May 1, 2017
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Quilts Being Sought for 2017 Quilt Expo Quilt Contest
There is still time to enter this year’s 10-category juried and judged 2017 Quilt Expo Quilt Contest. Quilters are invited to enter up to four quilts in the contest, which awards cash prizes for best of show, first-, second- and third-place honors in each of the 10 categories, anda viewers' choice award,selected from the entries by Quilt Expo attendees. Quilt Contest entries must be submitted by June 30.
Last September, more than 360 quilts were accepted into the Quilt Expo Quilt Contest. Winning entries camefrom across the United States. A gallery of the 2016 award-winning quilts, contest rules and entry forms can be found at QuiltExpo.com.
The 13th annual Quilt Expo will be held 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 and Friday, Sept. 8, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 in the Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison.
Highlights include the Quilt Expo Quilt Contest, special quilt exhibits, a vendor mall featuring nearly 200 vendors, stage presentations, informal lectures, sit & sew workshops, hands-on workshops, quilt appraisals, celebrity presenters, a prize raffleand the annual Quilt to Give community service project.
Entries are also being sought for the Kids’ Quilt Challenge and the Winter Games QuiltChallenge. Complete contest details and entry deadlines for these challenges can be found at QuiltExpo.com.
Registration for lectures and workshops will be available beginning Monday, July 10.
Group bus tours are available and easy to organize. Special admission rates are available for groups of 20 ormore. Details are available at QuiltExpo.com or bycontacting Mary Alice Van Gemert at 608-265-5037or .
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Quilt Expo is a partnership of Wisconsin Public Television and Nancy Zieman Productions LLC. Proceeds from Quilt Expo support WPT programs and community outreach projects.
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