Person
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
$ 500
$ 350
$ 200
GROUP - 3 or More People
1st Place
$ 500
2nd Place
$ 350
3rd Place
$ 200
TEEN – ages 13 to 19
1st Place
$ 150
2nd Place
$ 125
3rd Place
$ 100
MINIATURE - 1 Person
1st Place
$ 500
2nd Place
$ 350
3rd Place
$ 200
MIXED TECHNIQUES - Large 1 Person
1st Place
$ 500
2nd Place
$ 350
3rd Place
$ 200
MIXED TECHNIQUES - Large 2 Person
1st Place
$ 500
2nd Place
$ 350
3rd Place
$ 200
MIXED TECHNIQUES - Small 1 or 2 Person
1st Place
$ 500
2nd Place
$ 350
3rd Place
$ 200
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PICTORIAL - 1 or 2 Person
1st Place
$ 500
2nd Place
$ 350
3rd Place
$ 200
PIECED - Large - 1 Person
1st Place
$ 500
2nd Place
$ 350
3rd Place
$ 200
PIECED - Large - 2 Person
1st Place
$ 500
2nd Place
$ 350
3rd Place
$ 200
PIECED - Small - 1 or 2 Person
1st Place
$ 500
2nd Place
$ 350
3rd Place
$ 200
SPECIAL JUDGED AWARDS:
BEST OF SHOW
Large Quilt
Wall Quilt
$1,500
$1,500
HAND QUILTING
$1,000
MACHINE QUILTING $1,000
Stationary Machine
MACHINE QUILTING $1,000
Track Mounted Machine
JUDGE’S CHOICE
Judge #1
Judge #2
$ 100
$ 100
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AWARD DISTRIBUTION:
One Person Categories: The entrant
will receive the ribbon and the prize
money.
Two Person Categories: Two
ribbons will be awarded. The entrant
will receive the prize money.
Best Hand Quilting, Best
Stationary Machine Quilting, and
Best Track Machine Quilting: The
entrant will receive the ribbon and the
prize money.
2015 Challenge
2015 Challenge entries will be judged
by NQA judges. 1st and 2nd place will
be awarded at the judges’ discretion.
No comment sheets will be provided.
QUILT OR WALL-HANGING
1st Place
$ 100
2nd Place
$ 50
WEARABLE ART
1st Place
2nd Place
$ 100
$ 50
THREE-DIMENSIONAL ART &
ACCESSORIES
1st Place
$ 100
2nd Place
$ 50
SPECIAL RIBBONS AND PRIZES
Harbor City Award – Chosen from
quilts made by members of Minnesota
Quilters
$100
Viewers’ Choice – Chosen from NonJudged Entries
Large Quilt $ 250
Small Quilt $ 250
SPECIAL RECOGNITION RIBBONS
Both Judged and Non-Judged Entries
are included in the consideration for
these ribbons.
MQ President
2015 Show Coordinator
Show faculty
Site Security Team
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Judged Quilt Competition
Important Dates
Drop-Off/Delivery/Pick-Up Information
April 18, 2015
Saturday
ENTRY DEADLINE! Online entry closes at midnight. Paper entries must be
postmarked before midnight, April 18, 2015.
May 16, 2015
Saturday
Submission instructions will be sent to entrants.
May 29th, 2015
Friday
All entries (both shipped and hand delivered) must have been received at:
Miki Peine
481 Wabasha Street South
St. Paul, MN 55107
Office hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. M-F
Directions: See MQ newsletter, www.mnquilt.org, or call the MQ office
(612-436-0449).
JUDGED QUILTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AT THE MQ OFFICE.
June 10, 2015
Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Sneak Preview – ribbons on winning quilts (tickets required).
June 11-13, 2015
Thursday-Saturday
2015 Minnesota Quilters Show and Conference open.
June 13, 2015
after 5:30 pm Saturday
Quilt pickup begins at the Duluth Entertainment & Convention Center after
5:30 p.m.
June 15-16, 2015
Tuesday & Wednesday
Pack and ship quilts where entrants have purchased the shipping and handling
return option.
JUDGED QUILT SIZES
Judged Exhibit Category
Appliqué – Large
Appliqué – Small
Art
Group
Teen (ages 13 to 19)
Miniature
Mixed Techniques – Large
Mixed Techniques – Small
Modern
Other Techniques
Pictorial
Pieced – Large
Pieced – Small
Minimum Size
280” perimeter
None
None
None
None
None
280” perimeter
None
None
None
None
280” perimeter
None
Maximum Size
110” x 110”
Less than 280” perimeter
110” x 110”
110” x 110”
110” x 110”
96” perimeter
110” x 110”
110” x 110”
110” x 110”
110” x 110”
110” x 110”
• New Hanging Sleeve Requirements for Quilts Longer Than 90 Inches
To prevent damage to the bottom edge of long quilts and ensure the quilt will hang off the floor, we are
requiring all quilts 90 inches or longer have a sleeve attached to the back with the top edge of the
sleeve 90 inches above the bottom of the quilt. Instructions for applying this sleeve can be found
on the MQ website at www.mnquilt.org, the Show website at www.mnquilt.org/mq2015, and on page 6
of this registration book.
• Quilts 90 inches or less will continue to have the sleeve at the top edge of the quilt.
• Quilts may be no longer than 110” on any one side.
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Judged Quilt Competition Entry Form
Entry Deadline: April 18, 2015
Use this form to submit a paper entry for a quilt in the Judged Quilt Competition. You may enter up to two categories. Use a
separate entry form for each quilt. Photocopies of this form may be used. See page 14 for entry rules. Paper entries must be
postmarked before midnight on Saturday, April 18, 2015.
NAME__________________________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS_______________________________________________________________________________________
CITY/STATE/ZIP __________________________________________________________________________________
PRIMARY PHONE: (____) ___________________ SECONDARY PHONE (____) _______________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS_________________________________________________________________________________
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. member? ___Yes ___No
Check the category you are entering (see page 14 of Registration Book for category descriptions/rules).
Applique – Large – 1 Person
Miniature
Pictorial
Applique – Large – 2 Person
Mixed Techniques - Large - 1 Person
Pieced - Large - 1 Person
Applique – Small
Mixed Techniques - Large - 2 Person
Pieced - Large - 2 Person
Art
Mixed Techniques – Small
Pieced - Small
Group – 3 or more Persons
Modern
Teen (ages 13 to19)
Other Techniques
Title of Work__________________________________________________________________________________
Year quilt was finished (must be finished after January 1, 2013) ____ 2013 ____ 2014 ____ 2015
Pieced by ___________________________________ Quilted by ________________________________________
Quilting Technique: ______ Hand ______ Stationary Machine ______ Track Machine
Width (in inches) at widest part: ____________________ Length (in inches) ______________________________
Design Source/Inspiration________________________________________________________________________
Description of entry for publication in the show book. Use the back of this form or attach a separate sheet of paper for a brief and
concise statement of your entry (maximum of 25 words). Descriptions greater than 25 words will be edited to fit the space.
Photo of entire quilt is attached: _____ Yes _____ No
Value (for insurance purposes) $________________ (If no value is listed, quilt will be insured for $100.00)
Entries valued at $1,000.00 or more must be accompanied by a copy of the quilt appraisal performed by a certified appraiser.
Delivery to 481 Wabasha Street South, St. Paul, MN 55107 ______ Shipped ______ by Hand
Will be picked up by:
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CLASS SCHEDULE BY DAY
Color pictures of class projects and detailed supply information will be available online at
The following classes will have classroom sewing machines provided: Susan Cleveland (Janome),
Mary Elizabeth Kinch (Elna), Nina McVeigh (Bernina), and Paula Nadelstern (Baby Lock).
