June 28 – 30, 2013
Champlain Valley Exposition
105 Pearl Street
Essex Junction, VT
Show Hours
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, 9AM-6PM
SUNDAY, 9AM-3PM
Admission
US funds only
One-day: $12
Two-day pass: $22
Three-day pass: $32
Children under 14 free with paying adult
All admissions include free parking.
Group discount available
QUILT EXHIBITS
Antique and Special Exhibits
Over the last third of a century, VQF has offered some of the best quilts, both antique and new, and this year is no exception.
Contest Quilt Exhibit
The Vermont Quilt Festival contest exhibits entries from all over the United States, Canada, and abroad.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Contest Awards Ceremony
THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 6:30PM-7:30PM
BLUE RIBBON PAVILION
Join us as we honor the winning contest quilts and their makers. Free admission.
Champagne and Chocolate Preview
THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 7:30PM-9:30PM
MILLER NORTH AND SOUTH
Sponsored by Quilting Treasures
Celebrate as the doors open to the 37th annual Vermont Quilt Festival! View contest and special exhibit quilts, congratulate winners, and shop at more than eighty vendor booths while enjoying champagne, ginger ale, and mouth-watering chocolates courtesy of some of Vermont's finest chocolatiers. Tickets are $12. Free admission for class registrants and contest entrants.
New Quilt Appraisals
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 9AM-4PM
BLUE RIBBON PAVILION
This year the Festival is offering two types of appraisals of new quilts. As in previous years, contest entrants may sign up to have quilts appraised as the quilts hang in the show. Appraisals will also be offered at the show on Friday; appointments are required and may be arranged by contacting the VQF office. Owners receive written appraisals that may be used for insurance, sale or donation purposes.
Antique Quilts Appraisals
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 9AM-5PM
WARE BUILDING CONFERENCE ROOM
Since 1981, VQF has been offering appraisals of quilts made prior to 1960. With more than 1600 appraisals performed and nearly 120 years of combined experience, the appraisal team is qualified to tackle any challenge. For a fee, owners will receive a written appraisal and a photograph. No appointments are necessary. Those wishing appraisals who are not attending the Festival may enter and leave the Ware Building conference room by its outside entrance.
The Textile Detectives are In
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2PM-4PM
BLUE RIBBON PAVILION
Join the members of the Quiltsearch team for an exploration about quilts. Visitors are invited to bring one or two pre-1960 quilts for examination. Listen as Vermont's foremost antique quilt experts talk to the audience about the age, pattern and condition of each quilt. This is not about values; rather it's a quilt show and tell for everyone. Free.
Quilts as American Folk Art
presented by Bettina Havig
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 7PM
BLUE RIBBON PAVILION
Lecture and door prizes
Enjoy a trip through the rich past of American quiltmaking. Meet the best quiltmakers in our past and move into the present to look at today's quiltmakers. $12 admission, includes one door prize ticket
Painting with Cloth
presented by Katie Pasquini Masopust
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 7PM
BLUE RIBBON PAVILION
Lecture and door prizes
This slide lecture shows Katie's development from early paintings through traditional quilts up to contemporary quilts. Enjoy her early tradtional quilts, mandalas, three dimensional quilts, fractured landscapes, color washes and more. $12 admission, includes one door prize ticket
Jane's 150th Anniversary Reunion
SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 11AM
BLUE RIBBON PAVILION
Bring your Dear Jane or Dear Hannah quilts, blocks, notebooks and pictures to this special event with Brenda Papadakis. She will share some of her quilts and stories; in turn, share yours and how you came to Jane. Learn what's happening in the World of Janiacs. Free admission
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Friends of VQF
Play an important role in promoting a wealth of quilting experience for all! Over the past 36 years, the non-profit Vermont Quilt Festival has been the setting for the highest quality education in the art of quilting, for exhibitions of fine quilts, for a shopping mall of over 80 vendors, and for the preservation of our quilting heritage.
Friends of VQF enrollment form here.
VQF Boutique and Consignment
MILLER NORTH
Visit the VQF Boutique to purchase VQF apparel with logo, hand-thrown VQF mugs in several colors, large zippered totes, show pins and more. A wide variety of new and antique quilts and quilt-related items is sold on consignment. VQF accepts consignment items that are of interest to quilt lovers. Desirable items range from unique, handcrafted, finished products and notions to collectibles in great condition, and vintage sewing machines. 2013 Consignment form here.
Raffles
MILLER CENTRE LOBBY
The Festival’s 2013 raffle quilt, Vermont Galaxy, is designed and pieced by Vermont quilter Judith Thomas and long arm quilted by Kea Kohlmeyer. The second prize is a Pfaff sewing machine.
A second raffle is for a Janome Horizon Memory Craft 8900 sewing machine generously donated by Janome America and Bittersweet Fabric Shop. Raffle tickets are $1 each or six for $5; the drawing will be held on Sunday, June 30. Proceeds benefit VQF educational programs.
SewBatik Wall Quilt Challenge 2013
BLUE RIBBON PAVILION
The seasons of Vermont have been described as nine months of winter and three of poor sledding. When summer finally arrives, it is a time to enjoy light, warmth and flip-flops. The SewBatik challenge theme for 2013 is Summer Solstice. You are invited to make a wall quilt showing what the longest day of the year means to you. Sewbatik is providing two fat eighths of batik fabric and will judge the quilts. The winner will receive a basket full of beautiful SewBatik fabrics, a value of at least $100. To obtain fabric, guidelines and registration form, mail the $5 entry fee to VQF/SewBatik Challenge, Mary Ellen Francis, 1651 Quaker Village Rd, Weybridge, VT 05753.
Vendor Demonstrations
BLUE RIBBON PAVILION
Pick up a new technique, learn how to use a new product, or get an introduction to a new quiltmaking topic, courtesy of Festival vendors offering their time and talents. A complete listing of topics, presenters and the schedule will be available at the show. Free admission.
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