Sackets Harbor Quilt Show 2024

Spend the weekend strolling historic Sackets Harbor’s sidewalks, and enjoy an array of colorful quilts displayed at select historic sites across the community. Hay Memorial Library holds this event to celebrate the beautiful artistry of quilts and the artisans who create them.

The Sackets Harbor Quilt Show is a Hay Memorial Library Community Heritage Program, and this year it will be on display for the community on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Oct 4, 5, and 6, at the (former) Union Hotel and the Sackets Harbor Visitor Center. The hours are:

• Friday, Oct 4, from noon to 5 pm,
• Saturday, Oct 5, from 10 am to 5 pm, and
• Sunday, Oct 6, from noon to 5 pm.

The theme for this year is “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” and all the quilts entered will feature circles in some fashion. Quilters may incorporate traditional patterns and blocks, modern patterns, or their own original designs.

Hay Memorial Library is offering cash prizes for first, second, and third places, as well as an honorable mention award. The competition is limited to 25 entries, on a first-come, first-served basis. If you’d like to participate, please complete the entry form on the Library’s website or stop by to register in person at the Library, located at 105 South Broad Street.

In addition to the locally-made quilts, visitors will have the opportunity to view a number of other quilts and handmade fabrics, including:

• The 100th anniversary exhibit of Hoffman Fabrics Quilts, a special edition of the Hoffman International Challenge,
• “Everything’s On the Table,” an exhibit and sale of runners and tabletop quilts,
• “Stitch by Stitch,” an exhibit of cross stitch samplers and needle arts, and
• “Fabric-ations: Every Quilt Tells a Story,” a collection of family heritage quilts.

The Library will offer $5 passports that allow visitors to see the quilts all three days. Passports are available at Hay Memorial Library and at the door at the (former) Union Hotel and the Visitor Center.

The Sackets Harbor Visitor Center will display pieces by this year’s featured artist, Irene Busler, and host one class each day:

• YoYo in the Square, on Friday, from noon to 4 pm,
• It’s All an Illusion, on Saturday, from noon to 4 pm, and
• Fall for Cross Stitch, on Sunday, from 1 pm to 4 pm.

The Sackets Harbor Quilt Show is sponsored by Hay Memorial Library and made possible by the Village of Sackets Harbor. The event is supported by a grant from the Town of Hounsfield Committee for the Advancement of Tourism, as well as funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and New York State Legislature, and administered by the St. Lawrence County Arts Council.