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Show at Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, VT—June 19-21, 2009

Classes at St. Michael’s College, Colchester, VT—June 18-21, 2009

  New England's Oldest and Largest Annual Quilt Event!

Activities and Events at the 2009 Festival
Consignment Sales, Appraisals, etc.
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VQF Vendor Booth Hop
 Miller North and South, Champlain Valley Exposition
 Sponsored by In The Beginning Fabric

Back by popular demand is the VQF Booth Hop, a fun shopping
event in which each of 12 VQF vendors designs a unique quilt block (especially for you) and sews it from a line of fabrics designed exclusively for VQF for 2009 by Jason Yenter of In The Beginning Fabrics. Participating booths will have your block kit ready for purchase with directions and fabrics for the low cost of $6.00 + tax per block. Collect all 12 block kits and you’ll have the beginning of a sampler masterpiece! No wasted time, fabric or energy! Throughout the Booth Hop, you’ll see 12 beautiful quilts made from all 12 blocks—each grouping set and finished differently by the vendor displaying it. If you want to finish your quilt like the booth sample, kits with instructions will be available for purchase from that vendor. If not, use your imagination to create a personalized sampler. You won’t want to miss it! Get your free passport at the Booth Hop table in the lobby of Miller Centre and start hoppin’ and shoppin’!


 VQF Raffles: 2009, 2010 Raffle Quilts and Janome Sewing Machines
 Lobby of Miller Centre and Miller North, Champlain Valley Exposition

VQF’s 2009 raffle quilt, A Champlain Valley Welcome, was created by the South County Bee of the Annapolis (Maryland) Quilt Guild. A traditional pineapple design with a scrappy twist, it is done with a wonderful array of rich blue fabrics. All fees paid to the quiltmakers were donated to worthy charities such as hospice and women’s shelters. The 2010 raffle quilt will also make its debut at the show, and raffle tickets will be available for purchase.
The second prize in the raffle will be a Memorycraft 6600 Professional sewing machine donated by Janome of America. Janome invites you to come see this machine that features the “Acufeed layered fabric feeding system for precision and control.”
Our final raffle will be for a Janome Magnolia 7330, the most advanced machine in the Magnolia line. Add personal flair to your home and wardrobe projects with 30 decorative stitches and lots of great automatic features! Donated by Bittersweet
Fabric Shop. All raffle tickets are $1 each or six for $5.00; the drawings for the two machines and the 2009 quilt will be held on Sunday, June 21 at 2:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit VQF programs.  Tickets may also be purchased by mailing U.S. funds to the VQF office prior to June 13th, 2009.  Please reference "Raff;e" on your check or letter. 


Sit and Quilt
 Miller South, Champlain Valley Exposition

Each year, Barbara W. Barber and Rose Koretski bring their considerable talents and unique senses of humor to VQF as they invite show goers to work at their quilt frame with them. Sit a spell, laugh and enjoy the special camaraderie only quilters understand as you add your stitches to the project.

 

A New VQF Challenge:  "It's Soooo Me!"

Instigator Barbara Barber has suggested an idea for a challenge
and we thought it sounded like fun. In these trying times, we are fortunate to have our quilting passion to absorb our thoughts and sooth our stresses. We invite you to express your personal passion for quilting by ”sewing” a tote bag with the theme “It’s Soooo Me!” Barbara’s definition of a bag is simple: a bag has handles and holds stuff.
Make a tote bag and donate it to VQF for a silent auction. All proceeds will benefit the VQF Education Program that brings you high quality quilt exhibits, teachers from all over the country, affordable children’s quilting classes, and much more. As a non-profit organization, the Festival relies on the support of people like you!
To participate:
• Create a bag using cotton or wool: maximum size of bag/holds stuff part is 24”x24”; embellishments are OK.
• Original design or commercial pattern (give credit!)
• Mail before June 10 to: Barbara Barber, 34 Langworthy Road, Westerly RI 02891
Bidding begins during the Preview on Thursday evening and ends Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. There will be a ballot box to determine Viewer’s Choice in the display with a prize awarded to the winning bag creator.


 VQF Sales and Consignments
 Champlain Valley Exposition, Miller North

Visit the VQF Sales Booth to purchase souvenir goods and a wide variety of new and antique quilts and quilt-related items sold on consignment. There will be VQF apparel with embroidered
logo, hand-thrown VQF mugs in five colors, large zippered tote bags with pockets, lanyards, and show pins. (Note: We can’t fill mail orders for pins before the show. They may be ordered on the registration form for pick up at the show, or purchased in the booth.) VQF accepts consignment items that would interest quilt lovers. Desirable items range from unique, hand-crafted, finished products to collectibles in great condition. Vintage sewing machines and notions are also sought. As space is limited, craft and home decor items will not be accepted and VQF reserves the right to reject unsuitable items. Deliver items on June 17th or 18th and pick unsold items up on the 21st. Specific details on the consignment program and fees can be found on the website (www.vqf.org) or by calling the VQF office at (802) 872-0034.

 
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