The QUILTER’S GUILD OF DALLAS and Sew And Quilt Essentials present March 13-15, 2020 • Dallas Market Hall presents SEWING Machines QUILTING Machines EMBROIDERY Machines Sew And Quilt Essentials only offers JUKI of America Products. Our JUKI store is located in Mount Pleasant and we deliver, setup, and train on-site – anyplace in Texas. Visit the JUKI booths at the main entrance for more information. Special show prices and up to 60-month, Zero interest available. 903-380-8944 We have a fabulous display of quilts made who planted the seeds for this event 39 by our featured member Heather Pregger years ago. I'm sure they would be in awe at in our Special Exhibits area. We are also how far we've come! thrilled to host the Cherrywood Challenge We could say so much more, but we’ll let you Traveling Exhibit again. If you loved the just look around and see for yourself! Again, Prince exhibit last year, you're going to thank you for joining us at Dallas Quilt Show love Bob Ross. The exhibit includes the 2020. Have a wonderful time, tell others work of three of our members. Additionally, about the show, and plan to join us again in we have work completed by University of March 2021. The theme for our 2021 show North Texas students, a display of quilts by is “My Travels." We hope you'll be inspired to Australian designer Karen Styles, and lastly, enter a quilt! Welcome! an emotional exhibit called The 70273 Project. You can read more about these Cindy Matthews Richard Larson This year marks the 39th year of the Dallas Special Exhibits on page 22. Show Chair Guild President Quilt Show, and the show continues to grow with the interest in quilting in the In addition to the beautiful quilts on display, Dallas community. We hope you enjoy the you won’t want to miss our extensive show this year as much as we have enjoyed vendor mall. No doubt, the work you see Schedule of Events putting it all together. on display will inspire you to acquire some Thursday, March 12, 2020 new goodies for your next project or some The stars of our show are always the quilts. ◆ Member Preview Party and other special treat for yourself. We have about 375 quilts on display in the Awards Ceremony, 7-9 p.m. judged show alone for your enjoyment and Our judging panel this year includes Malka Friday, March 13, 2020 amazement, plus many others in special Dubrawsky, Sue Nickels, and Gerald Roy. ◆ exhibits throughout the venue. Many of Sue and Gerald are not only judging, but Exhibits and Vendor Mall open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. these are made by our own members, but also offering entertaining lectures. Several we also have entries from all across the of our sponsors are also presenting ◆ Quilt appraisals by appointment United States. demonstrations of interesting products ◆ Free Demos (see page 2) and techniques. If you are here on Saturday afternoon, ◆ Guided Quilt Tours (see page 5) be sure to check out our Miniature Quilt Many people deserve special thanks: ◆ Free Lecture by Gerald Roy Auction. This year, auction proceeds including the show committee – who begins at 11 a.m. in the Lecture Hall. benefit Life Restoration, an educational began planning for this show before the ◆ Free Lecture by Sue Nickels program operating with the Department 2019 show was even over; the volunteers – begins at 2 p.m. in the Lecture Hall. of Corrections in the State of Texas by who are stepping up to the plate to make providing educational classes along with sure you have a good time here today; and Saturday, March 14, 2020 job skill training to build a bridge between the show sponsors – who help make our ◆ Exhibits and Merchant Mall open those incarcerated and their community. prize money possible. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. We’re very excited to partner with them this We also need to thank the entrants (what’s ◆ Quilt appraisals by appointment year. Their representative will be choosing a quilt show without quilts?) and the women ◆ Free Demos (see page 2) our “Pride of Dallas” quilt. ◆ Guided Quilt Tours (see page 5) ◆ Free Lecture by Sue Nickels TABLE OF CONTENTS begins at 11 a.m. in the Lecture Hall. Schedule of Events ...............1 Show Rules and Etiquette..........9 ◆ Live Miniature Quilt Auction begins at 1:30 p.m. in the front of Free Lecture and Demo Schedule ..2 Security Notes....................9 the Main Hall. Raffle Quilt 2020..................3 Vendor List (alphabetically) .......10 2020 Miniature Quilt Auction .......3 Baby Nursing Station .............14 Sunday, March 15, 2020 Quilt Appraisals ..................4 Vendor List (by booth number) ....19 ◆ Exhibits and Merchant Mall open Motorized Scooter Rental .........4 2021 Dallas Quilt Show Dates ..15, 24 12 noon to 5 p.m. Lost & Found .....................4 Exhibit Hall Map................. 20 ◆ Quilt appraisals by appointment Join the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas ...5 Quilt Angels..................21, 24 ◆ Announcement of Viewer’s QGD Programs and Workshops ....5 Special Exhibits..................22 Choice Award at 4 p.m. near the Guided Quilt Tours................5 Meet the Judges ............... 