35^th Annual Quilt Show 2011
at Sauder Village

Quilt Challenge... "Flight of Imagination"
Tuesday, April 26 – Sunday, May 1, 2011
Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm and Sunday 11:00 – 4:00 pm 

2011 Quilt Show Information

Challenge Fabrics available at Threads of Tradition Quilt Shop.

Click here for Challenge Guidelines.

Group 1
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1107-3	1108-1	1108-2
Group 2
1101-3	1102-2	1102-3
1103-2	1104-3	1105-1
1105-2	1106-1	1106-2
1107-1	1107-2	1108-3

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Challenge Guidelines

Threads of Tradition at Historic Sauder Village sponsors the...
Village Quilt Challenge 2011

Theme: "Flight of Imagination"... Each entrant will create a quilt design that includes both Flying Geese (Block A) and Bird in Air (Block B) blocks. You must use both blocks, but how you put them together is up to you. Maybe you’ll combine them to create a larger block, or use them in the border, or integrate them with appliqué, other blocks or parts of blocks. Put your imagination to work! Check the chart below for the sizes to cut each of the pieces in the blocks for a finished 3” block. Of course, you can make your blocks any size you want, but this will get you started. We know there are many methods for creating the flying geese units used in Block A. Any method will work as long as it gives you the result you’re after. Each entry must be quilted either by hand and/or machine. In this Challenge we are looking for original, small-scale quilts with a balance of scale and proportion, fine workmanship, and pleasing use of fabric and color that creates pattern, texture, depth and movement as the eye moves across the quilt. Judging will be based on the criteria above and all judges decisions are final. All 2011 Challenge quilts are subject to the same entry guidelines as all other categories in the quilt show.

Fabrics... For the 2011 challenge we have selected “Gerta” fabrics by local fabric designer Marcia Derse. The entire line consists of twenty-four fabric prints plus a printed panel. Each challenge packet will contain 12 fat quarters of assorted prints, with two different packets available. Each entrant may choose to work with one or more fabric packets or mix and match any Gerta fabrics to create your own color combination. To qualify for the Challenge, each entry must include an easily recognizable piece of at least five different Gerta fabrics. One or two other fabrics of the quilt artist’s choice may be added to this Challenge entry. The panel fabric from the Gerta collection may be used on the back of the quilt, if desired, but not on the front of the Challenge quilt.

We’d love to have you visit us to personally pickup your fabric packet, but if that is not possible, we’ll send your challenge fabrics to you for $36.98 including tax, shipping and handling. If additional yardages are needed, all challenge fabrics may be viewed online and ordered by calling Threads of Tradition at 419-445-9610 or 800-590-9755.

Size... Maximum 36" x 36" and Minimum 24" x 24"
Your quilt can be any shape as long as the outside dimensions fall within these guidelines.

Registration... Please register for the Challenge by completing the quilt registration form which will be available online January 12, 2011 at http://www.saudervillage.org/Creativity/quiltfair_RegTag.asp. Your Challenge quilt must be pre-registered and can be included on the same form as any additional quilts you are entering in other categories. Due to Quilt Show check in falling on Easter weekend, we are checking quilts in on Saturday instead of Sunday. Check in for all pre-registered quilts, including Challenge quilts, will be Saturday, April 23 from 9:30 am-12:00 noon. If it is impossible for you to hand deliver your entry, please complete the special shipping instruction form that is also available online and mail that form with your entry.

All qualifying Flight of Imagination Challenge quilts will be hung together in a special exhibit in the lobby of Founder’s Hall during the week of Quilt Show 2011. Judging will be completed prior to opening of Quilt Show. All Challenge quilts must include a cloth label with the name of the quilt, and the owner’s name and address, sewn to the back of the entry.

Pick-up... Sunday, May 1 at 4:30 pm or Monday, May 2 between 9:00-10:30 am unless other arrangements are made. All entries must remain for the entire length of the show.

Questions & Concerns... We know you will understand that we will take all reasonable care of your quilt, but cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage. For questions on the Challenge, please call us at Sauder Village at 800.590.9755 or 419.445.9610 , write us at Sauder Village Quilt Show, P.O. Box 235, Archbold, OH 43502 or e-mail us at lrufenacht@saudervillage.org.
Location and UPS Address: 22611 State Route 2, Archbold, OH, 43502.

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2011 Quilt Show Information