Wash Day Blues: 2009 Quilt Block Contest

Two Deadlines:
April 13, 2009 (POSTMARK)
April 17, 2009 by 4:30 p.m. (RECEIVE)

2009 Quilt Block Contest
Wash Day Blues
JOSEPH SCHNEIDER HAUS
KITCHENER, ON
Quilting Bee May 23-30, 2009

“Of all the household chores that depended on hauling water and building fires to heat it, laundry earned the most complaints from 19th century housewives and the writers who advised them.”

“One wash, one boiling and one rinse used about 50 gallons of water – or 400 pounds – which had to be moved from pump or well or faucet to stove and tub, in buckets and wash boilers that might weigh as much as 40 or 50 pounds.”

Susan Strasser, Never Done: A History of American Housework

DESIGN:
An original or traditional design that depicts or suggests "Wash Day". Include a short statement about your block.

BLOCK:
12.5 inches square with raw edges. This includes the seam allowance. Blocks must be submitted un-quilted and NOT ON POINT.

MATERIAL:
Pre-washed cotton (preferred) or cotton blend, plain or print design fabrics.

TECHNIQUE:
Pieced and/or appliquéd, embroidery optional.

COLOUR:
Blocks must include two different shades of blue, including one blue print (provided). To receive your blue print please call the Museum at 519-742-7752. The Museum would like to thank Creative Sisters Quilt Studio for their support of the 2009 Quilting Bee. www.creativesisters.ca

DEADLINE:
Blocks will be received at the Schneider Haus office, until 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 17, 2009.
Blocks must be postmarked no later that April 3, 2009.

May be mailed to:
JOSEPH SCHNEIDER HAUS
466 QUEEN STREET SOUTH,
KITCHENER, ON N2G 1W7

ENTRIES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PER PERSON

All blocks will be judged anonymously by a panel of three knowledgeable judges according to design, use of colour, and quality of workmanship. Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place in experienced category and first place in the beginner category (first competition, less that two years quilting). Honourable mentions will be chosen at the discretion of the judges.

Winning blocks are assembled, along with other blocks chosen by the judges, into a quilt that is quilted during the annual Quilting Bee, to be held in late May 2009 at the Joseph Schneider Haus. The winning quilt is raffled to raise money for Museum projects and often a second quilt is constructed for donation to a local charity.

Blocks become the property of the Joseph Schneider Haus Museum to be used for fund-raising and other charitable purposes.

For more information please contact Joseph Schneider Haus at 519-742-7752.

Visit the website: Joseph Schneider Haus Museum and Gallery

Download the 2009 Entry form: QuiltBlockContest09R4.pdf

466 Queen St. S.,
Kitchener N2G 1W7
519-742-7752
www.region.waterloo.on.ca/jsh