The 16th anniversary of the Sacramento Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival will be held at Cal Expo Building C & D at 1600 Exposition Blvd., Sacramento from Thursday, March 16 through Saturday, March 18. Event hours are Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Festival features nearly 180 booths with a wide variety of supplies, notions, patterns and techniques in the areas of quilting, sewing, needle-arts, stenciling, embossing, crystals, fabric crafts and more. Many booths will feature new cutting edge products that are new to the market. The show sponsor, Meissner Sewing Center, will be doing multiple daily giveaways at their block of booths. Meissner Sewing Center will also be giving away a free $1,000 sewing machine announced at 3 p.m. on Saturday before closing.

Admission is $10, good for all three days.

There will be free classes and make and take workshops for all skill levels and interests. Many of the vendors also demonstrate their creative products as well.