CROWN POINT--“Welcome Home to Quilting”, the 2023 Quilt Show and Gift Shop, hosted by The Heritage Quilters of Crown Point, Indiana will be held Saturday, October 7, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, October 8, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., at the Lake County Fairgrounds Industrial Building, 889 Court Street, Crown Point, IN 46307. Three hundred quilts and quilted items will be exhibited at this seventeenth biennial show. Activities include a quilt raffle, silent auction, basket raffle, door prizes, demonstrations, and a vendor mall. Admission is $5.
Featured Quilter and Guild member Margaret Tzitz, age 92, will showcase a body of her work created over the past 50 years. Her broad interests are depicted in her quilts, ranging from traditional to modern, and sometimes a blend of both. Her many award-winning quilts are cherished by family and friends. Tzitz is an active member of the Crown Point Guild. She is also a member of the Heritage Quilters of South Suburbia in South Holland, IL.
On Saturday, at 10:30 am, well-known local quilter, Donna Zelesky, will present her quilts in a Bed Turning, which is a Show & Tell of quilts with an accompanying commentary. Zelesky is a prolific quilter with an eclectic body of work to share.
Other special exhibits within the show will delight attendees.
A Pop-Up Gift Shop will feature one-of-a-kind home sewn, quilted, home décor, and handmade items for sale, including quilts. One of these items could be a perfect gift for Christmas, a wedding, birthday, retirement, or just yourself. A non-sewer can adorn their home with the comfort and beauty of a unique quilted item made by Guild members. Cash and major credit cards accepted.
A variety of quilting and sewing supply related vendors will be present. They are: Alice Ridge Quilts of Bloomington, IN, traveling teacher; Basket Treasures-Wool Cottage of Greenwood, IN, solid and dyed wool, needle punch; Cynthia Vernado of Chicago, IL, wool repurposed items; Christi Mazur/Delores Majher of Valparaiso, IN, vintage sewing antiques; Needle Artisans of Northwest Indiana, needle art education organization; Old Master Pen Shoppe of Metamora, IL, hand turned wood pens, crochet hooks, ruler stands; Quilted Glo of St. John, IN, wide-back fabrics and panels; Robin’s Nest Quilts & More of Edwardsburg, MI, fabric and sewing supplies, classes; Scrapyard of Wanatah, IN, fabrics; Spyceware of Crown Point, IN, Bernina sewing machine dealer; String-A-Long Stars & Stripes Quilts of Valor of Valparaiso, IN, military quilts sewing organization; Sweet Stitches Quilt Shop of Chesterton ,IN, fabric and sewing supplies, classes, Elna and Janome sewing machine dealer, Accuquilt cutting system dealer; Top Shelf Quilts of Mokena, IL, fabric and quilting supplies, classes, Bernina sewing machine dealer, sewing furniture dealer.
Proceeds from the quilt show support this event, and the educational and philanthropic activities of the Heritage Quilters of Crown Point. For more information, visit us on Facebook: Heritage Quilt Guild-Meetings in Crown Point, Indiana.