Teacher
Lori Allison
Wendy Butler Berns
W02D
It’s a Big World Kitty
Carol Butzke
T01D
Candy Sticks
T02D
The Third Dimension: Embellishing
with Tantalizing Threads
T03D
Clues for Dating Vintage and Antique
Fabrics and Quilts
T04D
Double-Pointed Dresden
Susan Cleveland
W04D
Piping Hot Binding
Lorraine Covington
Kate Eelkema
Mike Ellingsen
W56T
Introduction to Quilt Judging (Two Day Class)
Laura Heine
Sue Heinz
W08D
T07A
T07P
Equality
Disappearing Pinwheel
T09D
Flight School
T10D
Small Quilts, Small Pieces
T11A
T11P
T11E
LONGARM - Modern Quilting
LONGARM - McTavishing
How Am I Supposed to Quilt That?
Nina McVeigh
T12E
Quilting in the Hoop
Laura Murray
T13P
Wonderful World of Paintstiks
Oh, Deer
Mary Elizabeth Kinch W10D String Piecing Tell-All
W11A LONGARM - Heirloom Machine
Karen McTavish
W11P
Quilting
LONGARM - Feathers and Feathering
Paula Nadelstern
W14T
Puzzle Quilt: Simple Blocks, Complex Fabric (Two Day Class)
Amanda Jean
Nyberg
Sue Pelland
W15D
Running in Circles
Shelly Burge
W17T
Set Yourself Free (Two Day Class) *see www.mnquilt.org/mq2015 for description and price
Last letter of course:
A = morning class
P = afternoon class
E = evening class
D = one day class
T = two day class
N = noon lecture
Lectures
T15D
T15E
Bright Birch Trees
Waiting
TL13A
10:00
On the Edge of Thread (Laura Murray)
TL10N
12:00
The Wonder of Small Blocks (Mary Elizabeth Kinch)
TL16P
2:00
land)
TL02E
6:00
Capering with Creativity and Our Quilts
(Wendy Butler Berns)
TL356E
5:00
Judges’ Panel (Carol Butzke,
Lorraine Covington, and Kate Eelkema)
Beyond Fast and Fabulous (Sue Pel-
Other Special Events:
Meet the Teachers
Wednesday, June 10, 6:00pm
Sneak Preview of Quilts and Vendors
Wednesday, June 10, 7:00pm
MQ Annual Meeting (Members Only)
Friday, June 12, Noon
Awards Banquet
Friday, June 12, 5:30pm
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Wednesday Class Times:
One and Two Day Classes
8:30am-11:30am and 12:30pm-3:30pm
AM - 8:30am-11:30am
PM - 12:30pm-3:30pm
Thursday through Saturday* Class Times:
Full Day Classes - 8:30am-11:30am and 1:30-4:30pm
AM Classes - 8:30am-11:30am
PM Classes - 1:30pm-4:30pm
Evening Classes - 6:00pm-9:00pm
*Saturday PM classes will be 1:00-4:00pm
F01D
Color My World
S01A
Beginning Bargello
F02A
F02P
Brave, Bold, Beckoning Borders
Terrific Texture with Collaging and Quilting
S02D
Out on a Limb - Textural Picture Image
Appliqué
F04D
Happy Daisy
S04A
S04P
Attic Windows
Piping Hot Curves - Macaroni
F07D
Crazy Cats
F09D
Domestic Bliss
S09A
S09P
Fill Harmonics
Sashing, Medallions, and Wreaths
F10D
Pumpkin Peel
S10D
Addictive English Paper Piecing
F11A
F11P
DOMESTIC Machine Quilting Feathers and Feathering S11A
DOMESTIC Machine McTavishing
F12A
F12P
F13P
Tantalizing Tileworks
F14D
Simple Symmetry
S14D
NeedleStars
F15D
Scrap Management (Stash Block Quilt)
S15D
Scrap Happy Purse
F16D
More Leaves Galore Techniques
S16D
Hearts and More Techniques
FL19A
8:009:00
WICKED™ (Karla Overland)
*this is a breakfast lecture
SL07A
10:00
Quilts from the Valley of the Jolly Green Giant
(Mike Ellingsen)
FL03A
10:00
Cheddar Isn’t Always Cheese (Carol Butzke)
SL09N
12:00
You’ve Got a Friend Named Elmer (Sue Heinz)
SL11P
2:00
The McTavish Hour (Karen McTavish)
FL17P
2:00
The Story of Appliqué (Jodi Barrows)
How Am I Supposed to Quilt That?
Register online at www.mnquilt.org/mq2015
Advance registration information is on page 33-34
The registration form is on page 35.
Register early to get the classes you want.
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Lectures
THURSDAY
TL13A: On the Edge of Thread
Lecturer: Laura Murray
Thursday 10:00 am
Sit back and relax as Laura takes you on her artistic textile
journey from award winning quilts through the development
of her unique layered fusible appliqué techniques of using
paintstiks, stamps and fusible web to create the appearance
of complicated piecework without sewing. Discover her
colorful world as revealed through her unique art quilts and
original wearable art. Told with a sense of humor, this lecture
is both entertaining and informative. Trunk Show.
TL10N: The Wonder of Small Blocks
Lecturer: Mary Elizabeth Kinch
Thursday 12:00 noon
An entertaining and informative presentation and trunk
show where the secrets of small blocks and small pieced
quilts are revealed. Enjoy lots of inspiration with examples
from her books as well as quilts made since the books were
published. Find out why small blocks are so addictive and
how the chaos theory of quilting will change your life!
TL16P: Beyond Fast and Fabulous
Lecturer: Sue Pelland
Thursday 2:00 pm
Listen while Sue shares her journey as the creator of the
Leaves Galore and Hearts Galore templates and patterns.
Follow along as she teaches the basics of cutting simple appliqué shapes without making plastic templates, marking, or
cutting with scissors! And finally, view the amazing designs
and quilts that can be achieved with these tools as she unpacks her incredible trunk. You will leave empowered to try
Fun, Fast, and Fabulous appliqué.
TL02E: Capering with Creativity and Our Quilts
Lecturer: Wendy Butler Berns
Thursday 6:00 pm
You love to collect fabric, you love to quilt (you are a quiltaholic
with a big fabric stash) but you lack the courage and knowhow to venture beyond those pre-set pattern directions.
Wendy will offer a variety of ideas that have successfully
helped her to reach beyond the “cookie cutter” quilt.
TL356E: Judges’ Panel
Lecturer: Carol Butzke, Lorraine Covington, and
Kate Eelkema
Thursday 5:00 pm
Join this year’s judges as they explain their process for
judging quilts at national shows. Discover how they determine
winning piecing, quilting, binding, use of color, embellishing
and overall creativity. If you have hesitated to enter your
quilt in a judged competition, let these professional judges
calm your fears and increase your confidence.
FRIDAY
FL19A: WICKED™
Lecturer: Karla Overland
Friday 8:00-9:00 am (Breakfast Lecture)
Broadway is coming to Duluth. Have you seen the play,
heard the music, well, now it’s time to learn about the quilts
inspired by the Broadway sensation and the Cherrywood
WICKED™ Challenge. Karla Overland, the ‘color person’ at
Cherrywood Fabrics will relate the evolution of this wickedly
awesome collection – from inspiration to completion. Get
your tickets now before it’s sold out! Includes continental
breakfast. Advance registration is required.
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FL03A: Cheddar Isn’t Always Cheese
Lecturer: Carol Butzke
Friday 10:00 am
The color orange can make a quilt sing. This lecture looks at
the history of orange as a fabric dye through a power point
program and a trunk show of approx. 15 quilts to inspire
guests to make their own. Guests are encouraged to bring
along their own ‘cheddar’ orange quilt to be shared as time
allows.
FL17P: The Story of Appliqué
Lecturer: Jodi Barrows
Friday 2:00 pm
This lecture explores the history of appliqué from how it all
started to how it has progressed over the years. Discover
how appliqué was unique to different regions of the country
and how you can determine where a quilt originated by
detecting some of these characteristics in the quilt. This is a
story telling time complete with a trunk show of quilts from
the past.
