Woolley Fiber Quilters' annual quilt and fiber art show - July 18-19-20!

The Sedro-Woolley Quilt Show!

This is my home turf and my home guild!  We have a bigger and more fun show every year - you want to be here!

300+ quilts on display, a special exhibit of quilts made from Elizabeth Hartman designs, People's Choice voting, demonstrations, vendors, Featured Quilters, and the popular Bed Turning!  

And a few surprises...

So add this to your July calendar - with a three-day show you have great options for attending!
$5 admission and kids 19 and under FREE because we want to encourage the youth to QUILT!

Enter your quilt or fiber art at no charge.  Yes, there is a youth category for entry.  Get a registration form at Cascade Fabrics, from any WFQ member, or follow the online link posted on our blog site or Facebook page.  Registrations open May 1 and are due June 30.  Your quilt or fiber art piece does not need to be completed until turn-in day July 16.  And quilts need a hanging sleeve!

Threadmongers will be a vendor and some of your other favorite vendors will be there. 

This is great home town fun and we love to share it with you.  

And you need thread!

Threadmongers 1Q and 2Q schedule for 2022

As our pandemic restrictions ease, a little, quilt shows are coming back on line!  So nice to look forward to spending time among beautiful quilts with beautiful friends.  So here are some opportunities for you to find quilts and THREADMONGERS at regional shows in Washington. 

But first, here are a few reminders: 

These shows will follow the government's pandemic requirements in place for the date/location of the event.  This is to ensure your safety and the health of the community.  

Bring your proof of vaccination, as it may be required to enter a public event. 

Bring a good quality mask - bring two if you think you may want to change. 

Bring a tote bag, just like you do to the supermarket.  Washington state eliminated single-use bags on October 1, 2021. 

Bring cash to speed up your transaction.  Many venues have very slow Internet access for credit/debit card processing. 

Here we go!

Quilters Anonymous

March 18-19-20, 2022

Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe

"Looking Back, Moving Forward"

https://www.quiltersanonymous.org/qa/ 

Tri-City Quilters

March 25-26, 2022

Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick

"The Magic of Color"

https://tcquilters.org/ 

Woodfest - Sedro-Woolley

April 23-24

SWHS 1235 Third Street

"Timber to Tech"

A new venue for Threadmongers at a long-standing event in Sedro-Woolley

Held at Sedro-Woolley High School (gymnasium), Woodfest is a celebration of the region's wood fiber industry.  High School students show off their woodworking skills in competition with another local school.  Lectures, demos, vendors, people's choice voting, lots of fun!  Free admission.  

https://www.facebook.com/Woodfest.SedroWoolley/ 

Yakima Valley Quilters

May 13-14

Yakima Convention Center 10 North 8th ST

"Quilts in the City"

http://www.yakimavalleyquiltersguild.org/ 

Woolley Fiber Quilters

July 15-16-17

Cascade Middle School, 

905 Mc Garigle Road, Sedro-Woolley
"Under the Sea"

https://woolleyfiberquilters.blogspot.com/ 

Come and see Threadmongers at these great quilt shows!

2021 - MY "SCHEDULE" AND THE QUILTERS ANONYMOUS SHOW

Thread fans and friends, 

We are still here and we are still quilting.  That's important right now - we are resilient and we know what to do when things get tough!  Be creative and generous.  Your reputation and legacy as quilters is so needed!

This is the time of year that I normally publish my quilt show schedule for the first six months.  All but one of the shows I look forward to are cancelled or suspended.  

So I'm going to do the same thing I did during 2020!  Enjoy meeting my customers' needs from my home and pushing my way through my fabric stash!  

Quilters Anonymous has developed a virtual show to replace their usual spectacular show at the Monroe fairgrounds.  They invite you to attend!  I know you all look forward to that one and this year it will be full of two years' worth of quilts!

March 12 to May 1, 2021

They also have a vendors' platform and I am on it.  So when you attend the show and roam around the vendors' postings, look for me!  

Here's the show link:  www.QAVQS.org 

If you want to shop in person, here in Sedro-Woolley, we will make arrangements.  I welcome all thread shoppers outside on my very large porch and we will wear masks, sanitize, and distance.   

If you want to order thread to be mailed, just let me know and I will work with you to identify what you want and mail your order directly. 

I don't have a retail web site.  I still have SO MUCH STOCK that I would do nothing but maintain the site, and I would rather quilt.  You can see the list of threads I typically have in the sidebar on the right and I can special order things for you. 

