The Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival
returned to Loveland Colorado August 20 - 22, 2010 at "The Ranch" 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland CO 80538.
Over 600 Quilted Items were on display!
The Northern Colorado area is home to many of the country's most talented fiber artists.
This event showcased antique, traditional and contemporary quilts, dolls, clothing items,
and other needle art incorporating a wide array of techniques
Vendor booth space at the 2010 Festival sold out! We're taking vendor booth applications for the Festival in 2011.
Click this link for details: 2011 Booth Application
NEXT YEAR'S FESTIVAL WILL BE
AUGUST 19 - 21, 2011
The entire Hoffman/Sulky Challenge was displayed in 2010!
This years's fabric for the Hoffman Challenge 2010 is pictured on the left. Click the photo to see a large image. Fabric G9031 61G Turquoise/Gold. www.hoffmanchallenge.com for details
Classes & Workshops Were Instructed By
These Quilting & Sewing Experts Click on teacher names to see their classes and workshops.
The Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival is a collaborative effort between many organizations and businesses. Because of this shared effort, this show is quickly earning a reputation as one of the best regional quilt shows in the nation.
The Rocky Mountain Quilt Foundation coordinates the entire fiber art display and offers post-festival classes. Be sure to visit their website at www.rockymountainquiltfoundation.org. You'll find additional information there including details about post-festival workshops by David Taylor and Sharon Schlotzhauer.
QUILT APPRAISALS by Jeananne Wright, AQS Certified Quilt Appraiser
Quilts old and new, traditional and non-traditional, were appraised for insurance, fair market, or donation value. Written appraisals were $40 and took 30 minutes. Oral appraisals were $20 and 15 minutes. Jeananne Wright may be reached at 303-772-7684 or oldquilts@comcast.net
The 2010 Viewer's Choice was sponsored by:
These were the
participating
quilt guilds
for 2010:
PASS IT ON A QUILTER’S CHALLENGE SPONSORED BY
MACHINE QUILTING UNLIMITED MAGAZINE
This challenge is about following creativity through a group of six quilters, along the lines of a grade-schooler whispering a sentence in the ear of a classmate, who then whispers to another, then another, until the final student repeats the sentence out loud (and it rarely resembles the original sentence!). We start with a photo chosen by the two Group Leaders. The Leader interprets the photo into a quilt. The Leader then sends that quilt to the second person in their group, but does NOT share the original photo. The second quilter interprets the first quilt and creates his/her own design. The second quilt is then sent to the third person, with no hint of the previous quilt that inspired quilter #2…and so on. By the time the sixth quilter produces a finished quilt, the design travels far from the original photo concept. But it shows the creativity sparked by each of the previous quilters’ work. Each group will use the same photograph as a starting point. It will be interesting to see the different interpretations from the two groups as well.
The Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival Demo Stage
was sponsored by Hobbs Bonded Fibers.
The Demo Stage was located in the McKee Building.
Friday
10:30 am -11:00 am
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
How to Make Heirlooms by Darlene Miller of Clothes For You
Iron-on Rhinestone Embellishments by Sharon Stanley-Brown, SnappyLogos, Inc.
Which Sulky Threads for Your Quilt? by Pat Welch of Sulky of America
It's Funny to Be Famous by Kaye Wood of Kaye Wood Inc.
Saturday
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Iron-on Rhinestone Embellishments by Sharon Stanley-Brown, SnappyLogos, Inc.
Sew Me What You Made by Pam Damour, The Decorating Diva
Which Sulky Threads for Your Quilt? by Pat Welch of Sulky of America
Sunday
10:30 am -11:00 am
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
How to Make Heirlooms by Darlene Miller of Clothes For You
Iron-on Rhinestone Embellishments by Sharon Stanley-Brown, SnappyLogos, Inc.
Fashion Forecast Fall/Winter 2010-11 by Connie Crawford, Fashion Patterns by Coni
Couture Decorating on a Dime by Pam Damour, The Decorating Diva
Other Features:
Hundreds of other quilts, garments, dolls and other needle art from the region
Demonstrations of creative techniques and products
Workshops
AQS Certified Appraiser of Quilts & Quilted Textiles
Door prize drawings
"Quilting Makes A Difference" curated by Road to California
Viewer choice cash prizes
Vendor Mall
These vendors were at the Festival
Aizada Imports
American Professional Quilting Systems
Amidon Quiltworks
A.T. Roche’s Things
Aunt Philly's Tooth Brush Rugs
Barbara's Buttons &
Antique Jewelry
Bead Ranch
Bigfork Bay Cotton Company
Bolt Over
ChildSafe of Northern CO.
