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Our eNewsletter is now archived online. If you have trouble reading this email or would like to view past issues click here to visit our archives page online. |  Documenting, Preserving and Sharing the History of Quilts and Quiltmakers.
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| eBurst from the AAQ March 17, 2011 |
They're Heeeeeere!
"Alliances: People, Patterns, Passion" Contest Quilts
We received 119 entries for the "Alliances" contest! This year's theme is again open-ended and celebrates cooperative relationships that work towards a common goal. You interpreted this theme in 119 interesting, intricate, touching, funny and beautiful ways. I can't wait for the debut of the "Alliances" exhibition at the American Quilter's Society Quilt Show in Paducah, Kentucky, April 27-30.
All 119 entries are viewable on the AAQ YouTube channel. Click on the image below to watch. Quilt below is by Sheila Rauen, contributor to all five AAQ contests, 2006-2011!
AAQ members will each have one vote for their favorite quilts. Voting will take place via email April 11-22. Please keep an eye out for this email and if you do not receive notification by April 12, please
contact us. To be eligible to vote on the contest quilts, you must process your membership by March 10. Join online here.
We are so proud and grateful to our "Alliance's contest sponsors. Our Grand Prize winner will choose from any of the Handi Quilter machine quilting systems, and first, second and third place (as well as honorable mention) winners will all receive fabulous prize packages thanks to these generous contest sponsors: Handi Quilter, Moda Fabrics, EZ Quilting, Simplicity Creative Group, Quilting Arts, AURIfil, AccuQuilt, Attached Inc./Mistyfuse, The Electric Quilt Company, The Quilt Show.com, Fons & Porter, Quilters Club of America, Dharma Trading Company, Riversilks, C&T Publishing, Spoonflower, Quilters Newsletter, Quilt Album Darlene Zimmerman, Westminster Fibers, FreeSpirit, Rowan, American Quilter's Society National Quilting Association Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, and VoiceQuilt. |
In Memory of Jean Ray Laury
March 2, 2011
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 | | Laury in the 1970s. Photo courtesy of Jean Ray Laury. |
Jean Ray Laury was a key figure in the American Quilt Revival movement, documented by the AAQ and its partners in a Quilt Treasures web portrait and two Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories interviews. From her Q.T. biography: "When asked for what she would like to be remembered, Laury said it would be for how she has inspired others to do their own thing." We invite you to post your remembrances about Jean Ray Laury on the AAQ Facebook fan page or via email.
Laury's Quilt Treasures interview was made possible by generous donations to The Alliance for American Quilts from Jinny Beyer and from Lake Mills Studios. Completion of the web portrait was made possible by significant contributions to The Alliance from RJR Fashion Fabrics in honor of Judy Sabanek and from Karey Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes in loving memory of their mother and aunt, Jewel Pearce Patterson.
The project was completed with additional in-kind support from our Quilt Treasures partners, Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU.
Thanks again to our generous sponsors, without your support, we would not be able to present this important archive of Jean Ray Laury's life. View all thirteen Quilt Treasures web portraits here.
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