Here's one thing to think about; I can put 12 spools of Aurifil in the smallest USPS Priority Mail box.  So if you're shopping for Aurifil, go together with a friend or two, and pay postage once. 

I'm seeing an uptick in interest in the Wonderfil family of threads.  Invisafil, DecoBob, Master Quilter, Spagetti, Konfetti, Spotlite, Fabulux, Glamore, and others.  Ask about them!

Keep quilting!  I'm sure I'll "see" you at the Quilters Anonymous online show.  We have hope in 2021 that our ability to gather safely will be restored!  In the meantime, share your beautiful quilts virtually and inspire other quilters!

Judy J. 

The Threadmonger

And look for my Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/threadmongers

 

Quilters Anonymous brings you Beauty, Blossoms, and Bugs! March 13-15, 2020

Quilters Anonymous members work all year to get ready for their BIG, FUN, and AMAZING quilt show in March!  Once again at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe this is the destination for quilters on a weekend to celebrate quilting!

This show is easy access for you from all over the region - Straight up Highway 2 to Monroe and follow the signs to the east end of the fairgrounds.  Great parking, 500+ quilts, demos, vendors, and inspiration!

     Threadmongers will be there and 
     this is your opportunity to stock up 
     on your favorites for your next beautiful projects. 

     


     You are wondering where to find Aurifil in neutral shades and great colors?  
     Threadmongers has 500 spools! 

     You are wondering where to find the popular 12-weight threads for bold quilting 
     and embellishment?  Threadmongers has three brands to choose from!

     You are wondering where to find beautiful variegated threads in cotton and 
     tri-lobal poly?  Bring your fabric to find a great match!

     You are wondering where to find the 60, 80, and 100-weight poly threads 
     for fine piecing, quilting, and English Paper Piecing projects?  
     Threadmongers has it all!

     You are wondering where to find M size prewound bobbins?  
     You know that Threadmongers has them!  In both poly and cotton!
     (And Class 15 and L style, too!  Bring your bobbin size!)

Oh, there is so much more.  Valdani pearl cottons in #8 and #12 weights, two-and three-ply piecing cottons, and metallics with great performance on domestic and longarm machines!

So plan a trip, with friends, to Monroe on the March 13-15 weekend and gather your inspiration and THREADS at this great annual show.  Plan your trip now!  Bring a tote bag and be sure to have your list handy!  And it's OK to go off-list...

Here's the link: 

https://www.quiltersanonymous.org/index.php/Quilt-Show.html

Threadmongers schedule for Feb. - June 2020!

Let's get ready to THIMBLE!!

Ok, we have been cooped up in the SNOW and RAIN for a couple of months (since the Block Party Quilters show in November) and we have been quilting but it's time for some quilt shows!!

Here are the great Pacific Northwest quilt shows where Threadmongers will be a vendor through June - the schedule for the rest of the year I'll post later. 

Get out your 2020 calendar and get these on it!

Are you putting them in your phone?  
Reminder:  Also start a list/memo in your phone of the THREADS you need, so you'll have it when you visit the THREADMONGER!!


February 14-15  Kitsap Quilters, Kitsap County Fairgrounds
     https://kitsapquilters.com/quilt-show/ 

March 13-14-15  Quilters Anonymous, Washington State Fairgrounds at Monroe
     https://www.quiltersanonymous.org/index.php/Quilt-Show.html

March 20-21  Tri-City Quilters, Three Rivers Convention Center Kennewick
     https://tcquilters.org/quilt-show/

April 9-10-11  Clark County Quilters/Quiltfest Northwest, Clark County Event Center, Ridgefield
     https://quiltfestnw.org/ 

April 17-18  Fidalgo Island Quilters, Skagit Valley Inn and Convention Center, Mount Vernon
     http://www.fidalgoislandquilters.com/quilt-show--walk.html

May 1-2  The Everett Quilt Show, Hansen Conference Center, Everett
     https://www.everettquiltshow.com/

May 23-24  Chewelah Arts Guild, Jenkins High School, Chewelah, WA
    https://www.chewelahartsguild.org/ 

And here's a bonus listing: 

July 10-11-12  Woolley Fiber Quilters, Cascade Middle School, Sedro-Woolley
     https://woolleyfiberquilters.blogspot.com/

Another great quilt show year is coming up!  Plan to visit them all!!

You need thread!

Threadmongers will be a vendor at these fine shows through 2018

The second half of 2018 is here!  And I'm getting ready to be a vendor at these fun fall quilt shows. Get your traveling shoes on and come see these amazing shows and their guilds!  You'll be glad you did!

Cabin Fever Quilters

Port Townsend - Jefferson County Fairgrounds
September 14-15
http://cabinfeverquilterswa.com/our-quiltour-show.html
 

Sea Pals Quilt Guild

Ocean Shores
“A Whale of a Quilt Show”
Ocean Shores Convention Center
September 21-22-23
https://www.seapalquilters.org/
 

West Sound Quilters
"Coming up Roses"
Kitsap County Fairgrounds
October 5-6, 2018
www.westsoundquilters.org

Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum

(formerly La Conner Quilt Museum)
Everett Events Center
October 12-13-14
https://www.qfamuseum.org/ 
 

Stray Threads

“Stitches”
IUOE Local 301 18701 120^th AVE NE Bothell
October 26-27
http://straythreads.org/quilt-show-2018/
 

Block Party Quilters

Issaquah Community Center
November 9-10-11
http://www.bpquilters.org/

All In Stitches - "Reflections of a Quilter" in Everett, this weekend!! April 27-28!

 

I lived in Everett for many years and there was a lot of quilting going on!  I knew then, that Everett needed a quilt show - now, the All In Stitches guild has made that dream come true!!

So much fun to be had, Friday and Saturday this weekend!!  Easy access off I-5 and good parking at the City of Everett parking lots downtown!

So come and see what those Snohomish County quilters have been doing!  They are ready to show you their inspirational works and to show you why quilting is so much fun!  You may already know...

Threadmongers will there!  You need thread!

April 27-28, 2018

Friday-Saturday, 10:00 am-5:00 pm

Edward D Hansen Conference Center at Angel of the Winds Arena

(Formerly Xfinity or Comcast arena)

Same place, new name!

​2000 Hewitt Avenue (entrance)

Everett, WA

NOTE: Keynote Speaker at PUD Auditorium

2320 California St, Everett 

Here's the link!

https://www.allinstitcheswa.org/2018

Sunbonnet Sues in Sequim!

The annual Sequim Lavender Festival brings a lot of folks to town - but so do the quilts!  What a great event they have for a midsummer adventure.  You need to take a day or a weekend and come on out to Sequim for the lavender, the friendliness, and the quilt show!

I saw the raffle quilt last year when it was still just a top and I KNEW that it would be spectacular!  And it is!  Their theme is "Don't bug me, I'm quilting".  Bugs galore!

And because Sequim is the World Headquarters for The Applique Society you can always expect some great applique.  Bugs and flowers and everything!

Threadmongers will be there - my 10th year with the Sunbonnet Sues!  So much fun and many long time friends.  You need thread!

Here's the link:

http://www.sunbonnetsuequiltclub.org/

Threadmongers will be at these fine quilt shows through 2017!

Here is my schedule for the rest of 2017.  I'll look forward to seeing YOU there - bring your list - you need thread!!

Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club

July 21-22-23, 2017
Sequim Middle School, Sequim WA
www.sunbonnetsuequiltclub.org

Sea Pals Quilt Guild

September 15-16-17, 2017
Ocean Shores Convention Center, Ocean Shores WA
www.seapalquilters.org

West Side Quilters

October 7-8, 2017
Tuality Health Education Center, Hillsboro OR
www.westsidequilters.org

Washington Stars Quilt Guild

October 13-14, 2017
Washington Land Yacht Harbor Event Center, Olympia WA
www.washingtonstarsquiltguild.com

Gig Harbor Quilters – Meeting Speaker

November 1, 2017
Gig Harbor Yacht Club, Gig Harbor, WA
https://www.facebook.com/gigharborquilters/

Block Party Quilters

November 10-11-12, 2017
Issaquah Community Center, Issaquah, WA
www.bpquilters.org


Most of you know that you can call me "between shows" when you need something!  Happens all the time!

Block Party Quilters present the last guild show of 2016 - Nov. 11-12-13!

The Block Party Quilters have creative inspiration for you at their annual quilt show Nov. 11-12-13 at the Issaquah Community Center!

This is the last "guild" quilt show in Western Washington of the year - and the vendors are always a little manic for the occasion! 

You'll enjoy the members' entries plus those of their featured quilter, Lisa Jenni.  She's a local standout and if you are a frequent quilt show attendee in these parts, you are probably familiar with her interesting work. 

BPQ always has a great tea room and boutique, as well as some super door prizes! 

And the Issaquah Community Center is the perfect venue for the show - lots of light comes in, even on the gray November days!

