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4 Guys Exhibit at MAQS Begins

At right: Glen Eyrie Castle, 50� x 51�, by Ricky Tims of LaVeta, CO©.
Find insight into the male mind during the exhibit 4 Guys and Their Quilts at the Museum of the American Quilter’s Society (MAQS)!
On exhibit 16 May - 12 August, these quilts combine the talents of four male award-winning quilters: John Flynn, Gerald […]

Katrina Quilt Show Begins

If you remember the post I put up earlier this month about the Katrina quilts, and if you missed them at the “Road to California” quilt show, you still might be in luck. The Huntsville Times (Alabama) states that four of these unique quilts will adorn the walls of the Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 […]

SF Quilt Guild Show & Quilt Sale

See Alex Anderson, host of HGTV’s Simply Quilts in person, and meet Letitia Chung at the San Francisco Quilt Guild Show and Quilt Sale! Select member quilts will be for sale this weekend, and Deborah Roberts will offer quilt appraisals for a fee. In addition, the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland will display Underground […]

Gee’s Bend Quilts to be in Louisville

TWO NOTES: The date will change above for the show when I have exact information. Thanks to the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society (KHQS) for this information!
Mark your calendars now to make a trip to Louisville, Kentucky in January 2008 to view the Quilts of Gee’s Bend. These quilts have been exhibited throughout the United States […]

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! […]

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 […]

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