SATURDAY
SL07A: Quilts from the Valley of the Jolly Green Giant
Lecturer: Mike Ellingsen
Saturday 10:00 am
If you missed Mike’s treasure trove of quilts at the MQ
October membership meeting don’t miss this opportunity to
be wowed by his creativity and accomplishments. He does
all of his piecing and quilting on a classic Bernina 1090 - and
that includes quilting queen sized quilts. This trunk show
will feature challenge quilts, block exchanges and quilts that
illustrate his love of color and willingness to embrace new
techniques. If you are looking for inspiration, this is it.
SL09N : You’ve Got a Friend Named Elmer
Lecturer: Sue Heinz
Saturday 12:00 noon
Want to instantly improve your piecing skills with
guaranteed seam and pattern matching? No problem! Want
to have show quality, perfect bindings? No problem! Want
to do all of these things without needing to use specialty
gadgets, clips or even pins? No problem! Learn the secrets
Sharon Schamber shared with Sue Heinz and the mystery
will be solved.
SL11P : The McTavish Hour
Lecturer: Karen McTavish
Saturday 2:00 pm
Any type of quilter who enjoys quilts will enjoy Karen’s
lecture on her history of quilting, including wholecloth
and trapunto, and her trademark “McTavishing”
technique. Lecture includes stories about her quilts but
also covers techniques using a machine instead of handquilting and information as well as tips for competition
quilting. Karen brings her award winning trunk show and
humorous style to this “laugh out loud” event. Books and
signing opportunities will be available.
Lecture Prices:
$10 - MQ member
$12 - non member
Breakfast Lecture Prices:
$18 - MQ member
$20 - non member
CLASSES
W02D: It’s a Big World Kitty
Teacher: Wendy Butler Berns
Class Length: Full Day
Skill level: All
Sewing Machine Required: Yes
Class Price: $90 ($75 member)
Supply fee: $15
Learn the process of creating simple
pictorial landscape quilts from a
photograph or picture. You will use
Wendy’s original design pattern “Its A
Big World Kitty” and cover her howto picture image appliqué steps that
include freezer paper, glue stick and free
motion invisible machine appliqué. You
will gain the confidence and the knowhow to use one of your own cherished
photos or pictures in an original piece.
W04D: Piping Hot Binding
Teacher: Susan Cleveland
Skill level: All
Kit fee: $20 (optional)
Piped bindings add spark and a
professional finish to any style piece.
Every detail of binding and tiny perfect
piping will be covered in class with stepby-step demos and printed instructions.
Machine differences will be addressed
so students will be successful with their
own machines. Students work on their
practice piece to achieve making perfect
piping, preparing the quilt, applying
piping, applying binding, mitering
corners, joining tails, and finishing for
a show-quality back. Variations will be
on display and discussed. Many major
award-winners are using this technique
to achieve stunning results! This is her
most requested class.
W56T: Introduction to Quilt
Judging
Teachers: Lorraine Covington and
Kate Eelkema
Class Length: Two Day
Skill level: All
Sewing Machine Required: No
Supply fee: $10
Offered in Minnesota for the first time,
this two-day workshop is comparable to
the class taught at the NQA show each
year. It presents an in-depth study of
the judging process, including ethics,
specific criteria for evaluating color,
design, hand and machine workmanship,
and defining categories and awards.
Comment sheets, contracts, and other
paperwork will be discussed, as well
as the duties and responsibilities of
everyone involved in a judging situation.
A combination of lecture and hands-on
experience will be used throughout the
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two days. Students are asked to bring
to class one large and two small lessthan-perfect quilted pieces for judging
practice, if possible. Provides important
information for those interested in
judging, sponsoring, or working behind
the scenes at a judged show, or for
those simply interested in learning
what makes a prize-winning quilt.
W08D: Oh, Deer
Teacher: Laura Heine
Skill level: All
Pattern fee: $16 (required)
Kit fee: $105 (optional)
Oh, Deer, Laura’s newest pattern
features her popular technique of
collage! Learn all about fabric selection,
color and texture for a look unlike
any other. Pattern includes full sized
patterns and teaches the technique of
collage! Size: 42.5 x 41” Kit available.
W10D: String Piecing Tell-All
Teacher: Mary Elizabeth Kinch
Skill level: All
Book: Small Pieces, Spectacular
Quilts book (required)
Let go of your inner art director and fire
the quilt police as you go with the flow
and learn relaxing string piecing. Your
quilting life will change as you embrace
the chaos theory of quilting, set design
parameters and study proportion and
scale. The potential and inventiveness
of foundationless string piecing will be
revealed and you will see those tiny
strips in your stash in a whole new
light.
W11A: LONGARM CLASS Heirloom
Machine Quilting
Teacher: Karen McTavish
Class Length: ½ Day (Morning)
Skill level: Confident Beginner to
Advanced machine quilters
Class Price: $150
Kit fee: $15
This is a hands-on longarm class using
APQS longarm quilting machines. It will
cover all things “Heirloom” - curved
cross-hatching, grids, stitching in the
ditch, scrolls and stencil work. We will
be marking the quilt on the frame and
then quilting each technique. Each
student will have a sample to bring
home. This class is for the beginner or
computerized quilter who would like
to move forward into more advanced
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machine quilting. Bring scissors and
sketchpad and pencil. Kit required and
covers marking tools, fabric, batting,
thread for each student.
W11P: LONGARM CLASS Feathers
and Feathering
Class Length: ½ Day (Afternoon)
Class Price: $150
Kit fee: $15
This is a hands-on longarm class
using APQS longarm quilting machines.
This class will help you master feathers
and feathering with very little marking
of the quilt top. Learn how to have
confidence with your feathers, making
the feathers appear as a hand-quilted
motif! This method is extremely
beautiful and easy!! Bring scissors and
covers marking tools, fabric, batting,
thread for each student.
W14T: Puzzle Quilt : Simple Blocks,
Complex Fabric
Teacher: Paula Nadelstern
Class Length: Two Day
Skill level: Beginner-Intermediate
Kit fee: $50, $27 book required
(available in class)
A Puzzle Quilt is a clever vehicle for
combining Paula’s theories of complex
quiltmaking and her way of thinking
about fabric into a sampler with a
secret: each block design is used
twice. By using totally different fabric
combinations, an illusion is created:
each block appears unique. The
“puzzle” is to pick out which two are
the same. You will see possibilities in
fabric in a whole new way. The focus is
on design, specifically learning to use
fabric to create unexpected results.
For the quilter who wants to embrace
the potential offered by a wide range
of fabric choices rather than be
overwhelmed by it.
W15D: Running in Circles
Teacher: Amanda Jean Nyberg
Skill level: All
Take the fear out of piecing curves and
master this technique as you assemble
this bright and cheery quilt. With the
use of the Backporch 7” Crazy Curve
acrylic templates (required), your
pieces will fit together perfectly. This
quilt will look great in any style fabric.
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CLASSES
T01D: Candy Sticks
Teacher: Lori Allison
Skill level: All
Pattern fee: $9
This quilt was featured in the Spring
2014 Quilt Sampler Magazine and now
is your chance to begin either a lap or
queen size version of your own. Focusing on color and value to create the
highlights of this glowing quilt, you will
be amazed at how quickly your blocks
will go together using Lori’s strip piecing technique. Pre-cutting strips before
class is recommended. Pattern is required.
T02D: The Third Dimension:
Embellishing with Tantalizing
Threads
Skill level: All (experience with
darning foot)
Supply fee: $13
Explore exciting embellishing techniques for textural surface design!!
Come join us in this technique and
project based class. Beginning with
fused design elements and our darning foot, we will explore tantalizing
threads, couching, the basics of machine bobbin drawing, use of tulle and
water soluble stabilizer and the many
ways these techniques can be used for
eye-popping results. Experience with
darning foot is necessary.
