Lecture: ‘1933 Chicago World’s Fair Quilt Contest Sponsored by Sears’ with Merikay Waldvogel
Schedule
Mon Sep 12 2022 at 07:00 pm
Location
Alpharetta Adult Activity Center | Alpharetta, GA
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Join us for a lecture by Merikay Waldvogel on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair Quilt Contest.The Sears National Quilt Contest organized by Sears Roebuck & Co. in connection with the Chicago World’s Fair (known officially as “The Century of Progress” Exposition) was announced in the January 1933 Sears Roebuck Catalog. They offered $7,500 in prizes – including a grand prize of $1,000.
Why is this contest so important to quilt historians? Because more than 24,000 quilts were entered, making the Sears Contest the largest quilt contest in history.
Merikay Waldvogel was born in St. Louis, MO. She studied languages in college and taught ESL in Chicago before moving to Knoxville, TN in the late 1970s. Her first book “Quilts of Tennessee” resulted from the state quilt survey she and Bets Ramsey conducted in the 1980s. Her next books “Soft Covers for Hard Times” and “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair” focused on quiltmaking in the Great Depression in the USA. “Childhood Treasures: Quilts Made By and For Children” is her latest. In 2009, she was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame.
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Alpharetta Adult Activity Center, 13450 Cogburn Road,Alpharetta,GA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays: