Quilting will once again be taking over the Badlands.
Quilting in the Badlands, in its fifth year, will be a four-day event that will be taking place from July 2-5 at the Badlands Community Facility.
This year, Anna Hergert and Dawn Hunt will be judging and awarding prizes and ribbons to the quilts that are submitted and are the best in their craft. At 5:30 on July 2 the Quilting in the Badlands will offer a ‘Sneak-a-Peak’ wine and cheese affair open to the public to view the quilts, meet vendors from the Vendor Marketplace, and take in a lecture by Hergert on ‘Choosing Creativity’ Linda Ames, Chair of the Quilting in the Badlands Quilt show and Festival committee, said.
The vendors marketplace will be open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
On Saturday a farmers market will take place downtown as well as entertainment for guests.
On Friday and Saturday workshops are scheduled with Hergert for those quilters interested in building their skills, Ames said.
Tickets for the ‘sneak-a-peak’ event can be purchased online at www.quilitinginthebadlands.org or at Bits and Pieces Keepsake Quilting in Drumheller.
Ames said the ticket costs for the ‘sneak-a-peak’ and a 15 per cent consignment fee from the vendors marketplace will support the Drumheller and Area Health foundation and the hospital’s operating room.
“Anybody who wants to sell a quilt through the show, they just have to fill out the paperwork and bring it by and we will put it up there and whatever they decided they want to sell the quilt for, that’s fine, and we will pass it through Bits and Pieces Keepsake Quilting and the proceeds of that will go directly to the foundation office.”
