Archive for 2007
Bee in the Mountains
Members of the Western North Carolina Quilters Guild will host the annual North Carolina Quilt Symposium - “Bee in the Mountains” - in just a few months. The Symposium, which runs Thursday, 24 May – Sunday, 27 May 2007, will be held on the beautiful campus of Mars Hill College, just 20 minutes north of […]
Quilters’ Retreat in the Rockies
This retreat, sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, is for Museum members, including those who join when they apply for this retreat. (Membership is required for participation.) If you decide to join and attend this retreat, you’ll enjoy a A 4½-day retreat having an art quilt focus this year, with seminars and lectures by […]
Quilt Events in Australia
I love Melbourne, but I’m sorry that I never had a chance to visit other cities in Australia. If you happen to be planning a trip to this wonderful country, don’t forget that they’re into quilts as much as anyone else! The lineup for this event begins this month at the Derwent Entertainment Centre, Glenorchy […]
Virginia Quilt Museum
If you happen to find yourself in Virginia this year as that state celebrates the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, you might also find your way to the Virginia Quilt Museum. Yes, the museum is located in Harrisonburg, and Jamestown is located…well, in Jamestown. But, the connection between these two towns is fairly strong this year, […]
Outside the Box: Quilts with Character
At right: Satin Petal Bed Cover, 1930, maker unknown.
If you can’t visit the east coast this spring, then drop by the San Jose Quilt Museum (California) to view their varied quilt and textile shows. One show, “Outside the Box: Quilts with Character,” runs until 8 April 2007.
Culled from a collection of more than 400 quilts, […]
Spring Fever Antique & Quilt Show
The Spring Fever Antique & Quilt Show is sponsored by Cedarburg (Wisconsin) Chamber of Commerce, and all proceeds will benefit the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts. You’ll experience a judged quilt competition, antique and quilt vendors, door prizes, quilt appraisals (Saturday only), free “make and take” projects, and more.
The contest is open to […]
March is National Craft Month
National Craft Month (NCM) is one of many nationwide consumer awareness programs designed to draw attention to crafts and the benefits derived from craft activities. Celebrated each March by consumers and the crafts industry, NCM activities and promotions take place nationally and locally. So open up that paper tomorrow morning to discover what’s happening in […]
This is Your Brain on Quilts
At Right: A crafty brain by Marjorie Taylor.
The Museum of Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art exhibits the world’s largest collection of anatomically correct fabric brain art, inspired by research from neuroscience, dissection and neuroeconomics. Their current exhibition features three quilts with functional images from PET and fMRI scanning, a knitted brain, and two fabric pieces […]
MAQS Staff Presenting at Symposium
The Museum of the American Quilter’s Society (MAQS) is proud to announce that Curator of Education Carrie Cox, PhD, and Curator of Collections/Registrar Judy Schwender, MA, will be presenting at the 2007 International Quilt Study Center Symposium at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.
This year’s IQSC symposium, Traditions and Trajectories: Education and the Quiltmaker, is […]
