Quilt and Vendor Show

June 22 - 25, 2011


Shipshewana Town Center
760 S Van Buren St.
Shipshewana, IN 46565
260.768.3021

Come join us for our quilt and vendor show!

This year's Quilt and Vendor Show will be even better! On June 22nd, following the featured speaker, we will open our Quilt and Vendor Show at the Shipshewana Town Center.

Our quilt show will be a juried show so you can look forward to the best of the best!

We will again have many vendors from around the Midwest to provide you with the newest and best items. Whether you have entered a quilt to be judged, or are adding to your collection by shopping the vendors. May you have an enhoyable experience.

2010 Quilt Show Winners

Best of Show: Martha Snyder, "Ladies of the Sea" View Quilt

Best Hand Quilted: Janet Atkins, "Pocantico" View Quilt

Best Machine Quilted: Barbara Perrin, "Jamie's Jubilee" View Quilt

Viewer's Choice: Dolores Keaton, "Woven Wind Flowers" View Quilt

Pieced - Large

  • 1st Place: Kathryn Gostola, "Hidden Lambs" View Quilt
  • 2nd Place: Sandy Rice, "1840 Medallion Reproduction" View Quilt
  • 3rd Place: Karen Lesch, "Family Reunion" View Quilt

Pieced - Small

  • 1st Place: Tammy Gardner, "Cooked My Goose!" View Quilt
  • 2nd Place: Kathryn Gostola, "Hidden Inside the Weathervane" View Quilt
  • 3rd Place: Colleen Gall, "Butterfly Garden" View Quilt

Appliqué - Large

  • 1st Place: Heritage Quilt Guild of Crown Point, "Elegant Garden" View Quilt
  • 2nd Place: Sandra Corbett, "Flowers from my Garden" View Quilt
  • 3rd Place: Pat Sims, "Ulu (Breadfruit)" View Quilt

Appliqué - Small

  • 1st Place: Rosemarie Stanley, "Gas Lights Recycled" View Quilt
  • 2nd Place: Carolyn Griffin, "Wild Flowers" View Quilt
  • 3rd Place: Mary Lou Ridley, "Christ in Gethsemane" View Quilt

Other Techniques - Large

  • 1st Place: Duane & Donelda Clevenger, "Village Square" View Quilt
  • 2nd Place: Dolores Keaton, "Woven Wind Flowers" View Quilt
  • 3rd Place: June Davis, "Hooked on Folly" View Quilt

Other Techniques - Small

  • 1st Place: Kathy Slater, "Wedding Wholecloth" View Quilt
  • 2nd Place: Beryl Loomis, "Solar System" View Quilt
  • 3rd Place: Cheryl Menzel, "Fancy Stitchin'" View Quilt

All 1st through 3rd place category winners will receive ribbons.

Show Rules
  • Do not touch the quilts.
  • No smoking, and no food or drink in the show.
  • Photos shot with available light are preferred.
  • For safety reasons, children must be accompanied by an adult.
  • No rolling carts will be allowed on the show floor.
  • Please note, the quilts are not for sale.

Photography Rules

Quilt and show floor photography photos taken at the festival are for your personal enjoyment and for sharing with family, friends, and fellow guild members who could not attend. Photos are not to be used for any commercial purpose. They are not to be posted on any web site which permits images to be used on items that may be purchased, such as T-shirts, mugs, note cards, etc. If you post your photos to your personal web site, you must include appropriate credit to each quilt artist, and note that the photos were taken at the Shipshewana Quilt Festival. Please be responsible in your use of the quilt photographs and help us to protect the rights of the quilt makers and wearable artists. Additionally, LaGrange County Indiana has a large Amish population. Please do not take pictures without prior permission. Thank you for your respect of religious beliefs. Photography at the festival is neither a right nor an entitlement, it is a privilege.