T03D: Clues for Dating Vintage
and Antique Fabrics and Quilts
Teacher: Carol Butzke
Skill level: All
Learn to identify fabrics and quilt styles
to the period of time in which they were
made. Bring an antique quilt to class to
learn more about your piece and those
of others. Gain knowledge about history as it relates to women and fabric
production. Develop an eye for choosing reproduction fabrics to make your
own period style quilt. Instructor will
provide handouts and a bibliography.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015
T04D: Double-Pointed Dresden
Skill level: All
Pattern fee: $8
Double-points put a contemporary spin
on this long-time favorite and they
eliminate the need of a traditional appliquéd circle in the center! Using quarter circles, half circles, and three-quarter circles add another interesting bit of
character. Learn Susan’s tips for turning blade points with the Prairie Pointer
Tool and use tricky piecing to assemble
the quilt. Points are three-dimensional
and design possibilities are endless!
Finished quilt is 27”x 24”.
T09D: Flight School
Teacher: Sue Heinz
Skill level: Beginner
Supply fee: $3
Learn a dazzling array of free-motion
feather designs - from traditional to
contemporary, floral to funky - to delight and inspire! In this drawing workshop, you’ll learn feather anatomy,
multiple methods for creating beautiful feathers, border layout tricks and
tips, and creative approaches for filling any space with a stunning feather
design. Material taught is applicable to
all types of free-motion machines, from
domestic to longarm.
W56T: Introduction to Quilt Judging (Day 2)
Teachers: Lorraine Covington and
Kate Eelkema
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T10D: Small Quilts, Small Pieces
Skill level: All
Do you want to try your hand at small
pieces but not a full-size quilt? So
many ideas, so little time? Small quilts
are perfect for exploring small pieces,
exciting color combinations and new
settings, while enjoying faster results.
Learn about accurate seam allowances,
the chaos theory of quilting, helpful tips
and tools for success. Make more than
one and start your own Small Quilt Wall
of Fame!
T07A: Equality
Teacher: Mike Ellingsen
Skill level: All
Pattern fee: $8
Mike’s newest pattern embraces the
trend in modern quilts to combine
brights, bolds, solids or batik fabrics
with bold geometric shapes to create
a pleasing composition and blend of
color. If you like the fabrics on the bolt,
you will love them cut up and pieced
into this graphic quilt. This pattern
makes extremely efficient use of fabric
- hardly any waste at all. All straight
line sewing - and Mike’s tips - make
this graphic quilt a cinch to assemble!
T07P: Disappearing Pinwheel
Skill level: All
You’ve heard about the Disappearing
Four-Patch and Nine-Patch designs
- now here’s your chance to create a
quilt with disappearing pinwheels! It
looks difficult but is so quick and easy
without a lot of extra measuring and
fussing. Let Mike show you how fast
and fun this block and pin-wheel border
can be. Create a complicated look with
this amazingly simple technique! This
is a great way to use a pre-cut Layer
Cake (10” squares) or create your own
layer cake from your stash.
T11A: LONGARM CLASS Modern
Quilting
Class Price: $150
Kit fee: $15
This is a hands-on longarm class using APQS longarm quilting machines.
This class is dedicated to the modern
quilt movement. Tap into the heart of
the amazing world of Modern Quilting
- see many visual examples of modern
quilts and walk away with more design
ideas than you ever wanted which are
quick easy and GLORIOUSLY MODERN!
Learn the history of modern quilting
and see how easy it is to apply it to
your style of quilting. Bring scissors
and sketchpad and pencil. Kit required
and covers marking tools, fabric, batting, thread for each student.
Check online at www.mnquilt.org/mq2015 for class updates and changes.
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CLASSES THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015
T11P: LONGARM CLASS McTavishing
Class Price: $150
Kit fee: $15
This is a hands-on longarm class using APQS longarm quilting machines.
This class will help you master the free
motion machine quilting style known as
“McTavishing.” Learn this exciting background filler design from the creator
herself! 2 students will share a machine
in class. Each student will have a class
sample to go home with. Bring scissors
and sketchpad and pencil. Kit required
and covers marking tools, fabric, batting, thread for each student.
T11E: How Am I Supposed to Quilt
That?
Class Length: ½ Day (Evening)
Skill level: All
Class Price: $50
This is a DESIGN CLASS. Please bring
2 un-quilted quilt tops to class and we
will display the quilts and discuss in
detail, how the quilt could be quilted.
Do you have challenges when you are
trying to figure out the design for the
quilting? Students of all skill levels have
said that this is one of the most rewarding classes they have ever taken.
Are you new to the quilting side of this
craft? Then this is an excellent class for
those wondering how the professionals
do it!!!
T12E: Quilting in the Hoop
Teacher: Nina McVeigh
Skill level: All
Bernina Embroidery Machine Provided
Kit fee: $25
Learn how to use your Embroidery Machine to quilt your quilts, or to help you
decide if this is a feature you would like
your next machine to have. The perfection of Machine Embroidered Quilting can enhance your own machine
quilting. Make a tone-on-tone pillow in
class learning how to hoop your projects, position a quilt motif and re-hoop
to match up additional motifs.
Bonus: Learn an alternate binding technique, too!!
T15D: Bright Birch Trees
Skill level: All
Pattern fee: $9
This pattern is proof positive that every scrap deserves a chance! Strips of
scraps are paired with a variety of bold
solid fabrics for a stunning quilt. In this
class we will cover topics such as fabric selection, tips for working with small
pieces and skinny strips. Students will
be encouraged to share their scraps
with others in the class, because as
with any scrap quilt, the more variety
the better!
The Bright Birch Tree quilt pattern is a
requirement for the class.
T13P: Wonderful World of Paintstiks
Teacher: Laura Murray
Skill level: All
Kit fee: $20
Using Shiva Artist Paintstiks, learn how
to create subtle batik effects on plain
fabrics, or produce dramatic prints.
The techniques are fun to learn, and
the hands-on approach will give you
confidence to make the fabric of your
dreams. Using paintstiks actually saves
money, because you can make the “perfect fabric” for your project, which minimizes the stash of unused fabric, and
desperate dashes to the fabric store.
Students will create a series of samples
illustrating the techniques, and receive
many ideas for practical applications
from the instructor.
T15E: Waiting
Skill level: All
Pattern fee: $6
In this class you will be making a simple and fun baby quilt. No babies or
grandchildren? No worry, this is a fun
and versatile block taught by a wonderful teacher and a great introduction to
raw-edge machine appliqué. The pattern requires only one mini charm pack
and minimal yardage, making it the
perfect pattern for a go-to baby quilt
or lap quilt. “Waiting” pattern required
for class.
W14T: Puzzle Quilt: Simple Blocks,
Complex Fabric (Day 2)
See page 21
Kit and Supply Fees are
paid to the Instructor at
the Class.
Advance registration information is on page 33-34. The registration form is on page 35.
Several Thursday evening classes and Lectures are available.
Classes: T11E: How Am I Supposed to Quilt That?, T12E: Quilting in the Hoop, T15E: Waiting
Lectures: TL02E: Capering with Creativity and Our Quilts, TL35E: Judges’ Panel
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CLASSES
F01D: Color My World
Skill level: Intermediate - Advanced
Pattern fee: $9
Don’t let the beauty of this quilt intimidate you. Lori has a foolproof method
for simplifying the piecing and assembly process that will have you completing several blocks before the day
is over. “The pinning techniques alone
were worth the price of the class,”
was the comment from one “Color My
World” participant. Make this difficultlooking but easy piecing quilt and learn
its many variations.
F02A: Brave, Bold, Beckoning Borders
Skill level: Confident Beginner Advanced
Sewing Machine Required: Optional
Inspiration is the key ingredient to
charging up the creative energy within
us! This 1/2 day workshop will explore
a variety of ideas for you to add to your
quilt border repertoire. Sometimes taking the easiest route to bordering our
quilts may not be the most effective.
Wendy will offer you numerous brave
and courageous ideas to consider to
make your borders more bold and
beckoning.
F02P: Terrific Texture with Collaging and Quilting
Supply fee: $15
What wonderful spontaneous texture
we can achieve from a variety of embellishing techniques. Maybe you have
been dreaming of creating seaweed for
an underwater scene, a knobby tree
trunk or thick strands of hair. By using water-soluble solvy or tulle you can
create texture and unique no-piecing
designs with collage bits, fabric, and
free motion quilting. Come investigate
the limitless possibilities!
