The first annual Bainbridge Quilt Festival will be held:
Saturday, September 14, 2013
9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Downtown, Bainbridge Island, WA
*Quilt entry deadline: Sept. 4 and quilt delivery deadline to Esther's Fabrics is also Sept. 4!
Here we go! Don’t look now, but we’re putting on an outdoor quilt show! If you’ve ever been to the famous outdoor quilt show in Sisters, OR, you know how exciting a show can be. So, a group of us from the following organizations:
…decided to celebrate quilting on Bainbridge Island by hosting our own show. We hope you'll join us by entering your quilts, volunteering on show day, and attending the show.
This will be a non-juried show, so anyone is welcome to enter a quilt. We will also have special categories for Smalls, Young Quilters (under 14 years of age), Quilting Men and Floor Cloths. See the Quilt Guidelines page for more details!
Show attendees can also shop the merchants along Winslow Way and surrounds, and take in the Farmer’s Market which will be open until early afternoon that day.
Activities scheduled:
Floorcloth Demo (ongoing from 9:30 - 1:00 pm) by Beach Garden Quilts at the Farmer's Market that day. Floorcloths are like a quilt for the floor, but require no sewing. See the samples done by Beach Garden Quilts and hear Lynnette Sandbloom's techniques and tips as she demonstrates exactly how to construct a floor cloth.
Easy Improvisational Piecing is a drop in workshop to be held at the Bainbridge Museum of Art between
10 - 4 pm. Marybeth O'Halloran of White Lotus Quilting will be leading this hands-on activity; blocks made during the day will be used in an American Hero Quilt top.
Justcrafts.net will be set up in the bank plaza between Columbia and Chase banks from 10-2 pm. Jeanette Schanilec, kid's craft and sewing guru, will show how kids can create a patchwork pillow and many other charming sewing projects. Kids (and adults!) are welcome to stop by.
Quilt Raffle
This beautiful paper-pieced quilt, "Around Town," will be raffled with the winner drawn at the Festival at 4:00 p.m.
The quilt was pieced by Margret Darrah from a pattern by Carolyn Friedlander and quilted by Marybeth O'Halloran using her new pantograph Harbour Waves.
Tickets may be purchased now at Esther's Fabrics: $1 each or six for $5 and will be available at the Festival until the drawing. Winner need not be present.
Proceeds go to Friends of the Farms, a local non-profit dedicated to promoting farms and farming on the Island.
We will be adding to this website as events evolve, so check back to see what’s up. Or, sign up to be on the Bainbridge Quilt Festival email list, and we will keep you up-to-date on quilt festival developments.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Downtown, Bainbridge Island, WA
*Quilt entry deadline: Sept. 4 and quilt delivery deadline to Esther's Fabrics is also Sept. 4!
Here we go! Don’t look now, but we’re putting on an outdoor quilt show! If you’ve ever been to the famous outdoor quilt show in Sisters, OR, you know how exciting a show can be. So, a group of us from the following organizations:
- Bainbridge Modern Quilt Guild
- Beach Garden Quilts
- Esther’s Fabrics
- Pink Chalk Studio
- White Lotus Quilting
…decided to celebrate quilting on Bainbridge Island by hosting our own show. We hope you'll join us by entering your quilts, volunteering on show day, and attending the show.
This will be a non-juried show, so anyone is welcome to enter a quilt. We will also have special categories for Smalls, Young Quilters (under 14 years of age), Quilting Men and Floor Cloths. See the Quilt Guidelines page for more details!
Show attendees can also shop the merchants along Winslow Way and surrounds, and take in the Farmer’s Market which will be open until early afternoon that day.
Activities scheduled:
Floorcloth Demo (ongoing from 9:30 - 1:00 pm) by Beach Garden Quilts at the Farmer's Market that day. Floorcloths are like a quilt for the floor, but require no sewing. See the samples done by Beach Garden Quilts and hear Lynnette Sandbloom's techniques and tips as she demonstrates exactly how to construct a floor cloth.
Easy Improvisational Piecing is a drop in workshop to be held at the Bainbridge Museum of Art between
10 - 4 pm. Marybeth O'Halloran of White Lotus Quilting will be leading this hands-on activity; blocks made during the day will be used in an American Hero Quilt top.
Justcrafts.net will be set up in the bank plaza between Columbia and Chase banks from 10-2 pm. Jeanette Schanilec, kid's craft and sewing guru, will show how kids can create a patchwork pillow and many other charming sewing projects. Kids (and adults!) are welcome to stop by.
Quilt Raffle
This beautiful paper-pieced quilt, "Around Town," will be raffled with the winner drawn at the Festival at 4:00 p.m.
The quilt was pieced by Margret Darrah from a pattern by Carolyn Friedlander and quilted by Marybeth O'Halloran using her new pantograph Harbour Waves.
Tickets may be purchased now at Esther's Fabrics: $1 each or six for $5 and will be available at the Festival until the drawing. Winner need not be present.
Proceeds go to Friends of the Farms, a local non-profit dedicated to promoting farms and farming on the Island.
We will be adding to this website as events evolve, so check back to see what’s up. Or, sign up to be on the Bainbridge Quilt Festival email list, and we will keep you up-to-date on quilt festival developments.
