Ithaca New York Quilt Show - Part One

The bi-annual Quilt Show in Ithaca presented by the Tompkins County Quilt Guild was beautiful and colorful as always.

Waiting for the start of Project Iron Quilter, which debuted here two years ago at their last show.

Ruth White designed these gorgeous placques for the winners.

There is always a great display of wearables.

Aafke describes how she made her unusual quilt made from labels.

The winning garment by Nancy Crouch.

The Genesee Valley Quilt Show-June 3-5, 2011

The biannual Genesee Valley Quilt Club Show was held last weekend at the Field House at R.I.T. in Rochester. There were around 1000 quilts and garments in the show.

The view of the floor from the snack bar above the show.

On Friday afternoon I gave a Fashion Show of some of my garments. Paula Merino obviously loved modeling this one which was from the last Fairfield Fashion Show in 2000. It is called "Lasha in My Dreams".

The audience loved looking at and trying on the garments after the show.

On Saturday I co-chaired the Project Iron Quilter Competition. 20 contestants had 3 1/2 hours to complete a quilt which was then auctioned off to help support Gilda's Club. We gave them ten choices of a theme, after which they had a mad scramble for fabric from piles on three big tables which we provided. They were also allowed to bring one piece from home.

The day was meant to be a fun time for all and some people really got into it, including Jeanne Simpson and Nancy Hicks who put out a Tip Jar in the middle of their tables.

Show visitors enjoyed wandering through as the day progressed to see how things were going.

Then all the finished quilts were displayed in front for the audience to view while the judges made their decisions.

Kathie Everett won the Grand Prize...a Bernina Sewing Machine for this beauty using the Diet theme. You can see much more information on the Quilt Show and Project Iron Quilter on Beth Brandkamp's blog:

http://quilterb-bethsblog.blogspot.com/

And a wonderful page put together by Ken Reek on Project Iron Quilter:

http://www.cs.rit.edu/~kar/ironquilter2011/

Project Iron Quilter Call for Contestants

The Grand Prize


Do you have what it takes to be a Project Iron Quilter?

The Genesee Valley Quilt Club (GVQC) in Rochester, N.Y. is looking for a few quilters with a sense of adventure to participate in the Project Iron Quilter Contest to be held in conjunction with the Quilt Show on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at the Gordon Field House, R.I.T., Rochester, N.Y.. If you can sew and have a sense of humor we want you. The concept, developed by Ruth White of the Tompkins County Quilt Guild in Ithaca, N.Y. was successfully launched at their quilt show in October, 2009. Ruth has already signed on to be a contestant at the GVQC Show’s event.

Fifteen to twenty contestants will bring their own sewing machines, cutting mats, rulers and rotary cutters. They may bring as much thread as they like but only a small amount of one fabric. In addition they may bring a shoebox full of embellishments and trim if they so desire. At the “starting time” a theme will be announced and contestants will make a grab for fabric from a large “stash” table. They will then have 3 ½ hours (with a break in the middle ) to construct their “masterpiece”. At the end the quilts will be judged, prizes awarded, and the quilts auctioned off for charity.

Photo from the October 2009 Project Iron Quilter Challenge in Ithaca, N.Y.


Intrigued?

Please send in an application form and get ready for a fun day.

There will be a number of wonderful prizes in a variety of categories and lots of ribbons. These include a sewing machine, a basket of 75 fat quarters and many many others.

Tentative Schedule (subject to slight revisions)

Hours 10 am to 4 pm

10:00 am Theme is announced. Contestants introduced
10:30 am Fabric dash to table of assorted fabrics. Quilt design time
11:00 to 12:30 Sewing
12:30 to 1:00 pm Lunch. Contestants must leave area. Quilts in progress attached to design walls for show attendees to view progress
1:00 pm to 3 pm Sewing
3:00 Judges interview contestants and judge quilts
3:30 Judges convene and decide awards. Counting is completed for Viewer’s Choice Award
4:00 Grand Prize Winner and other awards and ribbons
4:15 Quilts auctioned with proceeds to Charity

Application forms will be available on the GVQC Quilt Show Web page (GVQC.org) or from:

Priscilla Kibbee (contact me at pkibbee@aol.com)

Project Iron Quilter, The Practice Session

Casey thought it would be fun to "warm up" for the upcoming Project Iron Quilter Contest. Since she was working on potholders her table mates gave her the challenge of finishing one in an hour based on the "theme" we selected...which was Octopus. She had to use the fabric on the left and a must was that she use a snowman and a dog fabric which we selected. The challenge was on.........


With pencil, paper and fabric in hand she sketched out her masterpiece.

And worked feverishly to complete it in the allotted time.

When it was over she said she loved it as it made her problem solve and do things differently than she would if she had had more time. And she really liked the results.

The finished piece. If you click on the photo it will enlarge.

Project Iron Quilter Contest Call for Applications

First Prize: A Bernette 82e Sewing machine made for Bernina. A retail $599 machine which is perfect for taking to your next quilting class.
There will be many other prizes as well.


