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2010 Quilt Show
(page last updated May 21, 2010)

The 2010 Faithful Circle Quilters Guild Quilt Show was held at the First Presbyterian Church of Howard County April 29-30, and May 1, 2010.

Winners

Best in Show: Carolyn May for her Baltimore Album

Large Quilts

1st Place: Carolyn May for her Baltimore Album

2nd Place: Virginia Fry, 1852 Friendship Quilt

3rd Place: Della LeConte, Civil War Stars

Medium Quilts

1st Place: Sherrin Muray, Sunset Glow
2nd Place: Marcia Gratton, Blue Collection
3rd Place: Alka Mital, Waterlilies Forever

Small Quilts

1st Place: Joyce Ritter, Still Light
2nd Place: Shelia Reiss, Selena and Sol
3rd Place: Jonnifer Lennon for her Candace and Justin Portrait

Other

1st Place: Jane Sinek for her Mosaic Jacket
2nd Place: Beth Bohac, Pebble Path
3rd Place: Susan Mann and Sandy Lynch for their tote bags

Our raffle baskets were won by L.A. Hughes, Michele Eder, B. Chasson, and Sue Cox and the winner of our spectacular raffle quilt "Peaceful Garden" was Mary Santee of Syracuse, NY.

Events

Our quilt show featured over 300 beautiful quilts, free demonstrations, vendors, raffle baskets, peddler's table and a silent auction (some with buy-it-now options!).

New This Year, the Food Tent was a big hit!

Raffle Quilt

Each show year, we create a quilt to be raffled. Ticket sales help to cover some of our expenses such as member directories, the website, and others. This year, our raffle quilt won several awards!

2010 Maryland State Fair

Reserve Champion

Champion in the Large Quilt Category

Blue Ribbon in the Group Quilt (Traditional)

Special Awards

Traditions of the White Swan

G Street Fabrics

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Raffle Basket Donors

The following companies generously donated towards the fun-filled baskets that we raffled at the end of the show. Faithful Circle deeply appreciates the companies and individuals who have continued to support our biannual quilt show.

Our grateful thanks go to:

Barbara Bennett	Blank Quilting	Colourful Stitches
Nancy Evans	Fabri-Quilt	Fairfield
Caren Fitzpatrick	Fons & Porter/Love of Quilting	Frank A. Edmunds Company
Heritage Quilting Designs	Leah Hurwich	Illustrated Stitches/Sheila Riess
Indygo Junction/The Vintage Workshop	JP Coats & Clark	June Tailor
Mancuso Show Management	Peg McClelland	Meredith Corporation
Margaret Miller	Susan Mitchell	Nancy's Notions
Nancy Odom	National Quilting Association, Inc	Pangor Quilt Design/Maria O'Haver
Paper Pieces	Piece O' Cake Designs	Piecemakers Country Store
Pine Needles Design/McKenna Ryan	Quilters Dream Batting	Quilting Creations
Quilting Made Easy, Inc	Redex Industries, Inc.	Seminole Sampler
The Stencil Company	Patty Stenpeck	Studio Kat Designs
Sulky of America	Triangle on a Roll/HQS, Inc.	Zebra Patterns/Debra Gabel

Vendors

Vendors this year included (and many thanks for the goodies they added to the raffle baskets!):

And Sew It Goes

Hunter's Woodcraft

The Dyer's Edge

Ellicott City Sew & Vac

Piecing the Past

The Fabric Peddler

Handloom Batik

The Cloth Peddler

Zebra Patterns

Demonstrations

We had some great demonstrations throughout the quilt show, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. These included demos and instructions on English paper piecing, scrap quilts, raw edge and wool felt appliqué, using craft foam and mini twistable crayons, making three-dimensional flowers and unique placemats, creating "designer fabric", and much more!

Past Shows

2008

For More Information, Contact:

Irma Bast,

Show Co-Chairperson

show1@faithfulcirclequilters.com

Carolyn May,

Show Co-Chairperson

show2@faithfulcirclequilters.com

See You in 2012 at Our Next Quilt Show!