Annual quilt show in November
Drunkard’s Patch by Michael Brown and Jeannie Brown. The 22nd Mid-Ohio Valley Heritage Quilt Show, themed 250 Years of Quilting in America, will be held 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7-15 at the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History, 137 Juliana St., Parkersburg. (Photo provided)
Peppermint Flake by Ginny Caplinger, a quilt entered in the Mid-Ohio Valley Heritage Quilt Show. The annual show will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7-15 at the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History, 137 Juliana St., Parkersburg. (Photo provided)
Drunkard’s Patch by Michael Brown and Jeannie Brown. The 22nd Mid-Ohio Valley Heritage Quilt Show, themed 250 Years of Quilting in America, will be held 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7-15 at the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History, 137 Juliana St., Parkersburg. (Photo provided)
Peppermint Flake by Ginny Caplinger, a quilt entered in the Mid-Ohio Valley Heritage Quilt Show. The annual show will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7-15 at the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History, 137 Juliana St., Parkersburg. (Photo provided)
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PARKERSBURG - The 22nd annual Mid-Ohio Valley Heritage Quilt Show will be held 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7-15 at the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History, 137 Juliana St., Parkersburg.
Admission to the show is the price to get in the museum, $4 for adults and $2 for children 4-12.
The theme for this year's quilt show is 250 Years of Quilting in America. Categories will include large quilts, small quilts, miniature quilts and antique quilts that will not be judged.
Prizes will be awarded for Overall Best of Show, Best of Show-Hand Quilted, Best of Show-Machine Quilted-Manual, Best of Show Machine Quilted-Computerized, People's Choice Award, Superintendent's Choice Award and Best Theme Award.
Registration forms are available by contacting the museum at 304-420-4800 or Brenda Wentzel, quilt show chair, at 304-428-3544 or by email at blee@patrickwentzel.com.
Quilts will be accepted from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 30-31. For more information, contact Wentzel.
A program for the Quilts of Valor will be held 1 p.m. Nov. 11, Wentzel said.
Seventy-four quilts were entered and judged last year.
Sally Maddox of Marietta received the People’s Choice, voted on by visitors, for Modern Flower Garden. Sawtooth Cats by Sue Barnhart of Belpre was selected Best Machine Quilted-Manual.
Best Machine Quilted-Computer went to Pat Rawson of Belleville for Medallions of Midas.
Geneal Bailey of Leroy, W.Va., received Best Hand Quilted and the Superintendent Award for her quilt titled Serenity.
Judged Best Themed Quilt was received by Beverly Javins of Charleston for the quilt What A Zoo. Overall Best of Show went to Beverly and Bill Javins of Charleston for Rainy Night.