Wanted: Quilts to Display at PrairieFest

Submitted by the Little White School Museum:

Owners of treasured quilts are invited to display them at this year’s PrairieFest Quilt Show, set for PrairieFest weekend, Friday through Sunday, June 13-15, at the historic Little White School Museum, 72 Polk St., Oswego.

The Quilters Dozen Quilt Group, organizers and sponsors of the annual show, are seeking handmade, machine made, new, heirloom, and otherwise treasured quilts for this year’s show. Each year’s show attracts dozens of colorful examples of the craft of quilting. There is no cost to enter quilts in the show.

Quilt owners should drop off their quilts, each accompanied by an entry form, on Wednesday, June 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Little White School Museum. Quilts may be picked up at the end of the show, between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 15.

Quilt show entry forms are available at all Oswegoland Park District locations and are also available for on-line download at http://www.prairiefest.com/entry-forms.htm. Forms will also be available during quilt drop-off on Wednesday, June 11.

Besides a large display of modern and antique quilts, the show will feature certified quilt appraiser Chris Moline, who will appraise quilts during the show on Friday and Saturday for $50 each. Quilt show hours will be Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sunday, June 15 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Show admission will be free.

PrairieFest Quilt Raffle

In addition to their annual quilt show, the Quilters Dozen are also selling tickets for this year’s handcrafted PrairieFest Quilt. A winning raffle ticket will be chosen at 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 15. The annual raffle is the group’s main fundraiser.

This year’s queen-size quilt is entitled “Seasons,” and is a traditional Tree of Life-inspired design. The Tree of Life pattern has been used in the United States from the early 1800s to the present Tree of Life quilts were often used as wedding gifts. It is a pattern of colorful seasonal trees set in a cream background representing balance and harmony and suggesting unity and longevity.

Raffle tickets are now available at all Oswegoland Park District offices or from Quilters Dozen members at $1 per ticket or six tickets for $5. In the past, proceeds have benefited the Little White School Museum and the PrairieFest community celebration.

For more information on the quilt raffle, quilt drop-off for the show, or the show itself, call Sandy Dickinson, 630-892-8755; or Diana Schlosser, 630-554-9367.