Clothes For You
Contemporary Fibers
Country Expressions
Cowgirl-Up Quilts
Crawford Designs
Crooked Nickel Quilt Designs
Cuter Than A
Bugs Ear
Dalco Home Sew
DbarJ Quilts Etc
Dianne Springer Designs
Dream Catcher Quilting
Ergonomic Advantage
Expression by Kathleen
Fabric Peddlers
Fabric Studio
Fashion Patterns
by Coni
The Fig Leaf
G&P Trading
Hannah's Quilts
Helen Gibb Ribbonwork
High Country Quilts
Innovative Solutions
Irena Bluhm Designs
It Works! The Ultimate
Applicator
J&M Vac & Sew
Janice Stewart Designs
Japanese Textiles & Tours
Jeananne Wright
Jukebox Quilts
Jillions of Buttons
Kaleidoscope Collections
Karen Pharr Studios
Kasuri Dyeworks
Kaye Wood Inc.
Ladybug Hill Quilts
Legacy Patterns
Make It Sew
Material Girl
Mazown
Meander Publishing
Morgan Quality Products
Mountain Lady Quilt Shop
Nana's Parcels
Nolting Longarm Manufacturing
Oliso
Overson Distributing
Pacific Patchwork
Paula Doll - Square In A Square
Picket Fence Quilt Shop
Piece by Piece
Pumpkin Berries Stitchery
Purple Cow
Quilted Memories
Quilts for Kids
Quilters First Choice
Quilter's Stash
The Quilter's Studio
Quilting Unlimited
Red Leaf Designs
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Rocky Mountain Sewing & Vacuums
Scentsy Wickless Candles
Sew Cherished
Sew Ready Creations
Sew Very Smooth
Shared Threads Quilt Shop
Son Shine Seed Co.
Specialty Distributors
Splinters & Threads
Stony Crest Quilt Books
Sulky Of America
Summer Sky Creations
Tambani Textiles & Gifts
That’s “Sew” Gee’s Bend
The Creative Needle
The Decorating Diva
The Presser Foot
The Quilter’s St ‘ITCH’
Toadally Quilts
TQM Products
Trims On Wheels
Uniquely Yours Quilt Shop
USAUS LLC
Vintage Textiles
Vogies Quilts & Treasures Inc.
Walk the Walk Shoes & Sandals
Willow Creek Craftsmen and Hummingbird Quilt Studio
Carol Crawford of Cheyenne WY won this Grand Prize -- a Janome 3160QDC. A full-featured machine made with a quilter's needs in mind, the 3160QDC will deliver all the benefits of a top of the line model, and with an affordable price. You'll find 60 stitches including 6 one-step buttonholes. Janome's Exclusive Superior Plus Feed System offers specialized box feeding on top of Janome's SFS system, ensuring even, stable feeding with any fabric. And the time saving features including memorized needle up/down, one hand needle-threader, and lock stitch button make sewing easy. Best of all, this full-size machine weighs only 12 pounds, so its easy to take to classes and guild meetings! Retail value is $999.
Door prizes at the Festival include items from June Tailor designs, manufacturer and distributor of a range of quilting, crafting and home décor products – from a custom valance to t shirt transfers. Thanks for the donation of product to our Quilt Show.
Angie Tews of Longmont CO won this Special door prize by show sponsor Sulky of America.
A 40wt Rayon Slimline Starter Thread Collection with retail value $141.66
Janet Bowers of Frisco CO won this door prize, the AccuQuilt GO! Fabric Cutter & Tote
This revolutionary hand-operated roller system cuts up to six layers of cotton fabric in seconds. The AccuQuilt GO! Fabric Cutter ($349 retail) and the GO! Fabric Cutter Tote ($159 retail) were awarded together.
Planning on flying to
the Festival?
The Denver
International Airport
is only a 50 minute
drive from Loveland.
Coming from out of town?
Check out these hotels near the Festival
The Embassy Suites Hotel
is within walking distance of the
Festival (just next door). They are
offering Festival attendees the
special rate of $99 per night,
based on availability. Please book
by July 21, 2010 and ask for the
Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival
room block. Call 970-593-6200. You may also use the Embassy Suites online reservation system.
This challenge is about following creativity through a group of six quilters, along the lines of a grade-schooler whispering a sentence in the ear of a classmate, who then whispers to another, then another, until the final student repeats the sentence out loud (and it rarely resembles the original sentence!). We start with a photo chosen by the two Group Leaders. The Leader interprets the photo into a quilt. The Leader then sends that quilt to the second person in their group, but does NOT share the original photo. The second quilter interprets the first quilt and creates his/her own design. The second quilt is then sent to the third person, with no hint of the previous quilt that inspired quilter #2…and so on. By the time the sixth quilter produces a finished quilt, the design travels far from the original photo concept. But it shows the creativity sparked by each of the previous quilters’ work. Each group will use the same photograph as a starting point. It will be interesting to see the different interpretations from the two groups as well.
Door prizes at the Festival 