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F04D: Happy Daisy
Pattern:
Learn to stitch with heavy decorative
threads through the machine’s needle
for appliquéing and quilting, to stuff appliqué, make prairie points with stitching and embellishments, use freezer
paper for quilting designs and design
an interestingly-shaped quilt ... while
creating this precious little piece!
F07D: Crazy Cats
Skill level: Advanced Beginner to
Advanced
Book: UnDeniably Crazy by Buggy
Barn
Crazy Cats is surely the real “cat’s
meow”, you don’t even need to be a
cat lover to adore this quilt. Each cat
gains its own personality as you stitch
it together. Let Mike show you the Buggy Barn’s unique stack, slash, shuffle,
swap & sew technique to make this
purrrr-fectly cute quilt! Mike will guide
you through the ins and outs, making
this tricky pattern as easy as pie! Finishes to 47 x 61 without borders.
F09D: Domestic Bliss
Teacher: Sue Heinz
Skill level: Beginner - Intermediate
A beginning free-motion quilting class
using domestic machines. This class
has a drawing and machine component. Let Sue guide you through machine set-up, drawing quilting designs
to imprint the pattern in your musclememory, and then practice on an actual
layered quilt sandwich. You’ll be quilting like a rock star in no time.
F10D: Pumpkin Peel
Enjoy blocks that are perfect every time,
no matter how small the pieces you are
working with. Learn about materials
used for foundations, helpful tips for
construction, and appliqué techniques
for completing your top. Warning … no
Twelve Step program available … addiction guaranteed!
F11A: DOMESTIC Machine Quilting Feathers and Feathering
Must have quilting foot
Class Price: $100
Kit fee: $10
This class is all about domestic machine quilting and quilting feathers.
Karen will help you master feathers
and feathering with very little marking of the quilt top. Learn how to have
confidence with your feathers, making
the feathers appear as a hand-quilted
motif! This method is extremely beautiful and easy!! Bring scissors and
includes thread and marking pens for
each student.
F11P: DOMESTIC Machine McTavishing
Must have quilting foot
Class Price: $100
Kit fee: $10
This is a hands-on domestic machine
quilting class - all about the fun and
popular background filler called “McTavishing.” This class will help you master
the free motion machine quilting style.
Each student will bring in a quilt sandwich and walk away with something
amazing!!! Bring scissors and sketchpad and pencil. Kit required and includes thread and marking pens for
each student.
Advance registration information is on page 33-34. The registration form is on page 35.
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CLASSES
F12A: Quilting in the Hoop
Skill level: All
Kit fee: $25
quilting. Make a tone-on-tone pillow in
class learning how to hoop your projects, position a quilt motif and re-hoop
to match up additional motifs.
F12P: Quilting in the Hoop
Skill level: All
Kit fee: $25
quilting. Make a tone-on-tone pillow
in class learning how to hoop your
projects, position a quilt motif and rehoop to match up additional motifs.
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015
F13P: Tantalizing Tileworks
Teacher: Laura Murray
Skill level: All
Kit fee: $15
Create unique quilt blocks inspired by
Mexican hand painted ceramic tiles
using paintstiks, stamps, and fusible
web. This is a variation of the Painted
Quilt Block technique, which integrates
curved shapes with squares. Sewing
is not required because painted and
layered shapes are fused to a background fabric. Complete a small block
in class that can be integrated into quilt
projects, garment embellishments, or
home dec.
F14D: Simple Symmetry
The distinctive charm of Simple Symmetry is based on a simple fact: one
single fabric is responsible for all of
the elaborate patterns in one quilt.
Learn how to use one single template
and one symmetrical (albeit intricately
printed) fabric to achieve a complex
quilt filled with dramatic impact. This
class explores and exploits the virtues
of bilaterally symmetrical fabric. You’ll
feel like you’re making magic with fabric when motifs connect to their mirror
images, creating effects more wonderful than you imagined.
F15D: Scrap Management (Stash
Block Quilt)
Skill level: All
Book: Sunday Morning Quilts (required for class)
We will start the class by sorting scraps,
then discuss ideas for organizing and
storing them. I will teach a slab technique (making fabric from scraps) and
show various ways to use the slabs in
projects and quilts. Each student can
pick any scrap project from the book
Sunday Morning Quilts to get started
on. Or, if the student wishes, I can assist them in designing their own scrap
quilt based on their individual scraps.
F16D: More Leaves Galore Techniques
Teacher: Sue Pelland
Skill level: All
No more UFOs from another class! Instead you will make samples of some
of the designs you can do with the
Leaves Galore template. You will learn
and make several samples of fused leaf
and vine borders, flowers, dragonflies,
and more. Discover how Sue’s quick
rotary cut appliqué technique will enhance your quilts. You will leave with
completed samples and instructions
you can reference for future projects.
There is no sewing in class, just cutting, fusing, creating and fun. Leaves
Galore template required for class.
Kit and Supply Fees are paid to the
Instructor at the Class.
Check online at www.mnquilt.org/mq2015 for class updates and changes.
Registration Book
612-436-0449
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CLASSES
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015
S01A: Beginning Bargello
Skill level: All
Pattern fee: $9
Now is your chance to execute the
bargello technique in a project that will
impress your friends and family and
won’t leave you muttering to yourself!
This project is perfect for your first
bargello because it is small and easy
to manage. The narrowest strip clears
the stitching line and there’s no multiple strip sets to intermingle. You will
get one mini-quilt/placemat finished
by the end of class.
S04P: Piping Hot Curves - Macaroni
Accent curves with piping! This technique is wonderful for traditional
curved patterns and great for contemporary designs. In class students will
learn to make perfect piping and add
that piping to the lively, curvy macaroni block. Piping adds pizzazz! Quilting
and finishing will be discussed. A kit
for purchase in class will contain precut fabrics to make two 6” blocks.
S02D: Out on a Limb – Textural
Picture Image Appliqué
Supply fee: $22
Wendy loves texture in her quilts—
the more texture the better. Using the
theme of trees and nature, numerous
texturing techniques will be exploredTexture Magic, tulle and fold and tucking. A portion of the workshop will
be dedicated to show and tell and
demonstrations of some new texture
ideas to inspire future projects with an
added discussion on specialty threads.
We will then break out the sewing machines for some hands-on play which
will include the use of “Texture Magic”,
and fold and tuck texturing to make
Wendy’s “Tiny Tree Landscape.”
S09A: Fill Harmonics
Teacher: Sue Heinz
Skill level: All
Supply fee: $3
Create a symphony of harmonious
background designs that group well
together on any type of quilt – or just
use one – for a dramatic textural effect. You’ll learn how to draw organic,
traditional and contemporary backgrounds, both free-motion and gridbased, while Sue demonstrates with
step-by-step illustrations and how-to
hints. This class is for anyone who
wants to sew beautiful backgrounds.
Your quilts will be shouting, “Bravo!”
Based on her book Fill Harmonics.
S04A: Attic Windows
Showcase a fabulous feature fabric in
this variation of attic windows! Susan’s
mitering technique and built-in sashing
will make this block much easier than
traditional piecing, will produce beautiful results, and will take any fear out of
mitered corners. This technique may
then be applied to any project involving mitered corners or borders. Quilting and finishing will be discussed.
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S09P: Sashing, Medallions and
Wreaths
Teacher: Sue Heinz
Skill level: Intermediate/Advanced
Supply fee: $3
Take your free-motion quilting to a
whole new level! Create breathtakingly beautiful, unique and innovative
medallions and wreaths, with minimal
marking, using original sashing designs. These designs will look stunning
on any type of quilt - from traditional
to contemporary. You won’t believe
these are not computer guided! Medallions and wreaths can be combined
to create even more intriguing results.
Sue’s engaging teaching style, step-bystep drawing instructions and plenty of
one-on-one, will have you confidently
drawing these designs in no time!
Based on her book Sashing, Medallions
and Wreaths.