24 front entrance Sack Sitters ...................6, 17 About the Show Categories ......25 ◆ Winner of our 2020 Raffle Quilt TAQG Rally Day...................6 Awards .........................27 announced at 4 p.m. near the Covers for Kids...................7 List of Show Quilts ...............29 front entrance www.quiltersguildofdallas.org 1 2020 Free Lecture and Demo Schedule Time Title Presented by Friday, March 13, 2020 11:00-12:00 Lecture – My Obsession with Yellow Gerald Roy Gerald presents a PowerPoint presentation about his lifelong love affair with the color yellow. He will combine it with a live "show and tell" of actual quilts from his collection, and there will be time for questions from the audience. 12:30-1:00 Demo – Sew and Quilt Essentials Walter Fletcher Educators from the JUKI Corporation will demonstrate the newest JUKI sewing, quilting, and multi-needle embroidery machines. If you are considering purchasing a top-of-the-line machine, please attend this demo before making your purchase. JUKI is the world’s largest commercial sewing machine manufacturer. JUKI offers some of the most affordable and most reliable machines. Sew and Quilt Essentials is the JUKI dealer hosting this presentation. 1:15-1:45 Demo – Turtle Hand Batik - Mini Instant Art Quilts Tina Hilton Yes…You are an Art Quilter! Break design rules and play with unexpected colors and deconstructed panels to create unique art quilts. Showcasing one-of-a-kind Turtle Hand Batik art panels and luscious batik/hand dyed fabric. 2:00-3:00 Lecture – Machine Quilting Tips and Tricks Sue Nickels In this informative lecture, learn Sue’s secrets to successful machine quilting on the home sewing machine. In this ever changing world of machine quilting, see how Sue works to quilt even her large quilts on her home sewing machine. Starting with a PowerPoint presentation of her quilts, move on to see her sewing room, how to manage the actual quilt and then top tips that make free motion quilting more fun and relaxing at the home sewing machine. Sue will end with showing some of her actual quilts and there will be time for questions from the audience. 3:15-3:45 Demo – Not Your Grandmother’s Way. Reverse Appliqué “Eye of the Beholder” Margaret Willingham Reverse appliqué is doable, easy and fun with our easy 4–step method of Trace, Baste, Snip & Stitch for hand reverse appliqué. Open up a world of creative possibilities. Learn how enjoyable it is to lovingly stitch by hand, and easier and speedier by machine with Appliquilting. Be inspired and have some fun! Saturday, March 14, 2020 11:00-12:00 Lecture – The Quilt Collaborations of Sue Nickels and Pat Holly Sue Nickels In this lecture, Sue will share the unique way she and her sister, Pat Holly, collaborate on their award winning quilts. Share Sue and Pat’s history in quilting through slides of their collaborative quilts including “The Beatles Quilt” and “The Space Quilt.” Sue will bring quilts to share and allow time for questions from the audience. 12:30-1:00 Demo – Sew and Quilt Essentials Walter Fletcher Educators from the JUKI Corporation will demonstrate the newest JUKI sewing, quilting, and multi-needle embroidery machines. If you are considering purchasing a top-of-the-line machine, please attend this demo before making your purchase. JUKI is the world’s largest commercial sewing machine manufacturer. JUKI offers some of the most affordable and most reliable machines. Sew and Quilt Essentials is the JUKI dealer hosting this presentation. 1:15-1:30 Demo – Threaded Lines - Sewing with Cork Jennifer Armentrout Scared to sew cork? Love those bags, but over-whelmed? Come see how simple it is. We’ll even demo a mini-cork wallet – attendees get the pattern and tips…Free! 1:45-2:15 Demo – Sewing Machine Maintenance with Urban Spools Antonio, Urban Spools "I don’t talk to machines, they talk to me.” In this session we will be discussing general preventative maintenance and have a Q & A with Antonio, the lead technician at Urban Spools and Mr. Sewing Machine with over 17 years of experience. Antonio is a wealth of knowledge and will provide practical tips to keep your sewing machine running smoothly at home. 2:30-3:00 Demo – Machine Sashiko Penelope Bell, Urban Spools If you’re familiar with traditional Sashiko hand stitching, you’ll be amazed that there is a machine that can replicate this distinctive stitch. The sweet, simple but elegant stitch can embellish almost anything.