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SPONSORSHIPS
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JUNIOR ENTRIES INFO

Special Awards	Award Value	Ribbon
Best of Show - Large	$700	Sponsored
Best of Show - Small	$600	Sponsored
Excellence in Hand Workmanship	$100	Sponsored
Excellence in Machine Workmanship	$100	Sponsored
Innovative Design	$100	Sponsored
Judge's Choice	$100	Sponsored
Just for Fun	$100	Sponsored
Novice	$100	Sponsored
Scrap Quilt	$100	Sponsored
Surface Embellishment	$100	Sponsored
Creative Use of Altered Fabric	$100	Sponsored
Traditional Design	$100	Sponsored
Viewer's Choice	$100	Sponsored
For A Child's Pleasure	$100	Sponsored

Place Awards	Award Value	Ribbon
First Place	$175	Includes Ribbon
Second Place	$125	Includes Ribbon
Third Place	$100	Includes Ribbon
Honorable Mention	--	Includes Ribbon

SMOKY MOUNTAIN QUILTERS of TN
44th Annual Quilt Show
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Knoxville Expo Center 
June 20-21, 2025

• June 20, 2025 .......... 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• June 21, 2025 .......... 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• More than $7,800 in Prize Money
• Quilt Turnings by Merikay Waldvogel, Jan Wass, & Cindy Stuart  FREE - Friday, June 20, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
• Go Tell It! Video filming of quilt stories • Both days • FREE 
• Vendor Sales and Demonstrations
• Boutique Gift Shop by members of Smoky Mountain Quilters
• Quilt Appraisals by Cindy Stuart - for an appraisal appointment please call 865-386-0940
• Quilt Scavenger Hunts for the young ones and the young-at-heart
• Admission: $10 Adults; Children under 12 are free; Two-day pass $15; Group admissions - Call 
• Free Parking and Handicapped Accessible Entry

Special events schedules

Friday, June 20, 2025  11:00 AM and 1:00 PM  
QUILT TURNINGS OF ANTIQUE QUILTS with MERIKAY WALDVOGEL, JAN WASS, and CINDY STUART

The always popular [antique] quilt turning sessions are returning again this year. At these special presentations at our show since their inception in 2008, Jan Wass and Merikay Waldvogel surprise us with a group of antique quilts, many of which have never been shown publicly before. 
  
A team of quilt history colleagues Jan Wass, Cindy Stuart and, Merikay will date the quilts based on the quilts’ fabrics, patterns and styles. Expect to hear some good stories and learn something about dating old quilts. Visitors may bring quilts to show if time permits. Photos may be taken and questions/comments from the audience are encouraged. There is no additional charge for this event.

Merikay Waldvogel is a nationally known quilt collector, researcher and writer. Her books include: Quilts of Tennessee, Soft Covers for Hard Times, Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, and Southern Quilts of the Civil War. In 2009, she was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame for her work as a quilt historian and author. She has been a member of Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee since 1986. 

Jan Wass is a researcher and writer and a retired curator of Decorative Arts at the Illinois State Museum. Her interest, exceeding more than thirty years, centers around textiles and their history, with a special interest in Illinois Amish Quilts. She wrote the book Illinois Amish Quilts: Sharing Threads of Tradition. 

Cindy Stuart is a certified Quilt Appraiser, and is studying for Quilt Judging certification. A student of quilt/textile history, Cindy is active in the Tennessee Quilt Study Group and the American Quilt Study Group.  

GO TELL IT! • Quilt Stories video-recordings

We will be recording quilt stories and forwarding the videos to the Quilt Alliance during both days of the quilt show. There is no charge for this service. Our show visitors, entrants, and SMQ members are encouraged to participate.

You simply come to our show with a story, and we will make it very easy for you to record a 3-minute video of your story. Most, but not all people bring in a quilt to talk about. If you have a quilt in our show, we can record you in front of it if you wish. We can also add photos or video of documents or other related objects to the video.

Entrants are invited to tell stories about their entries with the entry as a backdrop. Visitors are encouraged to bring a quilt, something they have made, been gifted, or inherited.

Walk-ins are welcome. 

Please see more information about The Quilt Alliance on our PROJECTS page. www.smokymtnquilters.com/projects.html#/

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Quilters' Scavenger Hunts are popular with both kids and their adults! 

 People Come to Enjoy the Quilts
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Shopping with Our Vendors is Lots of Fun, too!