S10D: Addictive English Paper
Piecing
Skill level: All
Explore the tradition and potential of
captivating English paper piecing with
small hexagonal pieces. An exciting
and inspirational class filled with helpful hints, topics include: fabric choices,
fussy cutting, an abundance of design
options, ‘batchwork’ patchwork, stitching methods, and quilt top assembly.
You will never look at your fabric the
same way again!
S11A: How Am I Supposed to
Quilt That?
Skill level: All
Class Price: $50
This is a DESIGN CLASS. Please
bring 2 un-quilted quilt tops to class
and we will display the quilts and discuss in detail, how the quilt could be
quilted. Do you have challenges when
you are trying to figure out the design
for the quilting? Students of all skill
levels have said that this is one of the
most rewarding classes they have ever
taken. Are you new to the quilting side
of this craft? Then this is an excellent
class for those wondering how the
professionals do it!!!
S14D: NeedleStars
Skill level: Intermediate/Advanced
While simultaneously exploiting the
virtues of bilaterally symmetrical fabric, this class covers the unique machine piecing and template techniques
used to create the complex images of
a simple 4-patch block reminiscent of
a refined pinwheel.
CLASSES
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015
S15D: Scrap Happy Purse
Skill level: All
Pattern fee: $9
In this class you will make an easy to construct purse
AND use scraps at the same time! Amanda will share
tips for piecing with tiny strings and hand stitching on
pre-made handles. She will also cover tips for successful fabric selection. The bag is perfect for everyday use,
but is also large enough to slip in a few extras, like an
I-pad and/or a small knitting project. Finished size is:
9” wide x 11” tall x 5” deep.
S16D: Hearts and More Techniques
Teacher: Sue Pelland
Skill level: All
Discover all the shapes that Hearts and More can make!
Learn to cut five or more Hearts and More shapes while
making samples that you can use as reference for future projects. Cut six-petaled flowers, many different
heart shapes, circles, teardrops, and chains with no
tracing! Written instructions provided.
Large or Small Hearts and More templates required;
Small set preferred.
Check online at www.mnquilt.org/mq2015
for class updates and changes.
Avoid long admissions lines!
There are ways you can help reduce waiting time in long admissions lines:
•
Pre-register (get a 3-day admission pass, a show bag, and a show pin)
•
Have exact change and use the Exact Change admission lines
•
Pre-purchase your 1-day admission pass by sending a check to
1203 5th St SE
Minneapolis MN 55414-2030
We will mail your ticket
•
We must have your check by May 11, 2015.
•
There will be a $1 service charge for each ticket to cover postage & printing
•
All pre-purchased tickets are non-replaceable and non-refundable – don’t lose them!
•
A ticket must be purchased for each day you plan on attending.
•
Each single day ticket can be used on any day, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday
Mail my tickets to this address: ________________________________________________________________
City: ____________________________________State: _________________ Zip: _______________________
Quantity
Total
Single Day – MQ Member
______ @ $11.00
$___________
Single Day – Non MQ Member
______ @ $13.00
$___________
Single Day - Children (ages 5–12)
______ @ $6.00
$___________
Registration Book
Total # tickets ordered ______
$___________ Amount of Check
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Faculty Information (Minnesota Teachers noted with *)
Faculty:
Mike Ellingsen *
Lori Allison *
www.the-sampler.com
Laura Heine
www.fiberworks-heine.com
Wendy Butler Berns
www.wendybutlerberns.com
Sue Heinz *
www.kismetquilting.com
Shelly Burge
www.shellyburge.com
Mary Elizabeth Kinch
www.maryelizabethkinch.com
Carol Butzke
www.quiltviews.com/carol-butzkequilt-appraisals
Karen McTavish
www.designerquilts.com
Nina McVeigh
www.thequiltshow.com/learn/bernina/
category/latest/bernina
Laura Murray *
http://lauramurraydesigns.com
Susan Cleveland *
www.piecesbewithyou.com
Lorraine Covington
www.westernncquilters.org/galleries/
gallery2014/categories.shtml
Amanda Jean Nyberg *
crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/
Sue Pelland
www.suepellanddesigns.com/
Lecturers:
Jodi Barrows
www.squareinasquare.com
Karla Overland *
www.cherrywoodfabrics.com
Paula Nadelstern
www.paulanadelstern.com
Kate Eelkema *
Special Events
Meet the Teachers
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Sneak Preview
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Pre-purchased tickets are $15 and cover “Meet the
Teachers” and “Sneak Preview”.
After meeting the teachers, be among the first to view the
quilts and visit the vendors!
Join us for a special time meeting the teachers and lecturers,
purchasing books and patterns, and getting autographs.
What a great way to start your show experience!
At 6:45pm there will be a door prize drawing. You must be
present to win.
Tickets may be purchased at the registration booth at the
show for $10.00 for Sneak Preview only.
Tickets may be purchased at the registration booth at the
show for $10.00 for Meet the Teachers only.
Charming City Stroll
Wednesday, June 10,2015 - Saturday, June 13, 2015
This year’s Charming City Stroll will take place in Duluth’s Canal Park Market area, conveniently located right next to
the DECC (Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center). In this new rendition of the old “Fat Quarter Stroll” we are
pleased to announce that Hingeley Road Quilt Shop will provide charm packs from a new fabric line that will be
announced at the January MQ membership meetings and featured on the show’s website.
In addition, each participating Duluth retailer will reward your visit with a quilting charm. Passport quantities are limited
so don’t forget to purchase a Charming City Stroll Passport for $17.50 when you register for classes. If Passports are
not completely sold out during advance registration, they will be available for $21.00 at the show.
When you pick up your registration envelope at the show, you will receive your Charming City Passport with a map of
the local retailers. By the end of the stroll you will have enough charms to create a bracelet or simply embellish the free
quilt pattern that comes with your new charm pack.
When you turn in your completed passport you will receive a charm pack of 5” squares and a pattern especially
designed for these fabrics. All passports must be returned by 3:00pm on Saturday, June 13, 2015. Return your passport
by 1:00pm on Saturday and be eligible for special drawings including gift certificates provided by the participating
retailers. What are you waiting for? Come and join the fun!
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Breakfast Lecture
8:00-9:00am
WICKED™
Tickets to the Broadway show are hard to get, but tickets to the WICKED™ Challenge Breakfast are
ready and waiting. Set your alarm and join the rest of the early birds as they flock to the DECC to meet
Cherrywood’s talented Karla Overland. Her spellbinding presentation of the WICKED™ quilts will leave you
breathless. MQ is one of only 15 venues in the country that will be exhibiting the entire 114 quilt collection.
Advance registration is required. Additional information on page 20.
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. Annual Meeting (MQ Members Only)
12:00-1:00pm
The MQ Board would like to invite all of our members to attend the Annual Membership General Meeting on Friday, June
12, 2015. To make entry quick, please bring your MQ Membership Card.
At the meeting you will meet the current Board of Directors, along with the nominees for open positions. You will have a
chance to nominate members for the open positions from the floor, but only if you have the permission of the person you
are nominating. Voting will take place during the meeting. Other business will include, but not be limited to: presentation
of the Annual Report, bylaw changes, and progress on our strategic plan.
Awards Banquet Event
The Awards Banquet will be held in the Lake Superior Ballroom of the DECC.
The cost is $40 for MQ members, $50 for non-members.
Social Hour begins at 5:30 pm with a cash bar. Seating begins at 6:30 pm.
Come join old and new friends to enjoy dinner while a slide show of the award winning quilts plays. During the evening
we will also honor special guests including the 2015 Quilter of the Year and Scholarship winner.
Our speaker for the evening will be Paula Nadelstern – “Live from New York”. She’s a citiquilter wrapped up in the
fabric of urban life. While ostensibly following her route from first quilt to last, this slide lecture stops along the way to
shop in the garment district and park a car, “urban style”.
Your admission will give you an opportunity to win a sewing machine or other great door prizes!
