2010 Charter Members' Scholarship for Beginning Quilters
Are you a new or beginning quilter? Would you like a chance to attend the Minnesota Quilters’ 2010 Quilt Show and Conference in St. Cloud, Minnesota? If so, Minnesota Quilters, Inc. offers a scholarship for beginning quilters.
Minnesota Quilters exists to celebrate and promote quilting. In honor of our Charter Members, we encourage and inspire new quilters by offering a scholarship to give them a chance to participate in a great quilt show and conference. The person chosen to receive the scholarship will receive the following awards:
- Priority Registration
- Registration fee, including a multiday pass, show bag and pin
- Registration for two 3-hour classes or one 6-hour class
- Registration for three lectures
- Banquet and Award Ceremony ticket
- Single hotel room for two nights
- One year membership to Minnesota Quilters, Inc.
The deadline for the scholarship application is November 1, 2009.
To be considered for this scholarship, you must meet the following requirements:
- Have quilted for less than two years
- Have started fewer than three large quilts or four wall hangings
The scholarship application consists of the following items:
- An essay containing from 300 to 500 words. The essay should explain what quilting means to you and what you would like to learn during the quilt show and conference.
- Photos of two of your quilts and/or wall hangings, with a description of each. The quilts do not need to be finished.
- A completed 2010 Minnesota Quilters' Scholarship Entry Form.
- Your name and address on the essay and pictures.
Scholarship applications should be mailed to the following address:
Minnesota Quilters, Inc.
Scholarship Committee
3000 University Ave. SE, #120
Minneapolis, MN 55414