RICK FINCHUM
​In Memory of JOANN 


​HENRY & SUE SERRANO


​OVER THE HILL GANG


BOB & JANET WAMBACH


​KATHY SLIFKA


MERIKAY WALDVOGEL


NANCY WATSON


​DEEP SPRINGS DISCOUNT FABRICS


MARCIA POWER


KEBRA WOLFE
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CINDY STUART
​BYGONE QUILTS



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we are grateful to our
​sponsors and patrons

JEAN LESTER

KAREN CLAUSSEN
in Honor of LINDA CLAUSSEN

I WANT TO BE A QUILT SHOW SPONSOR

AMY BAKALETZ


CHRIS CALHOUN


JENNIFER DICKEY


​​​MALI GLAZER​

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TONE HAUGEN-COGBURN


LESLIE HINSON


​SHERRY KASPER


BILL & SANDY KAMBIC


RUSHA SAMS


​THURSDAY BEE


​TUESDAY BEE
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​TUESDAY NIGHT BEE









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Vendor Paperwork for 2025

Payment for vendor booths has been suspended due to reservation limitations.
​If you are interested, please contact:  [email protected]

2025 vendors 

VENDOR	WEBSITE	FACEBOOK • INSTAGRAM • MAIL
​BEARCREEK BARN QUILTS	--​	bear creek barn quilts
5 LITTLE MONKEYS QUILT & SEW	fivemonkeyquilts.com/	5 little monkeys quilting
BECKIE'S SEWING CENTER	beckiessewingcenter.com/	beckie's sewing center
JUST STITCHIN'	just-stitchin.com	juststitchin1
MARTELLI ENTERPRISES	martellinotions.com	www.facebook.com/martellinotions/
IRAROBI QUILTS	irarobiquilts.com/	irarobiquilts
GRANA'S FRONT PORCH FABRICS	--	grana's front porch fabrics and more
LENA BETH REYNOLDS	--	--​
MOUNTAIN TOP FABRICS & MORE	mountain top fabrics & more	mountain top fabrics
SHABBY ROSE QUILTING AND SEWING COTTAGE	shabbyrosequilting​	shabbyrosequiltingcottage
TWISTED SISTERS QUILT SHOP	www.twistedsistersquiltshop.com/	twistedsistersquiltshop
TWO CRAFTY MOOSES	www.twocraftymooses.com/	--
50 ACRE WOODS QUILT RETREAT	50acrewoods	50acrewoodsfacebook
BEV SEWS TO GO, LLC	--	BevSews2Go
LaCle BOUTIQUE	La Cle Boutique	--
LEBANON VACUUM & SEWING CENTER	lebanonfabricsandmore	--
LITTLE HOUSE COTTONS	littlehousecottons	IGlittlehousecottons
MISS BESSIE'S QUILT SHOP	missbessiesquiltshop	missbessies-fb
OLD SOUTH CANDY	OldSouthCandy	OldSouthCandy-fb
RUSTY'S FEATHERWEIGHTS	--	RustysFeatherweights
TENNESSEE QUILT RETREATS	nolichuckyvineyard.com	TennesseeQuiltRetreats-fb
THREADED NEEDLE SEWING	ThreadedNeedleSewing	ThreadedNeedleSewing-fb
WATERCOLOR QUILT DESIGNS	--	WatercolorQuiltDesigns-fb
CHATTANOOGA SEWING MACHINES	ChattanoogaSewingMachines	ChattanoogaSewingMachines&More-fb ​Chattanooga Sewing & More-IG
MIDSOUTH SEWING	MidsouthSewing	Midsouth Sewing-fb ​Midsouth Sewing-IG​

 2024 Quilt Show Ribbon Winners

BEST OF SHOW - LARGE

STELLA LUMINOUS - Kim Fong - Taylorsville, Kentucky

BEST OF SHOW - SMALL

SUE'S GARDEN PARTY - Wilhelmina Vandevoorde - Robbinsdale, Minnesota

VIEWER'S CHOICE

"Coral Reef"

Penny Powell -- Dillwyn, Virginia

boutique creations

Members gather at scheduled Sit 'n Sew locations to create items offered for sale at the Boutique during our annual QUILT SHOW each year. Proceeds from these sales support activities and administrative expenses throughout the year. 

Shop for treasures for yourself or for gifts for the special people in your life.