Letter from Indiana Heritage Quilt Show

The 2008 Indiana Heritage Quilt Show is now in the record books and we are pleased that it will go down as record attendance. We had 4500 friends come to our party this year! We appreciate everyone who came to look at the quilts, shop at the vendors, and take classes.

May 13th 2008 - Diana McClun / Laura Nownes

Diana McClun and Laura Nownes have worked together on television programs, with study groups and in seminars. Their excellent teaching methods have touched thousands of students, providing them with a good start in basic quiltmaking. Together, they founded The Teacher Development Seminars resulting from their commitment to the continuing education of quiltmaking. They facilitate the […]

April 15th 2008 - Katie Pasquini Masopust

Fiber Artist, Katie Pasquini, has changed her style over the years, starting with traditional works, then creating Mandalas followed by dimension quilts. She is now enjoying landscapes and feels as if she has returned full circle to her beginning as a painter, painting now with fabric.

African American Quilts Call for Entries

The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum is organizing an exhibit which highlights quilts created by African American artists. The show will cover a wide range of styles, from the traditional to the more contemporary, and will showcase the varied works in design, style, inspiration, and message.

Confluence: Color & Creativity

Clear Water Quilter’s Guild, Eau Claire, WI presents: “Confluence: Color & Creativity Quilt Show,” Saturday, 15 Sept. 9AM-4PM and Sunday, Sept. 16, 10AM-3PM at the historic Schlegelmilch-McDaniel House, 517 S. Farwell, Eau Claire.

Learn to Build a Quilt at the National Quilt Museum

Na Pali by Ruth Mc DowellWinchester, MA, 70″ x 77″, 1999.
Foundations are not just for buildings! See how foundations are used in building quilts during the National Quilt Museum’s exhibit How to Build a Quilt: Foundation Piecing, 22 August - 6 November 2007.
Curated by Carol Butzke and Chris Moline, How to Build a Quilt examines […]

San Francisco Quilt Guild Speaker

Sheila Schneider will talk on 17 July at the San Fran Quilt Guild meeting at the San Fran Seventh Day Adventist Church. Sheila has been happy to produce some award winning quilts fitting the quilting in between lecturing and giving workshops. She is also the author of “Pieced To Fit,” the subject of her presentation […]

Grouseland Foundation Annual Quilt Show

Grouseland Foundation is holding its annual quilt show October 12 and 13 at Vincennes University’s Green Activities Center in Vincennes, Indiana, from 9:00am to 4:00pm. The group is accepting entries for both hand quilted and machine-quilted quilts of diverse sizes now.

A highlight of the show will be a lecture by popular quilt authority, Kaye England […]

SF Quilt Guild - Eli Leon

Eli Leon has been studying, exhibiting and writing about improvisational African-American quilts for the past 25 years. A 1989 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship allowed him to expand his research from his home base in Oakland, CA to east Texas, southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana - the geographical area from which most of his […]