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Melody Johnson’s Happy Quilts
I made a very happy discovery this week, thanks to the Eclectic Detective. Melody Johnson’s quilts are the happiest, most colorful tapestries I’ve seen, and they seem fitting for a time of year when days are getting longer and flowers are about to bloom.
Melody describes herself as an artist whose medium for the last 24 […]
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 […]
18th Annual Quilt/Surface Design Symposium
The Quilt Surface Design Symposium (QSDS) has been critical to the non-traditional quilt movement since 1990 in providing education for all those interested in exploring their own potential in the medium. To this end, they have selected the very best teachers available worldwide to give workshops annually at a two-week conference in Columbus, Ohio.
They have […]
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 […]
African American Quilts Illustrated Lecture
On 25 February 2007, Eli Leon will examine prototypes from West and Central African cultures that show up in American patchwork at the Pasadena Museum of History. Traditional African pieced and stripwoven textiles are compared with improvisational African-American quilts on adjacent screens. Leon’s analysis of construction techniques, aesthetic ideals and key motifs supports the theory […]
Black History Month Quilt Celebration
In celebration of the beginning of Black History Month, Kenté Cultural Center (New London, Connecticut) is inviting children and adults to attend “History Through Quilts” from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 3 at the center, 219 Bank St. The event includes a presentation of handmade African American quilts, and the history and stories of […]
Traditions and Trajectories: Education and the Quiltmaker
The symposium, “Traditions and Trajectories: Education and the Quiltmaker,” will be held at the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska on 1-3 March 2007. Completed registration forms, including full payment, must be received on or before 12 January 2007, for early registration. The full registration fee of $135 (on or […]
Maine Quilts 2007
The Pine Tree Quilters Guild, Inc. will present their 30th annual Quilt Show between 27-29 July 2007 at the Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, Maine. Teachers’ bios, full workshop descriptions and daily schedule will be in the Maine Quilts 2007 brochure. You can receive a show brochure by sending $2, after January 15, 2007, to: Maine […]
Santa Barbara Quilting Retreats
Santa Barbara, California, Quilting Retreats has their 2007 schedule up, with retreats in three different locations throughout beautiful Santa Barbara. The first retreat of the year to date is “Goddess of the Last Minute” with Robbi Joy Eklow, a retreat that echoes the title of the column she writes for Quilting Arts Magazine. This retreat […]
