Quilts Department
Rules and Information
- Quilts must be received by 7:00 am to 7:00 pm on Tuesday, August 22nd or 7:00 am to 10:00 am on Wednesday, August 23rd. Judging will be on August 23rd.
- All Quilts made by the exhibitor will be judged if turned in before Wednesday, August 23 by 10:00 am.
- All articles must be the work of the exhibitor to be eligible for judging
- Quilts Owned by the exhibitor but not made by the exhibitor will be displayed, but will not be judged. They will be eligible for the Superintendent and People’s Choice ribbons
- Measurements referenced in each division refers to the perimeter of each quilt entered
- Divisions 4, 8, 12 may have groups of items such as table runner and place mats, count as one item
- All items must have three layers: A top, batting, and a bottom. The layers must be held together.
- False backs ARE NOT allowed
- Pack each quilt separately in a clear, non-returnable plastic bag with entry tag visible
- Register entries online at lcfair-rodeo.fairentry.com until August 21st or register entries in person on August 22nd and 23rd.
Special Awards
People’s Choice (Fairgoers vote for top 3)
Superintendent’s Choice (3)
Commissioner Choice (1)
Inland Northwest Machine Quilters Award
*Inland Northwest Machine Quilters guild of Spokane, Washington will be awarding one Best of Show Machine Quilting Ribbon and one Honorable Mention Ribbon to the Machine Quilters.
*Quilts of any size or style in the Adult Open Division that is machine quilted, either professionally or by the quilt maker, are eligible for the award.
Washington State Quilter’s
*The Washington State Quilters guild of Spokane, Washington will be awarding a cash prize of $20 and ribbon to the first place winner and one additional ribbon for the second place winner.
*Quilts of any size, crib quilts or wallhangings in the Adult Open Division that show best work in construction, use of color and design and application of handquilting or machine quilting stitches are eligible for this award. Whole cloth quilts are also included. All quilts must be owned by the exhibitor.
*All quilts must be pieced/appliqued by the exhibitor. WSQ is allowing quilts that have been machine or hand quilted by others to be eligible for this award. A quilt that is entered with all work completed by the exhibitor should be given special consideration for this award.
Division 1: Larger than 296″ Machine Quilted by Exhibitor
Best 35, Blue 30, Red 20, White 15
Section 1: Hand, Machine or Paper Pieced Section 2: Hand or Machine Appliqué/Embroidery
Section 3: Combined Technique
Section 4: Group Quilts
Section 5: Recycled-Old into New
Section 6: Whole Cloth, Vintage or Cheater Cloth
Division 2: 196″-295″ Machine Quilted by Exhibitor
Best 20, Blue 15, Red 10, White 5
Section 1: Hand, Machine or Paper Pieced Section 2: Hand or Machine Appliqué/Embroidery
Section 3: Combined Technique
Section 4: Group Quilts
Section 5: Recycled-Old into New
Section 6: Whole Cloth, Vintage or Cheater Cloth
Division 3: Less than 195″ Machine Quilted by Exhibitor
Best 20, Blue 15, Red 10, White 5
Section 1: Hand, Machine or Paper Pieced
Section 2: Hand or Machine Appliqué or Embroidery
Section 3: Combined Technique
Section 4: Group Quilts
Section 5: Recycled-Old into New
Section 6: Whole Cloth, Vintage or Cheater Cloth
Division 4: Household Items Machine Quilted by Exhibitor
Best 35, Blue 30, Red 20, White 15
Section 1: Hand, Machine or Paper Pieced
Section 2: Hand or Machine Appliqué or Embroidery
Section 3: Combined Technique
Section 4: Group Quilts
Section 5: Recycled-Old into New
Section 6: Whole Cloth, Vintage or Cheater Cloth
Division 5: Larger than 296″ Hand Quilted/Tied/Other
Best 35, Blue 30, Red 20, White 15
Section 1: Hand, Machine or Paper Pieced
Section 2: Hand or Machine Appliqué or Embroidery
Section 3: Combined Technique
Section 4: Group Quilts
Section 5: Recycled-Old into New
Section 6: Whole Cloth, Vintage or Cheater Cloth
Division 6: 196″-295″ Hand Quilted/Tied/Other
Best 20, Blue 15, Red 10, White 5
Section 1: Hand, Machine or Paper Pieced
Section 2: Hand or Machine Appliqué or Embroidery
Section 3: Combined Technique
Section 4: Group Quilts
Section 5: Recycled-Old into New
Section 6: Whole Cloth, Vintage or Cheater Cloth
Division 7: Less than 195″ Hand Quilted/Tied/Other
Best 20, Blue 15, Red 10, White 5
Section 1: Hand, Machine or Paper Pieced
Section 2: Hand or Machine Appliqué or Embroidery
Section 3: Combined Technique
Section 4: Group Quilts
Section 5: Recycled-Old into New
Section 6: Whole Cloth, Vintage or Cheater Cloth
Division 8: Household Items Hand Quilted/Tied/Other
Best 35, Blue 30, Red 20, White 15
Section 1: Hand, Machine or Paper Pieced
Section 2: Hand or Machine Appliqué or Embroidery
Section 3: Combined Technique
Section 4: Group Quilts
Section 5: Recycled-Old into New
Section 6: Whole Cloth, Vintage or Cheater Cloth
Section 7: Wall Hanging, no larger than 40″ x 40″
Division 9: Larger than 296″ Professionally Quilted
Best 40, Blue 3, Red 20, White 15
Section 1: Hand, Machine or Paper Pieced Section 2: Hand or Machine Appliqué or Embroidery
Section 3: Combined Technique
Section 4: Group Quilts
Section 5: Recycled-Old into New
Division 10: 196″-295″ Professionally Quilted
Best 20, Blue 15, Red 10, White 5
Section 1: Hand, Machine or Paper Pieced Section 2: Hand or Machine Appliqué or Embroidery
Section 3: Combined Technique
Section 4: Group Quilts
Section 5: Recycled-Old into New
Division 11: Less than 196″ Professionally Quilted
Best 20, Blue 15, Red 10, White 5
Section 1: Hand, Machine or Paper Pieced Section 2: Hand or Machine Appliqué or Embroidery
Section 3: Combined Technique
Section 4: Group Quilts
Section 5: Recycled-Old into New
Division 12: Household items Professionally Quilted
Best 20, Blue 15, Red 10, White 5
Section 1: Hand, Machine or Paper Pieced Section 2: Hand or Machine Appliqué or Embroidery
Section 3: Combined Technique
Section 4: Group Quilts
Section 5: Recycled-Old into New