YOU WILL SEE QUILTS OF ALL TYPES AND COLORS AT THE JIM BOWIE DAYS QUILT SHOW ON SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH AT THE SILVER STRINGS CENTER , 410 SMYTHE STREET. AREA QUILTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ENTER. REGISTRATION AND CHECK-IN WILL BE FROM 9 A. M. TO 10:00 A. M. JUDGING WILL BEGIN AT 10:00 A. M. QUILTS SHOULD BE CHECKED OUT BETWEEN 2:45 AND 3:00 P M. “AGE” CATEGORIES FOR QUILTS: ANTIQUE, MADE PRIOR TO 1900; PRE WAR 1901-1940; MODERN QUILT 1941-1976; NEW QUILT 1977 TO PRESENT. THEY MAY ALSO BE A TRIBUTE QUILT; GENERATIONS QUILT; EMBELLISHED QUILT; YOUTH QUILT (18 & UNDER); MINIATURE QUILT (OUTSIDE EDGES NOT TO TOTAL MORE THAN 125 INCHES); FIRST QUILT (ADULT); GROUP (3 OR MORE PEOPLE MADE); PREVIOUS CHAMPION (DISPLAY ONLY); USE THE DATE THE QUILT WAS FINISHED TO DETERMINE WHICH CATEGORY TO ENTER.
ENTRIES OTHER THAN QUILTS ARE: WEARABLE QUILTS AND PIECED; COUNTED CROSS-STITCH; CROCHET; TATTING; CREWEL EMBROIDERY; NEEDLEPOINT; KNITTING. EACH CATEGORY WILL BE FURTHER BROKEN DOWN INTO THOSE QUILTS HAND PIECED, APPLIQUÉD, STITCHERY AND MACHINE PIECED. A SPECIAL CATEGORY FOR PAINTED, BOTCHED, UNUSUAL FABRIC, ETC. WALL QUILTS, HANGINGS AND TABLE RUNNERS WILL BE JUDGED SEPARATELY. IF YOU WON A RIBBON IN A PRIOR QUILT SHOW, PLEASE BRING YOUR QUILT TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE. FOR INFORMATION CALL NAN PARK AT 940-872-1687.