October 04, 1933

Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser; Lynne Charlet

Detroit, Michigan, United States

A Beauty in the Home column including an announcement about the Quilt Club Contest, a list of prizes for the Contest, and a feature on a quilt-maker.

Beauty In The Home.
Here's Real Quilt-Maker Preparing for Contest
By Edith B. Crumb

Mrs. Ella West
If you don't think quilt-makers are serious about their work and yet happy in their occupation you should see Mrs. Ellas West of 3811 Scovel Place (who is shown here working on the Double Wedding Ring for the Contest) and you would be convinced that they are.

Mrs. West is happiest when at her quilt work and near her window full of cheery plants she spends many delightful hours.

Indeed she is going to enter this quilt in the quilt contest and she has picked very gay prints and charming little designs to be made into this unusally attractive covering.

She had a Dresden Plate all finished and the top of another Double Wedding Ring, so don't you think that Mrs. West ought to be on hand with at least three entries for the contest?

I can just imagine that Mrs. West is the kind of quilt-maker who sees possibilities in every scrap of material, an old-time policy. And there are no humps, bumps or puckers in this quilt, so it is very evident that if there has been any trouble with this pattern, the difficulty has been overcome and the pattern goes together "like greased lightning."

Every time I hear of someone making a quilt from a News pattern, I am going to make every effort to take her (or his) picture and put it in the paper for you to see how interesting all are in this great revival of an old art. Thursday I am going to drop in on a quilting circle and bring you a picture for Friday's paper. Whom do you suppose will be next?

If you have ever made a quilt from a News pattern, whether you belong to the Quilt Club or not, you are entitled to enter it (top of completed quilt) in the contest and there is a coupon in this column for your convenience. If you have an antique quilt, 50 years or more old, this may be entered also.

$500 in Prizes at Quilt Contest
This is to remind you of that Quilt Contest that is to be held in November and to urge you to send in your application for entry as quickly as possible. If you have made a quilt from a Detroit News pattern, whether you belong to the Quilt Club or not you are welcome to enter a quilt. This may be a completed quilt or a top from a Detroit News pattern and if you have an antique quilt, 50 years or more old, you may also enter this. There is no limit to the number of quilts you may enter.
The prizes are as follows:
First Grand Prize….$100.00
Second Grand Prize.. 50.00
Third Grand Prize….25.00
There will be three prizes for appliqued quilts as follows (these must be completed quilts):
1st ………..$50.00
2nd………….25.00
3rd………10.000
And there will also be three prizes for tops only, in appliqued design, as follows: 1st …….$35.00
2nd……..20.00
3rd……10.000
For quilt tops which are of piecework designs there are to be three prizes:
1st…………$35.00
2nd………..20.00 3rd……………10.00
And for the children’s and young girls’ quilts there will be two prizes as follows
1st………………$15
2nd………………10.00
There will be ribbon awards for the antique quilts and coverlets.

Important Notice of Quilt Contest
Due to the fact that so many have written in for an extension of time on their quilts, it has become necessary to postpone the Quilt Contest until some time in November.

Now – will everyone who has ever made a quilt from a News pattern consider exhibiting it? More than one may be entered and all that one has to do is to fill out the coupon which will be found on this page Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and send it to the Beauty in the Home Department, The Detroit News. This notice must be in before October 15 and your cooperation in sending it in as quickly as possible will be appreciated.

If you have never made a quilt from a News pattern, but have an old quilt, 50 years of age or more, you may enter that. There is a great interest in old quilts and you will be aiding in the revival of this early American occupation if you will allow others to see some heirloom which you may have.

Will you not sent in your coupon at once?

Important Notice of Quilt Contest
Due to the fact that so many have written in for an extension of time on their quilts, it has become necessary to postpone the Quilt Contest until some time in November.

Now – will everyone who has ever made a quilt from a News pattern consider exhibiting it? More than one may be entered and all that one has to do is to fill out the coupon which will be found on this page Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and send it to the Beauty in the Home Department, The Detroit News. This notice must be in before October 15 and your cooperation in sending it in as quickly as possible will be appreciated.

If you have never made a quilt from a News pattern, but have an old quilt, 50 years of age or more, you may enter that. There is a great interest in old quilts and you will be aiding in the revival of this early American occupation if you will allow others to see some heirloom which you may have.

Will you not sent in your coupon at once?

Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.

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