For your dinner, you may choose from the following entrees:
• Artichoke Stuffed Chicken
Breast of Chicken with Artichoke and Cheese Stuffing topped with Sundried Tomato Cream Sauce
• Pan-fried Walleye
Pan-fried Walleye topped with Sautéed Kale, Lemon and Tomato, served with Lemon Pepper Roasted Red Potatoes,
Lemon and Tartar Sauce.
• Butternut Squash Ravioli
Squash Ravioli With Maple Cream Sauce & Candied Walnuts
All entrees will include a garden salad, fresh vegetable blend, locally baked rolls & butter, regular and decaffinated coffee
or hot tea, and dessert tray.
Seating reservations for the Awards Banquet may be made at the Information Booth in the City Side Lobby.
Any tables not reserved by noon on Friday, June 12, will be available for open seating.
Advance registration is required for this event.
Registration Book
612-436-0449
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Getting to Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (www.decc.org)
350 Harbor Drive, Duluth (218) 722-5573
By Shuttle Service between Minneapolis and
Duluth
Contact:
Skyline Shuttle Service
www.skylineshuttle.com
888-354-2677
Operate 7 days per week
FROM THE NORTH SHORE
Follow Hwy 61 South to Duluth
Take I35 South exit (left at stoplights by Holiday gas
station)
Take Lake Avenue exit (#256B)
At stoplights, turn left
Immediately get into right lane
Turn right onto South Lake Avenue
After first set of stoplights, turn left onto Harbor Drive
By Air
Airport shuttle and taxi service are available
from the airport to downtown. There are also car
rental services in the airport lobby.
Duluth International Airport (DLH)
4701 Grinden Drive
Duluth, MN 55811
218-727-2968
Surface lot and ramp parking is available at the DECC.
Handicap parking spaces are available on the surface parking
lot near Entrance B (City Side Convention Center) and near
the entrance to AMSOIL Arena. Additional handicap spaces
are available in the parking ramp on all levels. The elevator
is located in the northeast corner of the ramp. The elevator
transports guests to the ground floor or to the skywalk level
(3rd level) of the ramp which connects directly to the DECC.
FROM THE AIRPORT
RV parking is also availble.
Follow road to stop sign
Take right onto Haines Road
See www.decc.org
At second set of stoplights (1.5miles), take left onto Hwy
53/194
Go straight, through many stoplights, until you see the
lake
Turn right onto Mesaba Avenue
Get into the left lane and turn left at first stoplight
Immediately turn right onto Lake Avenue
Follow Lake Avenue to the bottom of the hill and over I35
FROM TWIN CITIES/SOUTHERN MN
Follow I35 North to Duluth
At stoplights, turn right onto Harbor Drive
FROM THE IRON RANGE
Follow Hwy 53 to Duluth
Continue to go straight past the mall and through many
stoplights until you can see the lake
Turn right onto Mesaba Avenue
Get into the left lane and turn left at first stoplight
Immediately turn right onto Lake Avenue
Follow Lake Avenue to the bottom of the hill and over I35
FROM WISCONSIN
Follow Hwy 53/Hwy 2 to Superior, WI
Continue on Hwy 53 North over the John A. Blatnik Bridge
Merge onto I35 North (exit to right after bridge)
At stoplights, turn right onto Harbor Drive
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Lodging in Duluth
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. has blocked hotel rooms with special rates for the 2015 Annual Quilt Show & Conference participants.
Rooms are blocked during the week of the show.
Please mention “Minnesota Quilters” when making your reservation to receive the special room rates.
Make your reservations early! Remaining rooms will be released on May 10, 2015.
Canal Park Lodge
250 Canal Park Dr, Duluth
218.279.6000
$149.00 + tax
www.canalparklodge.com
Holiday Inn & Suites
200 W First St, Duluth
218.727.7492
$114.00 + tax
www.hiduluth.com
Comfort Inn West
3900 W Superior St, Duluth
218.628.1464
$110.00 + tax
www.comfortinn.com
Radisson Duluth Harborview
805 W Superior St, Duluth
218.727.8981
$119.00 + tax
http://www.radisson.com/duluth-hotel-mn-55802/duluth?s_
cid=se.ggl.rad_cmp15&gclid=COzM2q3y6L4CFahaMgodLz
MAFg
Comfort Suites Canal Park
218.727.1378
$160 - $200 + tax
www.comfortsuitescanalpark.com
Sheraton Duluth Hotel
301 E Superior St, Duluth
218.733.5660
$109 - $169 + tax
www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/
index.html?propertyID=1774&language=en_US
Edgewater Hotel & Waterpark
2400 London Rd, Duluth
218.728.3601
$129 + tax
www.duluthwaterpark.com
Hampton Inn – Canal Park
218.720.3000
$179 - $199 + tax
www.hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/minnesota/
hampton-inn-duluth-DULMNHX/index.html
The Inn on Lake Superior
218.726.1111
$122.00 + tax
www.theinnonlakesuperior.com
The Suites at Waterfront Plaza
325 Lake Save S, Duluth
218.727.4663
$114 - $204 + tax
www.thesuitesduluth.com
Disability Accommodations
The Duluth Entertainment & Convention Center is
accessible for those using wheelchairs. Convention
Center staff can direct guests who need assistance to
elevators.
For the safety of all attendees, strollers and rolling bags
are not allowed on the show floor. Walkers, wheelchairs
and motorized carts are permitted in all areas.
Registration Book
612-436-0449
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Volunteer Form
Our show is brought to you by volunteers. YOU are the most valued and treasured resource Minnesota Quilters
has. It will take over 600 volunteers working together to put on the successful quilt show in June 2015. Each
volunteer with 2 hours of service will receive a Volunteer Pin as a token of appreciation for time given. We
have volunteer shifts ranging from one to four hours and can start on the half hour, so you will have more
opportunities to volunteer and enjoy the show. For each two hours of service, your name will be entered into
daily prize drawings. In addition, your name will be entered into the drawing for the Grand Prize of a sewing
machine.
Call, write or Email your volunteer registration information to:
MQ Show Volunteer
1203 5th Street SE
Minneapolis MN 55414
612-436-0449
Email [email protected] or find the form online at www.mnquilt.org/mq2015
Name ___________________________________________________________________________
Address __________________________________________________________________________
City, State, ZIP or Postal Code _______________________________________________________
Email _______________________________ Day Phone ________________ Evening Phone _________
Please indicate the Volunteer Opportunities you are interested in
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White Glove (1 or more hours) ____Show Admissions (4 hours – 7:30 – 11:30 a.m.)
Ticket Taker (lectures/special events) ___ Registration ___ Info Booth/Bag Check
Small Quilt Auction ___ MQ Merchandise ___ Raffle Quilt ___ Volunteer Booth
Set-up Monday ___ Set-up Tuesday ___ Set-up Wednesday ___ Take Down Saturday
Friday Night Event Set up ___ Classroom Helper (Must be registered for class)
Bus tours (must be able to get on the bus)
Please indicate the times you are available to volunteer
Monday, June 8th _______________________________________________________________
Tuesday, June 9th _______________________________________________________________
Wednesday, June 10th ___________________________________________________________
Thursday, June 11th _____________________________________________________________
Friday, June 12th _______________________________________________________________
Saturday, June 13th _____________________________________________________________
Please let us know if you have any physical limitations i.e. can’t climb ladder, need to sit, etc.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Many thanks to all the hard-working 2015 Show Committee members. As the largest
volunteer show in the nation, we can’t say thank-you enough to those who give so much
time and talent to this event. If you’d like to lend a hand before, during, or after the show,
please send in the completed form above or email us at [email protected]
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Advance Registration Instructions
January 15, 2015: Advance Registration for MQ Members Begins
February 1, 2015: Advance Registration for Non-Members Begins
May 1, 2015: Mail-in Registrations must be at the MQ Office
May 15, 2015: Online Registration closes at midnight
Online registration ends May 15, 2015. Mail-in registration
must be received by May 1, 2015. You may also enroll in
any remaining open classes at the Conference.
