2010 AAQ Quilt Contest Announced

Calling all quiltmakers! The Alliance for American Quilts invites you to enter "New from Old", a contest for all ages that celebrates the past in the frame of the present. The Grand Prize this year is a Handi Quilter HQ Sixteen Quilting Machine for Sit-Down Use! There are many other incredible prizes to entice you and the best incentive is helping the AAQ. All contest entries are a donation to the annual AAQ eBay auction. Visit the "New from Old" contest page for complete information and a downloadable entry form.

Join the AAQ in Washington, DC on March 4 & 6

"Connected by Threads" Tickets on Sale Now!

Join the AAQ for "Connected by Threads," a Celebration of Quilts, Quiltmakers and Quilt History. AAQ board members Carolyn Mazloomi and Le Rowell will present lectures at two separate events, an afternoon reception at the Charles Sumner School and a dinner at the DACOR Bacon House. A free public, "Meet the Artists" event on March 6 is open to all. See full event details and purchase your ticket online today.

Major Quilt Index Expansion!

New Collections, New Tools

The Quilt Index announces a major expansion and enhancement. The re-launched website includes improved navigation, quilts from ten new state documentation projects and museum collections and the debut of the Signature Quilt Project.

To kick off your tour of the expanded Quilt Index, visit the "Crossed Leaves Applique" quilt, at left, made by Lucy J. Hardison in 1890-1900 and documented by the North Carolina Quilt Project. Read the full press release.

Moda's Collection for a Cause: Alliance

Moda's Collection for a Cause: Alliance, a fabric line by Howard Marcus, is the company's newest project to benefit the AAQ. Reproduced from a circa 1830-40's nine-patch chintz quilt from Pennsylvania, the line includes kits, precuts and fabric by the yard. View an information sheet on this project. Find a Moda retailer near you.

Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories 10th Anniversary

Article in Quilters Newsletter

Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories, an oral history project of the Alliance for American Quilts, celebrates 10 years of documenting the fundamental connection between objects and voices. This fall marks another milestone--1,000 interviews collected!

Read Karen Musgrave's article about Q.S.O.S. in the October/November 2009 issue of Quilters Newsletter, and discover a project that will inspire and amaze you. Article shared here compliments of Quilters Newsletter.