Celebration Schedule
Celebration 2025 Schedule
We are looking forward to honoring Laurel McKay Horton, July 17-19, 2025! Below is a schedule of events. Please join us! Laurel’s Gallery Walks at Marion Public Library are open to the public and are free! There is one every day.
Online registrations have been closed. You may pay admissions at the door. $8 for one day admission to the quilt shows and vendor mall. $35 admission to lectures. See the schedule below.
Eleanor Burns will be hosting Show & Tell Thursday evening at 7:30! Please join us and bring a quilt to share.
There will be a Scissor Sharpener on Site in the Vendor Mall so bring your scissors!
Don’t forget Friday night we will have our live and silent auctions at Marion Public Library. Proceeds from the auctions help to keep the doors open at The Quilters Hall of Fame.
If you have questions or concerns, call us at 765-664-9333 Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm or email us at admin@quiltershalloffame.net.
- TQHF= The Quilters Hall of Fame located at 926 S Washington Street, Marion, Indiana.
- MWQG= Marie Webster Quilt Guild
- MPL= Marion Public Library is located at 600 S. Washington Street, Marion, Indiana
- FUMC= First United Methodist Church located at 624 S Adams Street, Marion, Indiana.
- Matter Park Garden House, N River Rd & N Quarry Rd, Marion, IN
- GEC= Gethsemane Episcopal Church 111 E 9th St, Marion, IN
Parts of Celebration 2025 have been made possible by Indiana Humanities, “Keep the Humanities Alive in Indiana.”
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
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6:30pm – 8:30pm Meet & Greet Social Gathering GEC
Thursday, July 19, 2025
**Admission for quilt shows and vendor mall Bring your scissors as there will be a Scissor Sharpener on Site!
9:00am – 4:00pm Quilts of Hubert Ver Mehren: From Giant Medallions to Elegant Embroidery @ TQHF
FUMC9:00am – 4:00pm MWQG Quilt Show and Vendor Mall @ FUMC
9:00am – 4:00pm Laurel McKay Horton Quilt Gallery @ MPL Forrest Room
9:00am – 4:00pm Anderson Evening Star Quilt Guild Gallery @ MPL Carnegie Room
9:00am – 4:00pm Soar With the Eagle Workshop with Eleanor Burns @ MPL Maker’s Space
9:00am – 10:00am Ask the Curator: Hubert Ver Mehren Exhibit @ The Quilters Hall of Fame
9:30am – 10:30am Marie Webster Garden of Quilts @ FUMC Parlor
11:00am – 12:00pm Gallery Walk: Laurel McKay Horton @ MPL Forrest Room
1:00pm – 4:00pm Big Bright Star Quiltsmart Workshop: Kathy Boxell @ GEC
1:00pm – 2:00pm Accept the Challenge: Just Do It! @ MPL Meeting Room B
2:30pm – 3:30pm One Quilt Leads to Another: Judy Martin @ MPL Meeting Room B
7:00pm – 7:30pm Lifetime Achievement Award: Indiana State Guild @ MPL Meeting Room B
7:30pm – 8:30pm Show & Tell: Hosted by Eleanor Burns @ MPL Meeting Room B
Friday July 18, 2025
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Admission for Quilt Shows and Vendor Mall
9:00am – 4:00pm Quilts of Hubert Ver Mehren: From Giant Medallions to Elegant Embroidery TQHF
9:00am – 4:00pm MWQG Quilt Show and Vendor Mall FUMC
9:00am – 4:00pm Laurel McKay Horton Quilt Gallery MPL Forrest Room
9:00am – 4:00pm Anderson Evening Star Quilt Guild Gallery MPL Carnegie Room
9:00am – 10:00am Ask the Curator: Hubert Ver Mehren Exhibit The Quilters Hall of Fame
9:30am – 10:30am Gallery Walk: Laurel McKay Horton Quilt Gallery MPL Forrest Room
10:30am – 11:30am Quilts From the Collection: Ruby Short McKim FUMC Parlor
11:45am – 2:15pm Luncheon & Induction Ceremony Matter Park Garden House
3:00pm – 4:00pm Southern Quilts Bed Turning With Mary Kerr FUMC Parlor
5:00pm – 7:00pm Celebrate SAQA Indiana II- Quilting as an Art Kennedy Art Center
6:00pm – 6:40pm Silent Auction MPL Meeting Room B
7:00pm – 9:00pm Live Auction MPL Meeting Room B
Saturday July 19, 2025
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Admission for Quilt Shows and Vendor Mall
9:00am – 3:00pm Quilts of Hubert Ver Mehren: From Giant Medallions to Elegant Embroidery @ TQHF
9:00am – 3:00pm MWQG Quilt Show and Vendor Mall @ FUMC
9:00am – 3:00pm Laurel McKay Horton Quilt Gallery @ MPL Forrest Room
9:00am – 3:00pm Anderson Evening Star Quilt Guild Gallery @ MPL Carnegie Room
9:00am – 12:00pm Braided Whirligig Workshop: Shannon Arnstein @ MPL, Maker’s Space
9:00am – 10:00am Gallery Walk: Laurel McKay Horton Quilt Gallery @ MPL Forrest Room
9:00am – 10:00am Hubert Ver Mehren and His Quilts, Kits, and Catalogs: Susan Price Miller @ MPL Meeting Room B
10:30am – 11:30am We Need to Talk About Bertha!: Mary Fons @ MPL Meeting Room B
1:00pm – 4:00pm Featherweight Workshop: Vivian Lemmon @ MPL Maker’s Space
1:00pm – 2:00pm Women Stitching Identity: Two Kentucky Counterpanes Laurel Horton @ MLP, Meeting Room B