Come early and stay late!  Threadmongers will be there - it will be a long winter and YOU NEED THREAD!!

Here's the link:

http://www.bpquilters.org/quiltshow.html

Threadmongers schedule: July through November 2016

What fun to look forward to these terrific quilt shows in the Pacific Northwest - I love to see what these friendly and talented guilds have been doing, and to make sure they have the best THREAD for all of their projects!  You will love these shows, too.  Be sure to "catch them all"!!

July
Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club - July 15-16-17, Sequim.
Covington Quilters - July 22-23-24, Cedar Heights Middle School, Covington

August
No shows for me but I'm speaking to the Yakima Valley Quilt Guild at their meeting on August 17th!  We're talking about metallic threads and how to LOVE using them! 

September
Sea Pals - "Whale of a Quilt Show" - September 16-17-18 - Ocean Shores Convention Center
Cabin Fever Quilters - September 23-24 - Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Port Townsend

October
La Conner Quilt Festival - September 30, October 1-2 - Maple Hall in La Conner
Tillamook County Quilters - October 7-8 - Tillamook County Fairgrounds

Note:  Moonlight Quilters of Bellingham are having their show October 7-8, also.  I am unable to do their show, because I had already contracted with the Tillamook folks.  But I am HAPPY to promote the MQ show - it's my guild!  And the show will be delightful.  Check it out!!
www.moonlightquilters.org


November
Block Party Quilters - November 11-12-13 - Issaquah Community Center

Check the guilds' web sites for lots more information. 
Trust me, you need THREAD!

Covington Quilters "Coming of Age" Quilt show July 22-23-24!

Covington Quilters have another three-day extravaganza planned for you, this weekend at the Cedar Heights Middle School in Covington! 

They always have GREAT QUILTS, vendors, door prizes, and kids' activities.  But, wait, there's more!  Check out their web site for the whole story:





http://www.covingtonquilters.org/index.php/quilt-show

Threadmongers will be there with your other favorite vendors!  One vendor is coming back from a medical leave to do the Covington show - wait until you see who it is! 

So toodle on down to Covington.  Great parking, great quilts, great weekend to buy THREAD!!

Threadmongers schedule - from now through June!!

I have had so many requests for my schedule information, that here it is again with the immediately upcoming shows:

Busy Bee Quilters, April 23-24, Monroe Fairgrounds

Moonlight Quilters - Monday, May 9 - I'll be speaking at their regular evening meeting!
"Thread by weight and fiber content."  My most popular presentation.  All the basic information that quilters want to know!  Bellingham. 

Stray Threads Quilt Guild "Joy of Quilting", May 14-15, Mobius Hall, Cascadia College, Bothell 

Woolley Fiber Quilters “Blast of Baskets”, June 3-5, On Highway 20 next door to the Three Rivers Inn, Sedro-Woolley


I'll post the July through November schedule for you a little later...yep, I'm already booked through to November!  At some of your favorite shows!  Including the Latimer show in Tillamook!

Threadmongers schedule March through June 2016!

I have had some inquiries in the past week regarding my upcoming show schedule.  So I thought I'd post it again!  My first show of the year was with the Kitsap Quilters in Bremerton and it was SUCH a great time!  Quilters never fritter the winter away - they get a lot of quilts ready for the first shows of the year!

Here are my shows coming up.  I don't have a show in March, but I'm doing four fabulous shows in a row in April!  In the spring, quilters' thoughts turn to THREAD!


Tri-City Quilters “Quilt for all Seasons”, April 1-2, Three Rivers Convention Center, Kennewick

 

Clark County Quilters “Circle of Life”,  April 7-9, Clark County Fairgrounds Event Center,

Vancouver WA

Fidalgo Island Quilters, April 15-16, Swinomish Casino, between La Conner and Anacortes

Busy Bee Quilters, April 23-24, Monroe Fairgrounds

Moonlight Quilters - Monday, May 9 - I'll be speaking at their regular evening meeting!
"Thread by weight and fiber content."  My most popular presentation.  All the basic information that quilters want to know!  Bellingham. 

Stray Threads Quilt Guild "Joy of Quilting", May 14-15, Mobius Hall, Cascadia College, Bothell 
Woolley Fiber Quilters “Blast of Baskets”, June 3-5, Downtown Sedro-Woolley


As always, you are welcome to contact me any time regarding shopping for thread or questions about thread!  Be assured, people do it all the time!

 

Come and see me at one of these GREAT shows!!