2006 Quilt Show Entry Form

Entry # ______________ TRQ Use Only Name: _________________________ TRQ Member____

Address:______________________________________

City: ______________________State:_____
Zip Code:____________

Phone # ______________________

E-mail Address: _______________________________

Title of Quilt: ____________________________

Size (width x length): ______________________

Maker(s) of Quilt (Please credit everyone who helped make this Quilt):

Quilted by: _________________________________

Category (Select One):
___Theme (Drunkard)
___Group (2 or more creators)
___Applique Bed
___Pieced Bed
___Wall Pieced ___Wall Applique
___Mixed Techniques (see below)
___Potpourri (see below)*
___Professional Pieced (see below*)
___Professional Applique (see below)*

Description of Quilt (Include as much information as possible, such as: name of pattern, designer/teacher; inspirations, etc.). Attach additional sheet if necessary.

* Mixed Techniques: Can include Whole Cloth Quilts
* Potpourri: Crazy Quilt, Yo-Yo, Cathedral Windows, and Miniature.
* Professional: The qualification for whether a quilt should be entered into the professional category will be at the entrant's discretion. If they feel that they are a "Professional Quilter" then the quilt should be placed into this category.

Is your quilt for sale? No___ Yes___
How much? ______

*** Cash Prizes and Ribbons will be awarded.***

General Rules:

Limit of three (3) quilts per entrant. All entries will be judged.
All entries must be quilted. A quilted entry consists of three (3) layers, primarily fabric, held together by stitching. Quilting stitches piercing all three (3) layers and are distributed throughout the entry, EXCEPT for those placed in the Potpourri category. No Tied quilts will be accepted. NO WEIGHTS OF ANY KIND SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE QUILT.

All entries must have been completed within the last five (5) years. Please do no submit entries completed before January 1, 2000.
All entries must be clean, labeled, and ready to hang. Instructions will be included in the jury acceptance letter.
No items entered in previous Three Rivers Quilt Festivals should be submitted.

SIGNATURE: I agree to abide by the rules as stated above.

___________________________________________

Each entrant must submit:

One completed, signed entry form for each entry.
Two (2) color photographs, maximum size of 4 inch x 6 inch for each entry as follows:

Full front view
Close-up detail of front

Entry fee of $10.00 per entry. Members of Three Rivers Quilters, Inc., get their first entry free. Make checks payable to "Three Rivers Quilters, Inc."
Legal sized self-addressed stamped envelope for notification of jury decision. Entrants with more than one entry should send only one (1) envelope.

Mail Entries to:
Three Rivers Quilters, Inc.
Lynne Apitzsch
4901 Frich Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15227

Entry Forms Due: Friday, February 24, 2006.
Quilt Show Dates: April 21-April 23, 2006

We reserve the right to eliminate any category if insufficient entries are received.
We reserve the right to re-assign any entry to an appropriate category if a category is eliminated; or the entrant selects an inappropriate category.
Entry fees will not be returned unless a category is eliminated and entries can not be reassigned appropriately.
We reserve the right to publish photographs and descriptions of accepted entries and to post the list of winners on our Guild Web Page.
We reserve the right to reject any entry at show time if we discover the rules were violated.
We reserve the right to divide categories according to size depending on the number of entries.

Security will be provided 24 hours a day during the show.

Insurance during the show will be provided by Three Rivers Quilters, Inc. Large quilts valued at more than $500 and small quilts valued at more than $100 require attached written appraisal. For insurance purposes, quilts whose shortest side is less than 48 inches will be considered small quilts.

For information about Quilt Appraisals: call Jane Coleman at 724-479-9847.

Shipping costs to and from the show, including insurance during shipping, are the responsibility of the entrant. Instructions will be included in the Jury Acceptance Letter.

Quilts For Sale: There will be a 10 percent handling fee for quilts sold at the show.

Three Rivers Quilt Festival is a juried and judged annual exhibition of quilts sponsored by Three Rivers Quilters, Inc. to promote the art of quilt making. The show is held in two buildings at the Castle Shannon Fire Hall, Route 88 and Grove Road, Pittsburgh, PA.

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