Do you have what it takes to be a Project Iron Quilter? The Genesee Valley Quilt Club (GVQC) in Rochester, N.Y. is looking for a few quilters with a sense of adventure to participate in the Project Iron Quilter Contest to be held in conjunction with the Quilt Show on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at the Gordon Field House, R.I.T., Rochester, N.Y.. If you can sew and have a sense of humor we want you. The concept, developed by Ruth White of the Tompkins County Quilt Guild in Ithaca, N.Y. was successfully launched at their quilt show in October, 2009. Ruth has already signed on to be a contestant at the GVQC Show’s event.

Fifteen to twenty contestants will bring their own sewing machines, cutting mats, rulers and rotary cutters. They may bring as much thread as they like but only a small amount of one fabric. In addition they may bring a shoebox full of embellishments and trim if they so desire. At the “starting time” a theme will be announced and contestants will make a grab for fabric from a large “stash” table. They will then have 3 ½ hours (with a break in the middle ) to construct their “masterpiece”. At the end the quilts will be judged, prizes awarded, and the quilts auctioned off for charity.

Intrigued?

Please send in an application form and get ready for a fun day.

There will be a number of wonderful prizes in a variety of categories and lots of ribbons. These will be announced at a later date.

Tentative Schedule (subject to slight revisions)

Hours 10 am to 5 pm

10:00 am Theme is announced. Contestants introduced
10:30 am Fabric dash to table of assorted fabrics. Quilt design time
11:00 to 12:30 Sewing
12:30 to 1:00 pm Lunch. Contestants must leave area. Quilts in progress attached to design walls for show attendees to view progress
1:00 pm to 3 pm Sewing
3:00 Judges interview contestants and judge quilts
3:30 Judges convene and decide awards. Counting is completed for Viewer’s Choice Award
4:00 Grand Prize Winner and other awards and ribbons
4:15 Quilts auctioned with proceeds to Charity

Application forms will be available on the GVQC Quilt Show Web page (GVQC.org) or from:

Priscilla Kibbee

pkibbee@aol.com

Project Iron Quilter 2011--Let the Games Begin

The photo is from the 2009 Iron Quilter Contest in Ithaca, N.Y.

Project Iron Quilter Contest Call for Applications

Do you have what it takes to be a Project Iron Quilter? The Genesee Valley Quilt Club (GVQC) in Rochester, N.Y. is looking for a few quilters with a sense of adventure to participate in the Project Iron Quilter Contest to be held in conjunction with the Quilt Show on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at the Gordon Field House, R.I.T., Rochester, N.Y.. If you can sew and have a sense of humor we want you. The concept, developed by Ruth White of the Tompkins County Quilt Guild in Ithaca, N.Y. was successfully launched at their quilt show in October, 2009. Ruth has already signed on to be a contestant at the GVQC Show’s event.

Fifteen to twenty contestants will bring their own sewing machines, cutting mats, rulers and rotary cutters. They may bring as much thread as they like but only a small amount of one fabric. In addition they may bring a shoebox full of embellishments and trim if they so desire. At the “starting time” a theme will be announced and contestants will make a grab for fabric from a large “stash” table. They will then have 3 ½ hours (with a break in the middle ) to construct their “masterpiece”. At the end the quilts will be judged, prizes awarded, and the quilts auctioned off for charity.

Intrigued?

Please send in an application form and get ready for a fun day.

There will be a number of wonderful prizes in a variety of categories and lots of ribbons. These will be announced at a later date.

Tentative Schedule (subject to slight revisions)

Hours 10 am to 5 pm

10:00 am Theme is announced. Contestants introduced
10:30 am Fabric dash to table of assorted fabrics. Quilt design time
11:00 to 12:30 Sewing
12:30 to 1:00 pm Lunch. Contestants must leave area. Quilts in progress attached to design walls for show attendees to view progress
1:00 pm to 3 pm Sewing
3:00 Judges interview contestants and judge quilts
3:30 Judges convene and decide awards. Counting is completed for Viewer’s Choice Award
4:00 Grand Prize Winner and other awards and ribbons
4:15 Quilts auctioned with proceeds to Charity

Application forms will be available on the GVQC Quilt Show Web page (GVQC.org) or from:

Priscilla Kibbee

pkibbee@aol.com

Ithaca Quilt Show Photos

My outfit "Thanks Kaffe" from the 2006 Bernina Fashion Show. It is made from 135 Kaffe Fasset Fabrics and 5 long beaded bands from Guatemala and beaded bands from India. It won First Prize in the Viewer's Choice Wearable Art category.

This was a bog coat made by a student in one of my classes

The bog coat back.
I love the combination of red and black




This guild always has a fabulous doll collection. This one is by Sally Dutko
One of June Silberman's designs
One of Sally Dutko's fabulous creations.
June Silberman
There was a special exhibit by the Ellis Hollow Quilters with some fabulous group quilts.
Another one of the quilts from that group.
I loved the colors in these two from the regular exhibit.



Pat Pauly's booth with her hand dyed fabric.
And my booth next door.

This is a Butterfly Jacket made by one of my students from the Ithaca area.