Join Us for Quilters Take Omaha too!

August 3, 2012 at AccuQuilt

Join the Alliance for American Quilts in Omaha, Nebraska this summer as we gather to honor longtime Alliance board member and volunteer Linda Pumphrey. The event, our first “Quilters Take –“ celebration in the Midwest, will be held at AccuQuilt’s new headquarters in Omaha. We’ll see an exhibition of quilts from Linda’s collection, hear from quilt expert Merikay Waldvogel and watch Linda’s interview for the Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories oral history project. Don’t miss it. Tickets are on sale now.

Join Us for Quilters Take Raleigh!

June 22, 2012 at Original Sewing & Quilt Expo

Kick off the summer with an evening of fun, food and friends! Enjoy a lively panel discussion moderated by Quilt Dad blogger John Adams and including FreeSpirit fabric designer Tula Pink. Be one of the first to participate in our new oral history program, “Go Tell It at the Quilt Show” launching at this event. See the 2012 “Home Is Where the Quilt Is” contest quilts up close and personal. Don’t miss it! Did we mention there will be chocolate? Click here for full information and a link to online ticket sales.

Join Us for Quilters Take Manhattan!

September 15, 2012 in the Big Apple

Join Denyse Schmidt, Mark Lipinski and the Alliance for American Quilts in New York City at the Fashion Institute of Technology for an exciting day of inspiration, learning, prizes, samples, a silent auction and (yes!) gorgeous quilts! The event is a benefit for the Alliance, documenting, preserving and sharing the history of quilts and their makers since 1993. Click here to find out more and purchase your tickets today.

"Home Is Where the Quilt Is"

June 1st deadline for our 2012 quilt contest nears!

The 2011 contest quilt auction raised over $12,000. AAQ members and quiltmakers everywhere, will you resolve to help us raise $15,000 in the 2012 auction? This year’s contest theme is “Home Is Where the Quilt Is,” a celebration of the form and the meaning of Home. Use any medium, any technique and any approach--traditional or non--to create a house-shaped quilt. You could win the Grand Prize, a Handi Quilter machine quilting system! Click here for full details.

Royal Alberta Museum Quilts Added to The Quilt Index

The Royal Alberta Museum boasts a fine collection of about 75 quilts related to the province's history, and so far about 45 of them have been posted to the Index's online archive. Eventually, many more of the vintage quilts in the museum's collection will be added, as well as other heritage quilts that are still being documented from regional museums and private collections. Read the full press release here or click here to view the quilts on The Quilt Index including the Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt pictured at left.

Sixteen more quiltmaker's stories saved!

We already have more than 1,000 inspiring and informative interviews with today's quiltmakers in our Q.S.O.S. oral history collection and we add new ones constantly, but it's particularly exciting to announce our latest additions to the project. These 16 quiltmakers reflect the truly astonishing diversity of people quilting in the 21st century. You will see traditional quilters, art quilters, male and female quilters, internationally famous quilters and those whose remarkable works are known only to a small circle of family and friends. Click here to read our eNewsletter with links to these Q.S.O.S. interviews, including one with textile design icon Kaffe Fassett, pictured at left.