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"biggie" quilt shows...do you enter?
It seems to me that Paducah is one of the biggie quilt show
Does anyone here enter their quilt? And get selected or not? Does a chosen quilt have to be absolutely perfect to be picked for the show? (in construction and quilting)? I presume the competiton is fierce for getting a quilt selected. Ann...........who thinks she would like to try........some day |
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I had to quit entering the "biggies". It just seemed to me that winning them
all was a bit greedy, don't you think? Polly "Ann" wrote in message news5Zic.12366$i61.5715@clgrps13... It seems to me that Paducah is one of the biggie quilt show Does anyone here enter their quilt? And get selected or not? Does a chosen quilt have to be absolutely perfect to be picked for the show? (in construction and quilting)? I presume the competiton is fierce for getting a quilt selected. Ann...........who thinks she would like to try........some day |
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In article D5Zic.12366$i61.5715@clgrps13,
"Ann" wrote: It seems to me that Paducah is one of the biggie quilt show Does anyone here enter their quilt? And get selected or not? Does a chosen quilt have to be absolutely perfect to be picked for the show? (in construction and quilting)? I presume the competiton is fierce for getting a quilt selected. Ann...........who thinks she would like to try........some day If memory serves....Rita has had a quilt or two in that show, or maybe it was Houston. Anyway, she does very wonderful quilts that have been in the big shows. Miz Applebaum of the fabric tramps had TWO quilts at PIQF. I saw them in person and drooled accordingly. When I grow up I want to machine quilt like her :-) marcella |
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And just how do you enter a quilt in a show (big or small)? When/where to
you find the how-to instructions? Any hints? I might like to do that sometime. -- Kathy in CA Quilting Stuff: http://community.webshots.com/user/kathys1068 "Ann" wrote in message news5Zic.12366$i61.5715@clgrps13... It seems to me that Paducah is one of the biggie quilt show Does anyone here enter their quilt? And get selected or not? Does a chosen quilt have to be absolutely perfect to be picked for the show? (in construction and quilting)? I presume the competiton is fierce for getting a quilt selected. Ann...........who thinks she would like to try........some day |
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For Paducah, look here and click on the PDF at "Rules & Entry form:
http://www.aqsquilt.com/contests.shtml For Houston, go here and click appropriately on show rules or show entry form: http://www.quilts.com/ For others, google on as many key words as are appropriate and start fishing around. You might try "Visions quilt show entry" and see what you get. Try the name of any show that folks mention here. Here's a useful list of shows: http://www.lyrickinard.com/where_to_show_.html I've never entered, but it was a new year's resolution this year to try. That's going to mean getting good slides made of my quilts and learning about shipping, insurance, entry forms, which category to enter in, labels, all the detail work which can be an education in itself. --Lia Kathy in CA wrote: And just how do you enter a quilt in a show (big or small)? When/where to you find the how-to instructions? Any hints? I might like to do that sometime. |
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when you all were talking about going to Paducah I did a search and there
was an entry form with rules, specs, etc. You had to have pics and the entry form in by January First prize in Paducah was $10,000 if I remember correctly. I'll try to find the entry form / rules again. I found it quite interesting Ann "Kathy in CA" wrote in message ... And just how do you enter a quilt in a show (big or small)? When/where to you find the how-to instructions? Any hints? I might like to do that sometime. -- Kathy in CA Quilting Stuff: http://community.webshots.com/user/kathys1068 "Ann" wrote in message news5Zic.12366$i61.5715@clgrps13... It seems to me that Paducah is one of the biggie quilt show Does anyone here enter their quilt? And get selected or not? Does a chosen quilt have to be absolutely perfect to be picked for the show? (in construction and quilting)? I presume the competiton is fierce for getting a quilt selected. Ann...........who thinks she would like to try........some day |
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You had to have pics and the
entry form in by January First prize in Paducah was $10,000 if I remember correctly. I Paducah is a "juried" show, which means that you must submit an entry form and slides of your quilt by a specific date. Since a juried show can receive upwards of 1000 entries, yet can only hang 400 (for example) quilts, a process of elimination must take place. The slides are reviewed, and the 400 entrants are chosen by a jurying panel. Most juried shows are those that offer money prizes. Incidentally, Best In Show at Paducah was $18,000.00 last I remember...unless they have increased this award. The separate "Workmanship" awards were $10,000.00 or $12,000.00 each. First Prize in each category was $1500.00. There are also "first come, first served" shows, such as the Vermont Quilt festival. Most of these shows do not offer cash awards. They have a limit of how many quilts they can hang, and the they will accept entries until they fill this quota. A quilter who is apprehensive about entering a national show might feel more comfortable trying this type of show first. The majority of the big quilt shows have their own websites, and you can usually find their entry forms/rules online. As far as a person being considered "greedy" for entering all the big shows, I feel differently. If I have created something that I can be especially proud of, I want to share it with as many quilters as I can. If it happens to be special enough to actually win at more than one show, good for me. There is no feeling like it in the world! Kathy http://community.webshots.com/user/katquilts53 Repeat after me......."Spray Starch is my Friend!" |
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Not to mention that its no longer challenging. Whats the fun if you know
youre going to win? Not to mention the clutter all those blue ribbons make. And then, having to buy all new hats...;-) Diana "Polly Esther" wrote in message link.net... I had to quit entering the "biggies". It just seemed to me that winning them all was a bit greedy, don't you think? Polly "Ann" wrote in message news5Zic.12366$i61.5715@clgrps13... It seems to me that Paducah is one of the biggie quilt show Does anyone here enter their quilt? And get selected or not? Does a chosen quilt have to be absolutely perfect to be picked for the show? (in construction and quilting)? I presume the competiton is fierce for getting a quilt selected. Ann...........who thinks she would like to try........some day |
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Kathy should know. Her work is FANtastic! I saw one in person at
Lancaster. Well done, Kathy! 8^) Nancycog in MD |
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There were quilts at Paducah that weren't any better than a lot of the
quilts I've seen at RCTQ meetups/show n tells. I think a lot of quilters just assume that they can't get in and even if they could, they'd look bad next to the competition. I don't think that's true, though. It is rather intimidating, though, isn't it? -- Cindy Bettinger; http://photos.yahoo.com/cbet_99 http://www.one-eleven.net/~music/ http://simplymusic.net "Ann" wrote in message news5Zic.12366$i61.5715@clgrps13... It seems to me that Paducah is one of the biggie quilt show Does anyone here enter their quilt? And get selected or not? Does a chosen quilt have to be absolutely perfect to be picked for the show? (in construction and quilting)? I presume the competiton is fierce for getting a quilt selected. Ann...........who thinks she would like to try........some day |
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