The Chicago World’s Fair of 1933 and Its Quilt Contest
A great exposition was held in Chicago in 1933 to celebrate the city’s 100th anniversary. “A Century of Progress” was selected as the theme of the Fair to highlight advances in science and technology during the previous 100 years. Scientific exhibits of all kinds were set up. New inventions such as the television were seen by the public for the first time. Foreign nations came and had pavilions to exhibit their culture, history, foods and products. Manufacturers took the opportunity to set up displays and advertise their wares.
The Fair was a success that created great memories for the millions who attended.
Sears, Roebuck, and Company, the nation’s largest retailer, was based out of Chicago. They built a pavilion at the fair that diagrammed their shipping and delivery systems (since most of their business was mail order) and a comfortable place for visitors to rest. On the mezzanine level visitors could view the winners of the Sears National Quilt Contest.
Almost 25,000 people entered quilts in this contest! Find out why.
https://www.novamontgomery.com/ Check out Nova’s website. She has a lot of information on Feather Weight Machines.
We cannot take pictures of Zoom lectures so we do not have much information. It was a wonderful talk about the World’s Fair of 1933 and about the quilts that were entered. Nova did a temendous amount of research on this topic and it was extremely interesting.
Several people brought their winning quilts to share.
We also elected officers and had a vote of raising the dues from $20 to $30. The dues increase passed.
The newly elected officers are:
Co-Chair: Jackie Fisher
Co-Chair: Debbie Witmer
Secretary: Kathy Hart
Treasurer: Jean Campbell
We will miss our outgoing co-chairs, Susan Harper and Laura Marcus-Nolan, they have been overseeing our meetings for the last 3 years. They have agreed however to continue chairing the Quilt Show next year.
We also dedicated our new library cart purchased with the money raised from sewing items donated from Alicia Gilewski’s family after her death 2 years ago.
Quilt Show Winners
I would love to put more faces with the winning quilts, please email me a photo of you with your quilt. Wendy wendyrice49@gmail.com
Show and Tell
We will miss you Jemma
Our Youngest Member Moves on to College.
We won’t be seeing much of Jemma this year as she heads for Tennessee to college for Electrical Engineering. I found pictures dating back to 2018 when she would take guild workshops. The picture above on the right is her college quilt she just finished, taken with her Mom Julie and Grandmother Jill.
