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Welcome to the 2009 Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association’s quilt show website.
The theme of our quilt show is “Garden Party”. It will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great American Parkway, Santa Clara, CA, in April, 2009. Admission is $10.00 good for entry both days with an intact wrist band. Children under six are admitted free. There is plenty of free parking at the site. Saturday, April 4: 10 AM – 5 PM Sunday, April 5: 10 AM – 4 PM
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2009 Quilt Show Chair
Show Highlights
Hundreds of quilts made by SCVQA members will be on exhibit and some quilts will be for sale. Look for special exhibits including Round Robin, Scrap, and UFO Challenges. Demonstrations such as machine quilting, hand quilting, machine appliqué, hand appliqué, machine piecing, hand piecing, and easy binding application will occur at various times during the show. Door prizes will be given throughout the weekend. Each member is entitled to enter one quilt in the show. Every quilt must have a sleeve because no quilt will be pinned, regardless of size. A quilt story may be included with each entry.
Drawings
Raffle tickets are available for the chance to win Scarlet Lady, the little red Singer Featherweight sewing machine, the Opportunity Quilt designed by member Carol Irving pieced with blocks made by the SCVQA members and quilted by member and professional quilter Marty Provencer, and for Opportunity Baskets of various themes. Ticket drawings will be held on the afternoon of April 5. You do not need to be present to win.
Featured Quilter
Our featured quilter is Mary Kay Davis.
Activities and Demos
Be first to solve the hand quilted Sudoku Quilt puzzle before 3:00 PM on Sunday, April 5 and win the Sudoku quilt! In order to win, you must place the colored squares onto the proper blocks of the quilt.
Bed Turnings of antique quilts from the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles occur at 12:30 PM and 2:00 PM each day.
There will be demonstrations at various times during the weekend on hand and machine appliqué, hand and machine piecing, hand and machine quilting and easy binding.
An I Spy game will be available for children to find special effects among the quilts on exhibit. At the completion of the game, the child turns in the form to the entry table and wins a prize.
An important activity of SCVQA, a non-profit 503 (c) 3 corporation, is community outreach through Philanthropy projects. The Philanthropy exhibit includes information about philanthropic services provided by the organization and an opportunity for attendees to learn to tie quilts.
"Quilts and Specialty Items for Sale!"
For sale in the Quilter’s Treasure Chest will be specialty items and quilts donated by SCVQA members. Look for reasonably priced quilted wall hangings, tote bags, pillows, pin cushions, name tag holders, quilted post cards, and many other treasures which are perfect for gifts for mom, family members, friends, and yourself. Members also will be selling consignment quilts and smaller items in the Treasure Chest.