If you would like to schedule a quilt to be appraised at Rising Sun QuiltFest, please email quiltfest@orvcomm.com or you may call Susan at 812-290-4959.  Written appraisals are $45 and verbal appriasals are $25.

You can check out Dee and Molly’s website, “I Have a Quilt”, at www.thequiltappraiser.com

My quilts are a mixture of traditional scrap piecing with a contemporary twist. I love the old log cabin pattern of sewing strips, but I like to use small strips that are not cut the same size. I love to sew with very small scraps too. I make dolls and greeting cards out of the scraps.

Visit Pat’s Website at www.patstatzer.net

The quilt was sewn by Betty Pavy of Rising Sun, IN and machine quilted by Helen Hounshell of Patriot, IN.

All proceeds from the raffle of the quilt go to support Rising Sun QuiltFest.

The quilt will be raffled on April 1, 2012.  You do not need to be present to win.

Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.  Come by or contact the Ohio County Historical Society, 212 S. Walnut Street, Rising Sun, IN 47040, 812-438-4915, or email quiltfest@orvcomm.com.

We will fill the Grand Theatre again with vendors, quilts, quilt art, dolls, bears and other critters.  More details as we firm up contracts and schedules.

Pull out your needles and your fabrics now that school has started and make something to enter next year in our contest.    We also have space for non-judged entries if you prefer.  We quilters just want to see LOTS of quilts!

Downloadable contest entry forms, vendor contracts and doll luncheon reservations are now available, just click on the appropriate tab at the top of the page.  Please email any questions to quiltfest@orvcomm.com.  See you in March!

"Katie and the Coneflower" by Robbie Porter, Batavia, OH

To see a list of all the winners with photos, click on the “2011 Winners” tab at the top of the webpage.

2010 Special Recognition "Pheasant" by Suzanne Peters, Union, KY

If you are planning to enter the Rising Sun QuiltFest competition, please mail or bring your entry forms to the Ohio County Historical Society, 212 S. Walnut, Rising Sun, IN 47040. Entries will be accpeted until Monday, March 21, but if you want to be listed in the program book, we need to have your information by Tuesday, March 15. Forms and instructions can be found on our “Contest Entry Form” page or they may be picked up at the Historical Society.

Confirmation of acceptance and instructions for dropping off your entries will be sent out no later than March 10th. Entries will be accepted at the Historical Society between March 14th and March 21st. Items can be picked up on Sunday after 4:30 at the show or during the following week at the Historical Society, 212 S. Walnut Street, Rising Sun, IN. 812-438-4915

Best of Show will win $500, 1st Place in each category will receive $100 and 2nd place will take home $50. Entries will be accepted in traditional quilts, art quilts, artwork in any medium with a quilt or quilting theme, both traditional cloth and artist dolls, as well as bears and other animals. There is a special Youth category for quilters under 18 and a non-judged, display only category as space permits.

You are invited to attend the Queen City Doll Club Luncheon to be held on Saturday at the Grand Victoria Buffet. There will be door prizes and a speaker. Cost is $17 for members, $20 for guests and includes admission to the show. Following the luncheon, there will be a free lecture in the Grand Theatre on small scale quilts by Sheila Holland. Contact Judy at 812-438-2499 or email jhw530@embarqmail.com for more information or to register for the luncheon.

Contest information and downloadable entry forms will be available soon.  Quilters start planning your projects now for next year.

New for 2011 will be a non-judged display only category and a youth category for under 18.  Watch for information on quilting classes for kids this summer at the Rising Sun Arts Academy www.rsartsacademy.org/.

Rising Sun QuiltFest is produced jointly by the Ohio County Historical Society, Inc. and Sunshine Stitchers of Rising Sun.  The Ohio County Historical Society is located at 212 S. Walnut Street, Rising Sun, Indiana 812-438-4915 www.ohiocountymuseum.org

The coveted Best in Show Quilt was awarded to “Stellar Legacy” by Diane Livezey of Edgewood, Kentucky.  In addition, Diane was the first place winner in the Mixed Techniques category with “Seredipitous” which was also the People’s Choice.  A Special Judges Recognition was given to “Pheasant” by Suzanne Peters of Union, KY by NQA certified judge, Linda Luggen of Cincinnati, OH.

 First Place prizes were awarded to:   Lois Latscha of Rising Sun, IN for her appliqué entry “Wandering Leaf”; Jullie Yeager Lambert of Erlanger, KY for her pieced quilt “Bodacious Feathered Star” and her machine quilted “Feathered Pineaple”; Linda Thomas and Sandy Broering for their “Bead-i-ful Brocades” novelty crazy quilt; Betty Ann Pavy, Rising Sun, IN for her hand quilted entry “Golden Rectangle”; Debbie Scudder of Dillsboro, IN won with her wearable art purse

 Honorable Mentions were received by Robbie Porter of Batavia, Joan Morrison of Cincinnati, Betty Ann Pavy and Karen Gillard of Rising Sun, and Wanda Benzing of Patriot.

First place winner in the Art Quilt Contest was “Sea Glass Reflections” by Robbie Porter of Cincinnati, OH.  Robbie was also the second place winner with “Perfect Symmetry

Martha Bladen from Vevay, Indian took first place in the art contest with her photography collage “Archiquilture”, second place art was a crazy quilt glass plate by Sherry Howard of Rising Sun and third place art was won by Jodie Cole-Mulle of Rising Sun with her painted fabric “Morning Whispers”.

The bear contest winner was a needle punched “Chipmunk” by Linda Berkemeier, Crittenden, KY and second place was taken by Rising Sun’s Lois Latscha’s with “Patches”.  Pat Statzer, Cincinnati, OH placed first in the doll contest with “Sally”; Elizabeth Marten also of Cincinnati placed second with her doll “Glenda”.  An honorable mention was received by Sonja Bryer of Bellbrook, OH.

Pamela Traynham of Chesapeake, VA won first place with her doll quilt “Shining Star” and Carolyn Tully of Osgood, IN took second place with her doll quilt “Gracie’s Flower Garden”.  Honorable mentions in doll quilts were received by Nancy Bendickson, Tipp City and Marsha Schauer, Hamilton, OH.

Special thanks to our sponsors: Rising Sun Regional Foundation, City of Rising Sun, Rising Sun-Ohio County Tourism, Indiana Arts Council and private donors.

For more information and to see pictures, visit the 2010 page!