Quilting News

By Sally MacDonald - Cranbrook Daily Townsman Published: June 19, 2013 8:18 AM Updated: June 19, 2013 8:18 AM At the "Stories in Thread" quilt show on May 31 to June 1, Jennifer Rea brought her thread work piece "Poppies of Perserverance".

Jessicah Peters/The Sun Today Sheila Wright quilts many beautiful products in her Riverbend home.

It's all possible because of the State Fair Outreach program sponsored by Morgan County Commissioners and the Morgan County Extension.

Deadline: January 31, 2014 at 5p.m. Florida in Fabric II Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL May 24 - August 23, 2014 FLORIDA IN FABRIC II is presented by the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts to promote an appreciation of quilt making as a contemporary art form and to provide Florida quilters with an ... (more)

Veteran Paul Nichol receives the quilts on behalf of Phoenix House Recovery Centre from Dave and Brenda Lincoln of Quilts for Injured Soldiers The skilful needlework of quilters from all over the world is helping recovering soldiers at the Help for Heroes northern centre at Catterick Garrison.

Maura Grace Ambrose founded Folk Fibers with the goal to "share the craft and folklore that prevails around natural dyes and quilting."

A few weeks ago I asked my readers to start talking about their gifts and talents .

Over 250 contest entrants of all ages from the US, Canada, and abroad have entered the quilt contest at Vermont Quilt Festival, New England's premier quilt event.

The ladies of Heritage Quilters display the quilt to be raffled off at the quilt show on June 28-29.

DK Quilt Guild: A place for quilters to gather, share ideas, projects, and to make the world a better place, one quilt at a time.

Upper Canada Village is devoting the entire weekend of June 22 and 23, 2013 to a celebration of 'all things fibre' at the Fantastic Fibres and Quilt Show .

In my position as Editor of the Quilting site on Bellaonline - the voice of women, I am very fortunate that I occasionally receive complimentary publications to review for my readers.

It's not just your grandmother's hobby anymore! Quilting has been exploding as hobby around state and the country, and it has become particularly popular here in New Ulm.

Community members in their teens on up to any age are welcome to take part in free Readers Theater classes and performances of "Quilters: Lives of the PIoneers" among other related events on Saturday, June 22. Free, one-act play performances at 11 a.m. and noon plus Pieces of the Past Bed Turning classes will be held at the Brown County Museum ... (more)

Mark L. Sherman of Coral Springs, Fla., quilts on an A-1 longarm machine in a remodeled studio that once was a garage.

Anita Shackelford, a nationally recognized quilting teacher and judge, will provide a lecture and trunk show of quilts at the 2013 West Virginia Quilt Festival, June 20-22 at the Summersville Arena and Conference Center.

Deadline: August 16, 2013 or Quilts=Art=Quilts Schweinfurth Art Center Auburn, NY October 27, 2013 - January 5, 2014 Quilts=Art=Quilts is the Schweinfurth Art Center's 33rd annual juried quilt exhibition.

Other than the sewing basket and patchwork runner on the table, this week's 100th anniversary gathering of Rose Lake Thimble Club did not involve any sewing or hand work.

Joan Watters of Westville displays a Trade Winds batik quilt she will be displaying at the Thistle Quilt Guild show at Westville Civic Centre.

What began five years ago as table talk over a green chili cheeseburger with international quilter Pam Holland has become reality.