2026 QUILT SHOW
“A Quilter’s Garden”
April 11, 2026 10:00am - 5:00pm
April 12, 2026 10:00am-4:00pm
More than 200 displayed quilts, vendors, and refreshments
Admission: Adults $5.00, Seniors and Children Under 10 $3.00
Latah County Fairgrounds, Moscow, Idaho
The big event for all Palouse Patchers is the annual Quilt Show held in April. The show has been an annual event since 1981, and gets better every year. A beautiful raffle quilt is made each year and tickets are first sold at the Latah County Fair through the end of the show. The raffle quilt is displayed at local businesses and the quilt show. The lucky winner is drawn near the end of the show. Proceeds from the show help fund our educational events and are also dispersed to a variety of community organizations with the approval of the membership.
2026 Raffle Quilt
(TBA)
Quilt Show Flyer
(Coming Soon)
Quilt Show Volunteer Sign Up
(Coming in 2026)
Quilt Show Co-Chairman’s Challenge
“Alphabet Quilts”
Requirements:
1. In order to participate you must draw a letter from the bag and make a quilt based on your letter. The bag will be available at the June meeting.
2. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please contact Chris Schultz to get your letter.
3. You must also fill out the registration sheet which will be with the bag, so we know who has each letter.
4. We plan to have a complete alphabet so we want an entry for each letter.
5. If you are unable to complete the challenge you must return the letter by Nov. 1, so we can reassign it to another quilter.
6. Size: 14” wide by 18” long
7. Your quilt must clearly represent the letter drawn. You are not required to put the letter on the quilt, but it should be easy for a viewer to infer what your letter is from the design.
8. Quilt may be finished with either a binding or a facing.
Janet Freitag Memorial Challenge and Award
This challenge is open to Palouse Patchers members. There is a $50 prize for each year’s winner! All entries must be designated as a Janet Freitag Challenge entry in order to be considered for the award. The entries for this challenge will be hung together so that they can be easily seen for viewing and judging. This year’s challenge is:
“Fancy Work”
Requirements for Entries:
1. Quilt must be no larger than 150” total of all sides. (A 40 x 40” would be 160” which would be atoo large.)
2. Entry MUST include Fancy Work. We are defining Fancy Work as Decorative HAND needlework. We hope to see a wide variety of hand needlework that enhance the quilts. Examples of this could include:
a. Hand Embroidery
b. Sashiko
c. Redwork
d. Candle Wicking
e. Elaborate embellishments, such as on a traditional Crazy Quilt
3. The focus for this challenge is HAND WORK. Machine embroidery may be included in your quilt, but the hand work should be the star.
4. The project must be a quilt, which means a front and back, and some quilting. Batting is not required (as some wool quilts do not have batting.) You may finish your quilt edge in any manner you desire.
MAXIMUM SIZE 150” - Measure the perimeter of your quilt (2x top + 2x side = 250” or less)
About the Challenge and Award
The Janet Freitag Memoraila Challenge and Award was instituted in memory of former Palouse patcher, Janet Freitag, who died after a long bout with cancer. Her husband started the Janet Freitag Memorial Endowment Fund and each year a cash award of $50 is given to the winner of the challenge. The ward money comes from the interest earned by the endowment principal. The challenge and award are only for Palouse Patchers’ members.
