Ellsworth Quilt Show

Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution

September 13-14, 2008

Admission: $6.00

Show Dates and Hours

Saturday         9/13/08           10:00 AM-5:00 PM

Sunday           9/14/08           10:00 AM-3:00 PM

 House tours will be available during all show hours.

Venue

The Oliver Ellsworth Homestead

778 Palisado Avenue

Windsor, CT  06095

Phone:  (860) 688-8717   

All are invited to enter a new or antique quilt for the show.  Several viewer’s choice ribbons will be awarded for different categories of entries. 
Here is the entry form in MS Word and here it is in PDF format

We will be selling chances on a raffle quilt to be completed prior to the show.  

A variety of sewing related vendors will be onsite throughout the show. 

Food and beverages will be available as well.

There will be a FREE quilt related lecture on each day:

• Saturday 10am – 11am:  Kris Driessen, a quilt historian and teacher will give a lecture on Dating Quilts from 1800 – WWII.  Attendees are invited to bring their antique quilts to be dated.  (Her web address is www.quiltbus.com/teach.htm)
• Sunday 10am – 11am:  Sue Reich, a local quilt historian and teacher, will give a lecture on The History of Quilts in Connecticut w/ an Emphasis on DAR Quilts.  Attendees are invited to bring their antique quilts to be evaluated after the lecture.