Strawberry Festival Quilt Show set for May 14-16

The 46th Strawberry Festival Quilt Show, sponsored by the Quilters at Heart Guild and the Upshur County CEOS, will be held at the Rockefeller Center Gymnasium on the West Virginia Wesleyan College campus.

The show will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 14; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 15; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 16.

Anyone who would like to display quilt items in the show may bring them to the Rockefeller Center, second floor, Room 205, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, May 11, or from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, May 12. An elevator is available.

Registration forms and information about categories are available on the Strawberry Festival website, www.wvstrawberryfestival.com, from local quilt shops or on the Quilters at Heart Facebook page.

Organizers said there is also a category for unjudged items.

In addition to the quilt show, there will be a boutique where handmade items may be purchased, as well as the opportunity to buy raffle tickets for the charity quilt made by guild members. In honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this year’s recipient of the proceeds from the raffle quilt will be the American Legion. The drawing will be held in October.

For more information, contact Luanne Bowers at 304-613-8155 or Sherri Shreves at 304-904-6678.

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