North Texas Quilt Festival 2024
“It’s a Beachy Life”
August 1, 2, 3
Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas
NTQF is a judged quilt show, with over 300 judged quilts, put on by 6 North Texas guilds in conjunction with the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo.
TICKETS– Available for purchase from guild members starting March 15th and at local quilt shops soon thereafter. Price $12. Stop by the Quilt Show Table at guild meetings to purchase. Consider buying tickets for non TVQG bee members, friends, retreat participants. We make money if you purchase from the guild!
PARKING – Fee to park.
SHOW ENTRIES –
Regular Entries – We are counting on you to help up reach our goal of 300 judged quilts amongst all 6 guilds again this year. Entries are now OPEN for participating guild members. Non member guild registration opens 3/16/24. Click on this link Quilt Registration to go directly to the entry registration site. Before you go to the site, make sure to read and understand these Entry Instructions. This document has important info on how to decide what category your quilt fits best in, how to prepare your quilt for the show, and more useful information to help you enter your quilt. Entry deadline is 5/28/24. Drop Off is Sunday, 07/28/24 and Pick Up is Saturday, 08/03/24.
Junior Entries – Each year NTQF creates a unique opportunity for Juniors to show off their sewing/crafty talents. Please encourage young sewists you know to enter our show. Click here for the entry site Junior Entries. Before entering, please read these Junior Entry Instructions to help with the entry process.
If you have any problems entering your quilts, please don’t hesitate to contact Dena Harris or Pat Wykoff for assistance.
MINI QUILT AUCTION – The sole money maker for our guild Endowment Program is the mini auction at the show. We need your donation quilts to make the auction a success. The auction runs all three days of the show, and is in the main hallway before entering the showroom. Click here for the Instructions for Entering a Mini. Click here for the link to enter Mini Quilt Entries. The Mini Rep for our Guild is Sharon Mastbrook. She will be collecting your minis at guild meetings. The last day to get them to Sharon is 06/30/24. Contact her if you have any questions.
RIBBONS – We are looking for people and companies to sponsor our ribbons. Please contact Amy Eglintine aeglintine@hotmail.com or Siri Sinha siri92958@gmail.com if you are interested. Amy or Siri can let you know of the perks ribbon sponsorship includes.
SHOW SHIRTS – Available now to purchase (not pre-order) at guild meetings or available at the show. Image same as at the top of the page. Price $18 at guild (we make all profit) and $20 at show (we only get part of the profit.)
VOLUNTEERS – We need people to work both the Sewing Expo side and the judged NTQF quilt show side. As part of our partnership with the Expo, we agree to provide them with helpers. Click here https://www.sewingexpo.com/Volunteer to sign up., starting mid May. Besides the intrinsic rewards of helping, if you work a 4 hour shift, you get into the show that day for free:)
There are also many opportunities to help with our NTQF show. We really need some able bodies to help hang the quilts. Other opportunities are scribes for the judges, bag check (seated), ribbon runners, Show Shirt sales, and more. Watch this spot for a link to sign up to help on our NTQF side in early June or look in the TVQG newsletter for instructions. Please consider working a shift for both.
We also need help in our TVQG Booth. Contact Andrea Delaney to sign up for a shift.
Classes – Class registration will be open in late May. There are some great classes offered this year, as always.
