OMAHA, Nebraska now in its fourth edition, barn Quilt Design Contest AccuQuilt 2013 is set to be the biggest yet, kick off National Quilting weekend (16-17 March). Quilters of all levels and all disciplines are invited to submit ideas through http://www.accuquilt.com/barnquilt of 14 March - 7 April.
The top 100 models will be selected and posted on accuquilt.com, where finalists will be chosen by the public selection and management AccuQuilt. Quilters fame Ricky Tims, Alex Anderson, and Eleanor Burns - with the help of management AccuQuilt - will then select the final winning designs. The formal vote will be held from 10 to 17 April 2013.
Winners will be announced by quilting celebrity, Ricky Tims, then the lounge AQS-Paducah in Paducah, KY, 24-27 April. Design of the Grand Prize winner will be unveiled as a 17-foot quilt barn at Headquarters during the unveiling Quilt barn event June 7 with special guest, Ricky Tims AccuQuilt Omaha. Design of the runner-up winner will appear as a 6-foot barn quilt AccuQuilt Omaha headquarters.
What makes this year even more exciting is the chance for Quilters more than a hundred to win a piece of the package total $8,500, its biggest offer yet, thanks to new sponsors Baby Lock, TheQuiltShow.com, Pellon ®, Tacony Corporation and Riley Blake Designs.
"We are very happy to see the amazing designs that will present our quilters," said Lynn Gibney, Director of marketing, AccuQuilt. "Each year, this competition is better and more great and this year we are mounted it even more with the participation of new sponsors and two sets of fantastic price. '' This competition-related events are the ideal way to get to know and support our customers, but really, it's a ton of fun for everyone. »
The concept of barn quilts began with Donna Sue Groves and its desire to honour his mother, Maxine and his inheritance of the Appalachians by the presence of a painted quilt hung on his barn in Adams County, Ohio. As friends has promoted the project, Donna Sue suggested instead that a "sampler" of quilt twenty seats could be created on a trail of conduct which will invite visitors to travel through the countryside. The first quilt square was a Star of Ohio, painted by local artists installed in 2001 on a building in a greenhouse in Manchester, Ohio. With the encouragement of Donna Sue Groves, other quilt trails began in Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky and Iowa. This simple idea gradually extended to 44 States and Canada, and the trail continues to grow. More than 4,000 quilts are part of organized trails; the tens, more are scattered through the countryside waiting to be discovered. Find more information www.barnquiltinfo.com
For a complete list of Quilters details competition, prize package information and frequently asked questions, visit http://www.accuquilt.com/barnquilt
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Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, AccuQuilt quilters, retailers and artisans of fabric offer a first line of cutters tissue dies, quilt patterns and quilt and other fabric cutting solutions that help Quilters quickly and accurately cut shapes for quilting and fabric crafts. AccuQuilt offers the Quilters a variety of rich educational resources to enhance their experience of the quilt. Cutting with knives AccuQuilt is a natural evolution of fabric cutting methods. "First scissors... and then Rotary..." Finally...AccuQuilt fabric fast, easy and accurate in cutting".