call for entries

Quilt Entries Invited for Sawtooth Contest

PADUCAH, KY- The Museum of the American Quilter’s Society (MAQS) invites quilt entries for the 2008 New Quilts from an Old Favorite: Sawtooth Contest. Each year this international contest sponsored by Fairfield Processing Corp., Janome America, Inc. and Clover challenges quiltmakers to create an innovative quilt based on a specific traditional pattern.

Entry form, fee and slides or digital images for the 2008 contest are due at the Museum by 1 November 2007; entry fee is $40/$10 Friends of MAQS. From the slide or digital image entries submitted, jurors will select 18 quilts for the exhibit and for award consideration. Quilts are selected on excellence in design and technique in addition to the quilt’s contribution to an exhibit showing the wide range of designs the Sawtooth pattern can inspire. Selected finalists will be asked to send their quilts to MAQS by December 2, 2007, for judging. Cash awards are given to first through fifth places in the amounts of $3,000, $1,500, $750, $500 and $300, respectively. All other finalists are awarded $100 each. All 18 quilts will be on exhibit at MAQS in Spring 2008.

In conjunction with the American Quilter’s Society, a catalog will be published, featuring each finalist and award-winning quilt in full color, with a photo of the maker and information about the quilt’s development in addition to patterns and tips. Following the exhibit at MAQS, the quilts will travel through December 31, 2008. Museums interested in exhibit loan information can request a prospectus by calling the MAQS Curator at 270-442-8856, ext. 30, or by writing MAQS, PO Box 1540, Paducah, KY 42002-1540. Quilters wishing to enter the 2008 contest can request an entry form by sending an SASE to the same address or visit the museum’s website at quiltmuseum.org. Upcoming themes are Burgoyne Surrounded in 2009 and Sunflower in 2010.

The Museum of the American Quilter’s Society is a non-profit institution located in downtown Paducah, KY. The Museum is open year-round Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. CST. The Museum is also open on Sundays 1-5 p.m. April - October. MAQS is accessible. For more information on this and other programming, please call 270-442-8856 or visit quiltmuseum.org.

The Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet, provides operational support funding
for The Museum of the American Quilter’s Society with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

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