New Q.S.O.S. Interviews

Perfect summer reading!

A new batch of Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories interviews has just been posted to the AAQ website. Quiltmakers from Maine, Oregon, Vermont, Michigan, North Carolina and Texas were recently interviewed for this grassroots oral history project. Among them is Richard Tims, pictured at left, father of well-known quilter and musician Ricky Tims. Browse all of the recently posted Q.S.O.S. interviews.

Join Us This Summer!

If you share the vision of the Alliance for American Quilts there's never been a better time to become a member. All new members who join between June 1 and August 31, 2010 will be eligible to win some fabulous prizes in our summer membership drawing, including a Go! fabric cutter and tote by AccuQuilt, quilt kits by Moda, a Simplicity and EZ Quilting tool assortment and a collection of Gütermann thread. Prizes total well over $1,000. Click here to find out how you can help ensure that this nation's quilt heritage is documented, preserved and widely shared (and win some great prizes!)

"New from Old" Contest Quilts at the Asheville Quilt Show

There will be a special trunk show of the "New from Old" contest quilts at 1:00 pm on Sunday, August 8th at the Asheville Quilt Show. Join AAQ executive director Amy Milne and some of the "New from Old" artists for an intimate show and tell of this stunning group of entries in our annual small quilt contest, including the 2nd prize winner "Heavenly Swirls" (pictured at left) by Dana Lynch of Olive Branch, Mississippi. Click the link above to view all of the "New from Old" contest quilts. Click here for info on the Asheville Quilt Show.

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