Archive for 2007
Fiber Art and Creative Embroidery Cruise
Quilting Arts, LLC, publishers of Quilting Arts Magazine® and Cloth Paper Scissors®, invites you to our first Fabulous Fiber Art and Creative Embroidery Cruise to Alaska, featuring workshops; world-renowned artists; and teachers Jan Beaney, Jean Littlejohn, Beryl Taylor, and Patricia Bolton on 14-21 July 2007.
Act now as there are only 100 spots available for this […]
International Quilt Festival in Chicago
In 2006, more than 20,000 quilt collectors, quilt artists, and quilt lovers attended the fourth edition of International Quilt Festival/Chicago. As always, Festival will offer super shopping, amazing fabric art on display, and lots of free demos on the show floor, in addition to a full slate of educational offerings. And returning this year: Make […]
Two Challenges from Cloth Paper Scissors®
Cloth Paper Scissors® has announced two separate challenges, and the winners will have their work exhibited at two special Make it University!â„¢ reader art exhibits at the International Quilt Festival/Spring in Chicago 13-15 April. Both deadlines are 13 March. Visit the site for many, many more details than I’ve given below:
Challenge 1: It’s Home Grown! […]
Invitational Reverse Auction 2007
At left: Shibori Kimono by Cynthia St. Charles.
It’s that time of year again - time for the Invitational Reverse Auction at Virginia A. Spiegel’s Fiberart for a Cause. The Reverse Auction will open at 8 a.m. CST on Monday, 12 March and close at 5 p.m. on Friday, 16 March, and 100% of the proceeds […]
Handi Quilter Sponsor for National Quilt Pink Day 2007
Handi Quilter, a Utah-based leading manufacturer and marketer of mid-arm quilting machines, portable frames, and tables for the home quilting enthusiast, has been chosen to be one of the presenting sponsors for the 2007 Quilt Pink Day, a unique and nationally recognized breast cancer awareness quilting event founded by American Patchwork Quilting magazine with proceeds […]
2007 MAQS Workshop Registration Dates
Paducah, Kentucky – Noted over the years for excellent workshop facilities and a variety of well-known instructors in the quilting industry, the Museum of the American Quilter’s Society (MAQS) offers a workshop for every type of quilter at any level of experience. Great opportunities are still available to broaden your quilting skills. Call soon to […]
Horry County Museum Quilt Affair
The Horry County Museum, Myrtle Beach South Carolina, offers a Bucksport quilting exhibit through February and a collection of other artifacts. “Senior Center Quilts & the History of Bucksport” is an exhibit celebrating the region’s black quilting traditions with contemporary quilts made by the Bucksport Senior Center Quilters and a collection of Singer sewing machines.
On […]
2007 Quilt Expo quilt Contest
At right: Best of Show 2006: Subtle Sixties by Linda Roy, Knoxville, TN. Also, September dates are show dates. Deadline for contest registration is 22 June. BEWARE - the PDF file entry form on the contest site takes some time to download.
Now’s the time for quilters to enter their quilts in the 2007 Quilt Expo […]
The Festival of Quilts 2007
Whether you are a quilt maker, a quilt collector or simply interested in beautiful textiles come and see The Festival of Quilts 2007, a show that is widely regarded as Europe’s most extensive and dazzling event in the quilters diary. Where else can you see over 1,000 quilts on display, workshops, lectures and gallery exhibitions […]
