REMEMBER TO BRING BASIC SEWING SUPPLIES IF YOU SIGN-UP FOR WORKSHOPS OR HANDS-ON CLASSES You will need to bring the following supplies if you are taking any hands-on classes: sharp sewing shears, rotary cutter, cutting mat, straight pins, marking tool, ruler, tape measure, #2 pencils and notepad. Sewing machines are provided in the classroom. Students should check class descriptions for additional items needed
Trade Show Sales – full time position – immediate opening
Trade Show Sales Job Description: As a Trade Show Salesperson you will be responsible for the financial success of our public events. You will be responsible for selling the events by contacting former vendors and cold calling potential new vendors, acquire sponsorship and help build attendance. Your responsibility will be to foster and maintain relationships with key industry accounts to increase vendor sales and attendance by communicating the value of the event. DETAILS
Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival returned to Loveland Colorado August 19 - 21, 2011 at "The Ranch" 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland CO 80538
. Shopping hours:
Friday & Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am-4pm
Classes began at 10am each day
Click to view the Festival Showguide!
Over 600 Quilted Items were displayed! 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
Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival™ Silent Auction
A silent auction was held to benefit the
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
Thousands of dollars in products were generously donated by RMQF vendors as well as other manufacturers in the sewing and quilting industries. Winning bids were announced on Sunday Aug. 21 at Noon.
Thank you to all who supported this special attraction
at the show and thank you for participating!
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) is the worldwide leader in funding research to cure type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly and lasts a lifetime. JDRF is the leading funder and advocate of type 1 diabetes science. JDRF's mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. JDRF is also committed to developing new and better treatments that improve the lives of people with type 1 diabetes in the near term and keep them healthy while we advance toward a cure. Diabetes is a chronic, debilitating disease affecting every organ system. There are two major types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which a person's pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables people to get energy from food. Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which a person's body still produces insulin but is unable to use it effectively. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. While its causes are not yet entirely understood, scientists believe that both genetic factors and environmental triggers are involved.
Your support of our Silent Auction is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
AccuQuilt
AQS Certified Quilt Appraiser
Jeananne Wright
Bear Thread Designs Inc
Bertina Studio
Cheri's Crystals
Clothes For You
Crawford Designs
Creative Textile Zone
Electric Quilt Company
Ghee's
Hands on Hand Dyes
Innovative Solutions / Hang It Dang It
Jukebox Quilts
Kaleidoscope Collections
Magnificent Quilting Company
Make It Sew
Martha Pullen Company
Mary Ellen Products
Meetinghouse Hill Designs
Perfect Buttons
Reliable Corporation
Sulky of America
Sweetwater
Winline Textiles
The entire Hoffman/Sulky Challenge was displayed in 2011!
This year's fabric for the Hoffman Challenge 2011 is pictured on the left. Click the photo to see a large image. Fabric: H8709 Moss Gold #98G. www.hoffmanchallenge.com for details
Thousands of Dollars in Door Prizes Were
Awarded to Attendees at the Festival!
The Grand Prize This Year was a
Janome 3160 QDC Sewing Machine
with a retail value of $999. 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!
AccuQuilt Go! Baby fabric cutter and Go! Baby Pink Tote plus accessories!
The GO! Baby™ Fabric Cutter is an extension of the GO!® family of products and is an ultra portable and adorable fabric cutter for quilters and fabric crafters. The GO! Baby™ Fabric Cutter has the same cutting performance as the original GO!® Fabric Cutter and is just as safe, accurate and fast. With a more compact design, the GO! Baby™ is perfect for the beginner and occasional quilter.
Special door prize by
show sponsor Sulky of America
will be this 40wt Rayon Slimline Starter Thread Collection with a retail value of $141.66
Classes & Workshops Were Instructed By
These Quilting & Sewing Experts
QUILT APPRAISALS by Jeananne Wright, AQS Certified Quilt Appraiser
Quilts old and new, traditional and non-traditional, can be appraised at the Festival for insurance, fair market, or donation value. Written appraisals are $45 and take 30 minutes. Oral appraisals are $20 and 15 minutes. Jeananne Wright may be reached at 303-772-7684 or oldquilts@comcast.net
The Rocky Mountain Quilt Foundation partners with us each year, bringing to you, the one-of-a-kind quilt exhibit you'll find only at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival in Loveland, CO each August. They spend their dedicated time to secure the quilt art and hang each one. Please thank them. Be sure to visit their website at www.rockymountainquiltfoundation.org.
The Thread Tails and Vapor Trails quilting contest winning quilts was displayed at the Festival. These quilts honor the 100th anniversary of Naval Aviation. Learn more about the
Navy Quilt Challenge quilts
Childsafe Opportunity Quilt "When You Wish Upon a Star" by Sherry Reynolds This quilt was raffled off at the RMQF 2011 to benefit ChildSafe of Fort Collins www.childsafecolorado.org
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
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 $109 per night,
based on availability. Please book
by July 4, 2011 and ask for the
Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival
room block. Call 970-593-6200. You may also use the Embassy Suites online reservation system.
the Holiday Inn Express
6092 E Crossroads Blvd
Loveland, CO 80538
Phone 1-970-663-0057
RV Parking is located adjacent to the Indoor Pavilions and Outdoor Arenas, through Gate 5. The cost is $15 per night and includes 20,30 or 50 amp electricity only; no dump or water available. To arrange a space, contact Liz Garcia, The Ranch Events Complex, 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, CO 80538 --- Phone 970-619-4004.
The 2011 Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival was sponsored by:
The Grand Prize This Year was a
AccuQuilt Go! Baby fabric cutter and Go! Baby Pink Tote plus accessories!
RV Parking