NORTH TEXAS QUILT FESTIVAL
and Original Sewing Expo
Mark your calendars for August 13-15, 2020!!!
The North Texas Quilt Festival and Original Sewing Expo will be held August 13-15, 2020, at the Irving Convention Center. This is a united effort of six area guilds (QGOA, Irving, Trinity Valley, Ft. Worth Modern, Ft. Worth, and Bear Creek) and The Original Sewing Expo to provide an awesome judged quilt display, education and shopping opportunities for the area.
This is really BIG news: The theme for the 2020 NTQF is Sing Your Song in Fabric! There will be a theme category, so get your imagination going and join the fun in making a theme quilt. Any size quilt can be entered as long as it is no more than 96″ on any side.
We need YOU to make this a great Quilt Festival!
- Please submit a quilt (or two, or three!) to display in the Festival. We have such talent in our Guild, and we want to see it exhibited. Please keep in mind that quilts must be no more than 96″ on any side and must have a four-inch sleeve attached. The entry fee is again $25 per entry. If you are interested in sponsoring a quilt for someone else to enter, please contact Randa.
- Submit miniatures to be auctioned at the Festival. The proceeds will benefit your choice of QGOA or Cancer Care Services. There is no entry fee for miniatures. (See guidelines below.)
- Begin making items for sale in the Guild’s booth. Kathy Hester has requested zipper bags, tote bags, crushed walnut-filled pin cushions. She will begin soon taking sign-ups for volunteers to man the booth. Lea Bailey has generously volunteered to assist Kathy this year.
- Purchase pre-show tickets. The Guild receives funds for tickets sold prior to the show. Tickets will be available as time for the show grows closer.
- NTQF will be selling t-shirts this year specific to the show. They will be available for pre-order, so watch this page to find out when ordering begins!
Entry guidelines, divisions, and categories, will be available approximately mid-March. Quilts entries are due by May 15, 2020.
Randa Dillon and Christine Weiss
2020 NTQF Committee Representatives
NTQF Email: NTQF2020@gmail.com
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo Workshops
2020 Miniature Quilt Auction Requirements
The former Nancy’s Pink Challenge is being updated to Nancy’s Cancer Challenge to allow broader expression of honoring many cancers. (See chart below for color associated with different cancers.) Miniatures entered may be either Challenge category or Non-Challenge. Either category of miniature can be designated by the maker for the proceeds from auction or sale to go to QGOA or Cancer Care Services when submitted online. There is no entry fee for miniatures. All entries must be show quality and have a two-inch sleeve attached. (Sleeves only, no tabs.)
General Rules for All Miniatures
- Must be no larger than 24″ on any side.
- Must have a two-inch sleeve attached (sleeves only, no tabs).
- May not be made with a panel (will not qualify).
- Must have a label with name of maker and credit given to pattern maker, if pattern is used.
- Must contain at least nine blocks, each block no larger than four inches finished.
- Some miniatures will be auctioned and others will be sold in the Guild booth.
Nancy’s Cancer Challenge Miniatures
- Must follow the above General Rules.
- Must be no larger than 24″ on any side.
- Must be constructed with 75% of the color associated with the type of cancer represented.
- Label must include the type of cancer represented.
- Turn in to Linda McPherson at the May Guild meeting. Voting on the quilts will be at the June Guild meeting.
Non-Challenge Miniatures
- May be modern, traditional, art, whole cloth, or medallion (pieced or appliqued), conforming to the General Rules above.
- Turn in to Linda McPherson at the July Guild meeting.
Cancer Color Chart
Congratulations to all of the 2019 NTQF Winners!
2018 Winners
2017 Winners
2016 Winners
2015 Winners
Getting Ready for a Quilt Show