6th Annual Quilt Show & Challenge
The quaint and beautiful river town of Muncy, Pennsylvania is the setting for this annual Quilt Show. Show guests have the opportunity to view antique, traditional and new quilts, representing virtually all styles. Diversity and artistic interpretation are highlights of the show and each year, the event is a showcase of stunning hand and machine workmanship, appliqué and quilting techniques, reflecting the originality of the makers and their expertise with needle and thread. The vintage quilts and coverlets displayed are from private and museum collections from across the Susquehanna Valley.
Friday, July 16, 2010
5:30 PM to 9
PM
Quilt Show only
Saturday, July 17, 2010
10 AM to 4 PM
Homes and Garden Tour & Quilt Show
Sunday, July 18, 2010
11 AMto 3 PM
Quilt Show only
6th Annual Quilt Challenge
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MUNCY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
QUILT SHOW REGISTRATION FORM
“Coverlet-Inspired Quilts”
Muncy Historical Society hosts its Historic Home Tour and Annual Quilt Show in July. Tour quality historic properties and gardens and enjoy traditional and art quilts at this year’s special 2-1/2 day Quilt Show.
2010 Dates: July 16, 5:30-9 p.m.; July 17,
10 a.m.-4 p.m.; July 18, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Quilt Entry Deadline: Wednesday, July 14, noon
There are many vintage coverlets in both private and museum collections throughout the Susquehanna Valley and the 2010 challenge capitalizes on this piece of our local artistic heritage. The 2010 challenge – Coverlet-Inspired Quilts – is to translate a coverlet design(s) into a quilt. Interpret an overshot, a doublecloth or a jacquard coverlet or just let your imagination soar! There are no restrictions on color or technique. For inspiration, view online photos of the exhibit from the 2009 Quilt Show, visit your local historical society and consult books posted on our website.
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7th Annual Quilt Challenge
“Civil War Quilt”
2011 Dates: July 15, 5:30–9 p.m.; July 16,
10 a.m.-4 p.m.; July 17, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Quilt Entry Deadline: Wednesday, July 13, noon
In response to our faithful quilters’ requests, we are announcing the details of the 2011 theme two years in advance to afford more time to compete in that year’s “Challenge.”
To commemorate the Civil War’s sesquicentennial the theme is “The Civil War Quilt.”
The young men of the Susquehanna Valley responded to their nation’s call and many paid the ultimate sacrifice. In Muncy alone, more than 120 of our promising sons met their fate on the battlefield or died as a result of disease attributable to their exposure to Southern climes or imprisonment. To honor those who lost their lives and those who returned from war with lifelong impairments, the theme for 2011 is “The Civil War Quilt.”
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2009 Quilt Show
2009 Quilt Show Winners
Best of Show
Judith Youngman,
Northumberland
Challenge Winner
Betty Neff, Canton
Sue Snyder, Hughesville
Jim Jensen, Santa Rosa, CA
Viewer’s Choice
Lana Miller, Northumberland
Best Hand Quilting
Sheridan Walter, Mifflinburg
Lana Miller, Northumberland
Janet Hurlbut, Chemung, NY
Best Machine Quilting
Judith Youngman, Northumberland
Judith Youngman, Northumberland
Annette Foresman, Williamsport
Best Applique
Judith Youngman, Northumberland
Sue Snyder, Hughesville
Betty Neff, Canton
Best Wall Hanging
Lana Miller, Northumberland
Lana Miller, Northumberland
Sheridan Walter, Mifflinburg
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Muncy Announces Winners of 2008 Quilt Show
MUNCY—Muncy Historical Society’s 2008 show featured more than 185 quilts and included a judging component, with ribbons awarded for Best of Show, Viewer’s Choice, Best Hand- and Best Machine-Quilting, and for the 2008 Quilt Challenge winning entry. The Best of Show, Challenge and Viewer’s Choice recipients also received a signed, limited-edition plate made by Selinda Kennedy, Muncy’s nationally recognized redware artist.
Blanche McCormick’s hand quilted and appliqué bed quilt “Tree of Life” entry received the Viewer’s Choice ribbon at the annual Muncy Historical Society Quilt Show.
The theme for the 2008 Quilt Challenge was “Americans Embrace Diversity” and the challenge quilt had to include a compass in the design. The judges selected Carol Nihart Odell’s entry “Reaching for the Stars” as this year’s winner.
Odell used Minnesota’s state colors of maroon and gold in the quilt and the state’s motto, “The North Star State” supported the quilt’s theme. When the Midwest began looking for “strong, able-bodied young men” Odell’s grandparents left their Central Pennsylvania lifestyle to pursue a better life in logging and farming in Minnesota. Minnesota became Odell’s home until she met her husband, Fred Odell, and together they returned to Pennsylvania where they “reached for the stars” and reared their own family.
George Shaffer of Northumberland received high honors for his quilt, “Black Beauty,” as the judges’ choice for Best of Show, Best Hand-Quilting and Best Appliqué. Shaffer’s all original album style designs were hand appliquéd using the freezer paper method on the black background. Shaffer then hand quilted the stunning 85” x 92” bed quilt with green thread.
Shaffer’s whole cloth Eagle design and Allenwood resident Blanche McCormick’s “Tree of Life” took second and third place Hand-Quilting honors.
Hughesville resident Nancy Ryder and her “Trip Around the World” and “Let Freedom Ring” quilts took first and third place Machine-Quilting ribbons while Cogan Station resident Sue Peterson’s “Remember Thee” took second place.
Fourteen quilters worked on “Jody’s Cabin in the Pines,” which was created in memory of Jody Whipple Smith. The quilt, the first place appliqué winner, was designed by Jody’s mother, Bonita Whipple of Montoursville, and will hang in the oncology unit at Geisinger Medical Center.
Joyce Enigk of Montoursville took first place honors in the Best Embroidered category for her “I Love Baskets,” second place went to Fannie McKee’s “Flower Garden” and Pennsdale’s Sue Keller took third with her “Mama Said” wall hanging.
In the wall hanging category, Sherry Walter of Mifflinburg took first place with “Hands to Work,” Barbara Brumbaugh took second with her kaleidoscope contemporary hanging and Mary Doyle, Muncy, received a third place ribbon for her “Checkerville” wall hanging inspired by a Bruce Storm watercolor of the same name.
Show attendees cast their votes on Friday and Saturday and a hand quilted and appliqué bed quilt was the Viewer’s Choice selection. Blanche McCormick’s “Tree of life” entry received a ribbon and certificate, a Kennedy original redware plate and a certified quilt appraisal.
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ORDER THE MUNCY EAGLE QUILT PATTERN
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P.O. Box 11
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