"Quilts 2007" Wall Calendar

April 20, 2006

Louisville, Kentucky, April 20, 2006 - The Alliance for American Quilts has joined for the second year with Pomegranate Communications, Inc. to produce a one-of-a-kind calendar."Quilts 2007" is a high quality wall calendar (opens to 12" x 26") that showcases full-color reproductions of twelve quilts representing the traditional, the antique and the contemporary and for the first time includes a quilt pattern. In addition, you may read interviews of the contemporary quiltmakers featured in the"Quilts 2007" calendar, as well as hundreds of other interviews of quiltmakers, at Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories (www.centerforthequilt.org), The Alliance's extensive oral history project.

The calendar retails for $13.99. However, The Alliance is offering its members a special offer on the calendar. This special offer allows members to buy one calendar and get one free (plus shipping and handling, plus 6% sales tax for KY residents- limit 1 offer per member). Please allow 15 business days for delivery. For information concerning membership or purchasing the calendar, visit www.centerforthequilt.org.

Pomegranate works in association with the world's great museums, galleries and art resources to achieve the highest possible quality in reproduction and presentation.

The Alliance for American Quilts, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, implements its projects in partnership with institutions and organizations nationally, including three regional centers— the Center for American Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware, the Great Lakes Quilt Center at the Michigan State University Museum, and the Center for American History at the University of Texas. Other Alliance partners include the Library of Congress American Folklife Center, and MATRIX, the Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online.

For more information contact:
Karen Musgrave, Marketing and Communications Director
The Alliance for American Quilts
(502) 897-3819 (telephone and fax)
www.centerforthequilt.org

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