Advance Registration: For MQ members, registrations will
be accepted beginning January 15, 2015. General Advance
Registration will begin February 1, 2015. Online registrants
will receive immediate confirmation. Mailed registrations
may take a week or more to process. Online payments will
reserve your spot immediately; if you are mailing in your
payment your registration will hold your reservations for one
week or until payment is received, whichever occurs first.
Advance Registration Fee: All advance registrants will
be charged a non-refundable advance registration
fee of $35 for members and $40 for non-members.
This fee covers registration processing, the opportunity to
register for classes, lectures, and events, 3-day (Thursday,
Friday and Saturday) admission to Exhibits and Merchant
Mall, a show pin, a tote bag, and a place on the mailing list
to receive a 2016 MQ Show Registration Book when they
are available. Advance registrants receive a name badge,
tickets, show pin, and a tote bag when they arrive at the
show.
Refunds: Refunds on credit cards will be processed
immediately to the card used for registration. Refunds for
registration payment by check will be processed within 30
days of the request.
Cancellation of Advance Registration: Refunds will be
according to the following schedule:
• On or before March 12, 2015: 75% of all fees for
classes, lectures and special events will be refunded. No
refund of registration fee.
• March 13 through April 9, 2015: 50% of all fees for
classes, lectures and special events will be refunded. No
refund of registration fee.
• After April 9, 2015: No refunds unless cancellation
insurance has been purchased. No refund of registration
fee.
Refunds for registration payment by check will be processed
within 30 days of the request.
Note: The cancellation fee for classes, lectures and special
events will be waived if the registrant has purchased the
optional cancellation insurance and cancels before May 25,
2015. If a registrant cannot attend, they may transfer their
registration at no charge to another person. If you need
to cancel or transfer your registration to another person,
send an Email to [email protected] or to the MQ
office address shown on page 34.
Cancellation Insurance: Cancellation insurance may be
purchased for $20. This insurance guarantees a full refund
for classes, lectures and special events if you cancel before
May 25, 2015. The registration fee will not be refunded.
Insurance must be purchased when registering. If you
have the insurance and wish to cancel, you must notify the
registrar on or before May 25, 2015.
No refunds will be made for cancellations
after May 25, 2015
Online Registration
1. Go to the MQ website at www.mnquilt.org.
2. Click 2015 Show link.
3. On the Summary page, click the “Advance
Registration” button on the lower right and follow
the online instructions.
4. Enter your information & selections on the form.
5. Complete your payment information.
6. Click the “Finish” button.
You will receive a confirmation receipt via Email. Print out
this confirmation receipt and bring it with you to the
conference. You will need this receipt to receive your
name badge and registration materials.
How to Pay: You will be able to pay immediately via our
secure server using your credit card. Online payment will
immediately guarantee your available conference selections.
If you prefer, you may register online and mail a check to the
MQ address shown on page 34. Make your check payable
to Minnesota Quilters, Inc and include a copy of your
registration confirmation along with your check. MQ
cannot invoice Advance Registrations. If paying by
check, your class or event spot will be held for one week
Registration Book
following registration or until payment is received, whichever
occurs first.
Adding/Dropping Classes: You may personally change
your online registration until May 25, 2015. You will need the
confirmation number from your confirmation receipt. After
May 25, any requests for change must be made in writing,
either through Email ([email protected]) or by
letter to the Minnesota Quilters, Inc. office.
Registration Packet, Badge and Tickets:
Bring your
confirmation receipt to the Registration booth at the
Show to exchange for your registration packet containing
your name badge and any required tickets. Registration
packets will not be mailed to participants.
Your name badge is required for admission to the Show floor
and to attend events at the Show. You do not need tickets
to attend your classes. Simply sign in with the class helper
when you arrive.
Class Supply Lists: Please download supply lists at
612-436-0449
33
Advance Registration Instructions Continued
Deadlines: Online - May 15, 2015; Mail-In - May 1, 2015
Mail-In Registration
We encourage everyone to register online. If that is not
possible, you may register by mail, using the form on page
35. Please keep a copy of your registration for your records.
Mail your registration form to the MQ address on this page.
How to Pay: Include payment with your registration form.
If paying by check, make your check payable to Minnesota
Quilters, Inc.
MQ cannot invoice.
Adding/Dropping Classes: To add or drop a class,
contact [email protected] with your request, or
mail your request to the MQ office. Requests for changes
must be made in writing.
Registration Packet, Badge and Tickets: You will receive
a confirmation receipt in the mail itemizing classes, lectures,
merchandise, and events for which you are registered. This
may take 2-3 weeks. Bring the confirmation receipt to
the Registration booth at the show to exchange for your
registration packet containing your name badge, show pin,
tote bag, and any required tickets.
Your name badge is required for admission to the Show floor
and to attend events at the Show. You do not need tickets
to attend your classes. Simply sign in with the class helper
when you arrive.
Class Supply Lists: These will be mailed with your
confirmation. You can also download them at
Checks and Credit Card Payments
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. accepts checks, money orders, MasterCard, Visa, and Discover for payment of advance registration,
classes, and event fees. When using a credit card for payment, please double-check the card number and expiration date
when completing your form.
A fee of $25 will be charged on all returned checks.
Remember, when submitting your payment by check or money order, please make it payable to:
When possible, save Minnesota Quilters 4% in credit card fees by paying by check.
Questions
Questions: If you have any questions about registration, please contact the Registration Chairs at
[email protected] or leave a message at the Minnesota Quilters office (612-436-0449).
*Emails will be responded to within 2 business days
Address for mailing registration
or
Online registration with check payment:
1203 5th Street SE
34
35
Email:
State/Province:
Zip/Postal Code:
MQ Member? ____ Yes ____No
Signature:
I would like to learn more about volunteer opportunities at the 2015 Show, please have someone contact me.
Security Code (3 digit code on back of card):
Credit Card Number:
Yes
No
Credit Card Expiration Date:
Class Number
Price
Class Number
Price
Class Number
Price
Class Number
Price
1st Choice for day
2nd Choice for day
Meet the Teachers/Sneak Preview
x $15
(Enter number of tickets @ $15 ea.)
Charming City Stroll Passport
x$17.50
Banquet Event - MQ Member (Enter # of tickets @ $40 ea.)
□ Chicken □ Walleye □ Vegetarian
x $40
Banquet Event - Not a MQ Member (Enter # of tickets @ $50 ea.)□ Chicken □ Walleye □ Vegetarian
x $50
Breakfast Lecture - MQ Member (Enter # of tickets @ $18 ea.)
x $18
Breakfast Lecture - Not a MQ Member (Enter # of tickets @ $20 ea.)
x $20
Total number of tickets
Lecture Number
# Tickets for ea lecture @ $10 MQ Member
@$10 ea.
# Tickets for ea lecture @ $12 Non-Member
@$12 ea.
Ham & Swiss
Roast Turkey
Salad with Chicken
Total Number
Price
Box Lunches ($14 each) Vegetable Wrap
@$14 ea
6/10/2015 Quantity
@$14 ea
6/11/2015 Quantity
@$14 ea
6/12/2015 Quantity
@$14 ea
6/13/2015 Quantity
Registration Fee:
MQ Members - $35
Questions? 612-436-0449 or email [email protected]
Not a MQ Member - $40
Optional Cancellation Insurance: $20
Check
Money Order
Visa MasterCard
Discover
Payment Method (Circle one):
Grand Total/Amount Due
Classes
/
Total for
Line
Please note that class prices are discounted
for MQ members. Refer to the class
descriptions for the correct price.
If registering by mail, send Advance Registration Form and payment to: Minnesota Quilters, Inc., 1203 5th Street. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414-2030
Phone:
City:
Address:
Name:
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. 37th Annual Quilt Show and Conference Advance Registration Form
1203 5th Street SE
612-436-0449
[email protected]
Have Questions?
Check out the web site www.mnquilt.org/mq2015
for the latest information
Table of Contents: Page 2
Registration Information: Page 33-34
Important Dates: Page 2
Duluth Information: Page 30

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