Sackets Harbor Quilt Show

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Oct 2, 3, and 4, 2026

Spend the weekend strolling historic Sackets Harbor’s sidewalks, and enjoy an array of more than 100 colorful quilts displayed at select historic sites across the community. Hay Memorial Library holds this event each year 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 2, 3, and 4, from 10 am to 4 pm each day, at the (former) Union Hotel and the Sackets Harbor Visitor Center.

The theme for this year’s show is “Red, White, and Blue,” and the challenge for quilters is to incorporate this theme into their original creations via classic block design, modern quilting, appliqué, or embroidered embellishment. Quilters may submit their own creations that are no smaller than 24″ by 24″ and no larger than 50″ by 65,” and the quilts should have been created between Jan 2025 and Sept 2026. The cost to enter a quilt in the show is $10, and the show is limited to 25 entries, which are first come first served.

For those interested in attending the show, a $5 weekend passport allows you to visit the show as much as you’d like over the three days. You’ll also have the opportunity to vote for People’s Choice Awards, which will go to the first, second, and third most popular quilts, plus an honorable mention. In addition to the local quilt challenge, the Sackets Harbor Quilt Show will feature exhibits including:

• Quilts from the 36th Annual Hoffman Challenge “Amethyst” batik collection;
• “Interpretations,” a retrospective display of regional artists’ works; and
• “Uncommon Threads,” a compilation of embroidery, needlepoint, crewelwork, and counted cross stitch.

Participants and viewers will also have the opportunity to shop the “Needle in a Hay Stack” collection, which includes consignment quilts, linens, table runners, handwoven rugs, fat quarter fabrics, books, puzzles, letterpress cards, and art prints.

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.

This video from 2021’s quilt show was made through a partnership between Hay Memorial Library and the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site.