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Event:Quilt Show
Date:September 13th, 2008 (2 days)
Location:Oliver Ellsworth Homestead
As part of Windsor's 375th Anniversary, the Ellsworth Memorial Association will hold a Quilt Show on the grounds of the Oliver Ellsworth Homestead, 778 Palisado Avenue on September 13 and 14, 2008. Hours are 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday and 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Sunday. Admission is $6.00 with all proceeds benefiting the Oliver Ellsworth Homestead.

Vote for your favorite quilt: Antique and contemporary quilts will be on display. Attendees will vote to award ribbons for quilts in several categories, including Best Pieced Quilt, Best Quilting, and Best Quilt made by a Daughter of the American Revolution.

Learn from the experts: Local quilt experts will give free lectures at 10:00 AM each day. Kris Driessen, "the Quilt Bus Lady", quilt historian and teacher will give Saturday's lecture on dating quilts made from 1800 until World War II.

Sue Reich, a local quilt historian and teacher, will give Sunday's lecture on The History of Quilts in Connecticut with an emphasis on DAR Quilts.

Have your quilt evaluated: For $5.00 per quilt, attendees are invited to bring their antique quilts to be evaluated by these experts between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM on both Saturday and Sunday. Space is limited. Sign up at the admission table.

Vendors: Quilting and sewing vendors will be on site for the whole event.

Food: Food will be available for purchase.

Win a quilt: Take a chance on winning a new quilt, pieced and quilted by the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution specifically for this event.

To enter a quilt in the exhibit: complete the form found at http://www.ctdar.org/quilt.htm . If you are a quilting related vendor and are interested in being part of this event, please contact Candy Desmarais at 860.870.8824 or Jolene Mullen at (860) 355-3294 or email us at todaysdar@aol.com.


While enjoying the Ellsworth Quilt Show, take the opportunity to tour the historic Oliver Ellsworth Homestead and see more of our antique quilt collection. Admission to the Homestead is free with a paid admission to the Quilt Show.


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