I hope you've all heard by now about our incredible line up of events in New York City August 5-6. Need more encouragement? Click the link below to hear from Marianne Fons, our special guest lecturer and a big supporter of the AAQ.
 
Tickets are going fast for the Best Bet for summer quilt parties---a fabulous weekend of quilts, fabric, fun and fashion. To showcase its dynamic programs, and help pay for them too, the Alliance has put together a fun collection of three related but separate events: "Quilters Take Manhattan." Click on the links below for full details and ticket sales for each event. Tickets are sold a la carte, so you can tailor a program to your own tastes and budget. Early bird pricing is only in effect through June 30 and the Modern Stories event is almost sold out so get your tickets today!
Thanks to our generous sponsors, listed below, we're able to offer tickets at very affordable prices. But naturally we give our members an extra low price and now something extra special:
 We're holding a fantastic membership drawing--anyone who joins (or is a current member) as of June 23rd, will be entered to win 2 free tickets to the Marianne & Jay on the Runway event on August 6 and a free hotel room for the night in New York City! You just have to get yourself to the Big Apple! Drawing will be held Friday, June 24 and winners announced on FaceBook--so be sure to  . Click here to join the AAQ right now on our website or call (828) 251-7073 to join by phone.
 Because we believe our events this August make for the perfect road trip for guilds and bees we've also made a special offer for guilds: purchase 10 tickets to Marianne & Jay on the Runway and we'll give you 1 free ticket. You can make a group reservation by phoning us at (828) 251-7073 or reserve your tickets individually online and be sure everyone in your guild who buys a ticket enters your guild's name when you register.
As an extra incentive to guilds we'll be giving out two special prizes---one to the guild who brings the most members to our Marianne & Jay on the Runway event on August 6 at the Fashion Institute of Technology and one to the group (5 members or more) who comes from the farthest away to attend this event. Both winning guilds will receive a full-day program/visit for their guild by a board member of the Alliance for American Quilts (an all-star dynamic group who believe in the importance of documenting quilts and their makers, including quilt media stars Meg Cox, Mark Lipinski, Jodie Davis and diverse and committed group of quiltmakers, industry leaders, archivists, writers, curators and historians. Not only that, we'll throw in a terrific door prize for your guild, which will arrive with your special guest presenter.
Descriptions of all three events with links to online ticket sales and more information:
Modern Stories:
Documenting the Modern Quilt Movement:
Friday, August 5, 2011, 7:00-10:00 p.m.
This event is an intimate gathering at the Garment District loft home of Victoria Findlay Wolfe, (Bumble Beans Inc.), custom quiltmaker and co-founder of the New York City Metro Area Modern Quilt Guild and Bumble Beans Basics charity project. Victoria will be joined by moderator Jackie Kunkel, Melanie Testa, Kim Hryniewicz, Jennifer Paganelli and John Adams as they discuss the Modern Quilt Movement: how it started and where it's headed. Refreshments and door prizes.Also, witness Victoria getting interviewed for the Alliance's oral history project, Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories (Q.S.O.S.). Tickets are $10 for AAQ members, $12 for nonmembers through June 30 and $15 starting July 1. Click here for more information on this event.
 Marianne & Jay on the Runway:
A Quilter's Alliance of Fabric & Fashion
Saturday, August 6, 2011, 1:00-6:00 pm
Our biggest event in the series will be held at F.I.T., the Fashion Institute of Technology and will feature beloved quilt TV host Marianne Fons. Marianne will lecture on "Why We Quilt," and her daughter Mary Fons, a slam poet from Chicago who recently launched her own quilt TV show, "Quilty," on the Internet will follow in the program. Then, meet Jay McCarroll, first season Project Runway winner, who is now designing quilt fabric for FreeSpirit. Jay will be interviewed for the Alliance's prestigious Q.S.O.S. oral history project, and take questions from the audience. This afternoon has it all: door prizes, refreshments, goody bags, and an amazing silent auction. (The bad boy of quilting, Mark Lipinski, will be there too: but his role is a surprise for now.)
Tickets are $45 for AAQ members, $60 for nonmembers through June 30 and $70 starting July 1. Click here for more information on this event.
NY's Ultimate Block Party:
Cocktails at The City Quilter
Saturday, August 6, 2011, 7:30 - 9 pm
Take the short walk from F.I.T. to a unique cocktail party in the best and biggest quilt shop in Manhattan--The City Quilter. This just-expanded, eye-popping shop includes a new art gallery for quilts, where you can view an exhibit by Japanese quilter Noriko Endo (work pictured at left). Nibble on appetizers and drink wine, while rubbing elbows with Marianne and Mary Fons, Jay McCarroll and lots of surprise quilt celebs. Activities include live bidding in the first-ever show and auction of quilts made by board members of the Alliance for American Quilts.
Tickets are $100 for AAQ members, $125 for nonmembers through June 30 and $150 starting July 1. Click here for more information on this event.
The Alliance wishes to thank its incredibly generous and creative Gold Sponsors: New Track Media/ Creative Crafts Group/ Keepsake Quilting, AccuQuilt, AURIfil and Benartex; and our venue sponsors, The City Quilter and Bumble Beans Inc.:
  
  
 
New Track Media, Creative Crafts Group, and Keepsake Quilting,"The most trusted names in quilting."
AccuQuilt, "Better Cuts Make Better Quilts."
AURIfil "Perfectly Suited for Every Quilt Project."
Benartex Fabric, "Fabric for Quilters. By Quilters."
The City Quilter, "A Quilting Haven in NYC and Home of the Only Art Quilt Gallery in NY."
Bumble Beans Inc., "Original and Custom Quilts."
Those who attend any of the three events will have a chance to win awesome prizes from all of these incredible sponsors, and other fine items donated by our business members.
For a full list of prices and activities for the Quilters Take Manhattan benefit weekend, visit our website, www.AllianceForAmericanQuilts.org.
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